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Larry Heiniemi (born March 14, 1939) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lars Anderson. His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories as well as the American Wrestling Association (AWA).
Apr 19, 1992 · 137. 8.9K views 1 year ago #ChampionshipWrestlingFromFlorida #CWF #RockyJohnson. 45 years ago - November 1st, 1977 Florida Heavyweight Title Match Lars Anderson (c) vs Rocky Johnson ...more.
Larry Heiniemi (born March 14, 1939) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lars Anderson. His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories as well as the American Wrestling Association (AWA).
The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, also known simply as the Andersons, was originally a professional wrestling tag team that was formed by Gene and Lars Anderson but since then has featured a number of wrestlers who wrestled under the Anderson family name despite not being blood related.
The Anderson family is a family of professional wrestlers, largely consisting of brothers, cousins and children. [1] [2] [3] Gene Anderson. NWA Hall of Famer Gene Anderson (the pioneer of the group), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, started his professional wrestling career in 1958. Gene was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne. [4]
Apr 3, 2024 · On this episode of Wrestling Nostalgia Dave Dynasty talks to one of the original members of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew LARS ANDERSON!-Visit linktr.ee/rassle...
Georgia. 1981
Mar 3, 2021 · Verne punched a martial artist one time in the training school who said wrestling was bullshit. Gene Anderson and Eddie Sharkey helped Lars get the fundamentals down of stuff like bumping. Early days saw him crawling around on his hands and knees with how hard the bumps were in the tough rings.
Roles: Singles Wrestler. Tag Team Wrestler. Booker (1983 - 1990) Promoter. Beginning of in-ring career: 08.1965. End of in-ring career: 1986.
Began wrestling in 1965 under his real name, and was shortly after drafted into the “Minnesota Wrecking Crew” as Lars Anderson, brother of Gene and Ole. Had considerable tag success with the Andersons before coming to Australia in 1969.
