Ole Anderson

Ole Anderson, born Alan Robert Rogowski on September 22, 1942, and died on February 26, 2024, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and promoter. After a stint in the U.S. Army he debuted in his native Minnesota in 1967 for the American Wrestling Association, and the following year joined Jim Crockett Promotions, where he took the ring name Ole Anderson and teamed with his kayfabe brother Gene Anderson as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. From 1972 he wrestled mainly for Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling, and by the mid-1980s he was a part-owner and the booker of Georgia Championship Wrestling. After Vince McMahon acquired that promotion in 1984, an event known as Black Saturday, he formed Championship Wrestling from Georgia, which Jim Crockett Promotions acquired the following year.