Alan Rogowski
- Professione
- Recitazione
- Nascita
- 22 settembre 1942
- Luogo di nascita
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Morte
- 26 febbraio 2024
Biografia
Alan Robert Rogowski, better known by the ring name Ole Anderson (/ˈoʊlɪ/), was an American professional wrestler, booker, and promoter.
Following a stint in the U.S. Army, Rogowski made his professional wrestling debut in his native Minnesota in 1967, wrestling for the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as Al "the Rock" Rogowski or simply Rock Rogowski. The following year, he debuted in the Carolinas-based Jim Crockett Promotions, where he adopted the ring name Ole Anderson and began teaming with his "brother" Gene Anderson as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. Following a further stint with the AWA and appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida, in 1972 Anderson settled into wrestling primarily for Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling. By the mid-1980s, Anderson was a part-owner of, and the booker for, Georgia Championship Wrestling. After Georgia Championship Wrestling was acquired by Vince McMahon in 1984 in what was known as "Black Saturday", Anderson broke away to form his own promotion, Championship Wrestling from Georgia, which was itself acquired by Jim Crockett Promotions the following year. Anderson spent the rest of his career with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), forming a new iteration of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew with Arn Anderson, co-founding influential stable The Four Horsemen, twice serving as booker for WCW, and running the WCW Power Plant. He retired from the ring in 1990, and from the professional wrestling industry in 1994.
Known amongst his contemporaries for his gruff, cantankerous demeanor and toughness, Anderson is a key figure in the history of professional wrestling in Georgia and the Carolinas. He held over 40 championships over the course of his career, including eight reigns as National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Tag Team Champion (Mid-Atlantic version). He was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1994 and the NWA Hall of Fame in 2010.
Film con Alan Rogowski
- NWA Starrcade 1985 1985 · ★ 7.7
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 1989 · ★ 6.8
- NWA Starrcade 1984 1984 · ★ 5.6
- The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story 2006 · ★ 5.0
- Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection 2008 · ★ 6.0
- The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s 2005 · ★ 7.8
- WCW WrestleWar 1990 1990 · ★ 7.5
- WCW The Great American Bash 1990 1990 · ★ 7.7
- WCW Slamboree 1993 1993 · ★ 10.0
- WCW Beach Blast 1992 · ★ 8.0
- WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash 2014 · ★ 10.0
- NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout 1990 · ★ 4.0
- NWA The Great American Bash 1985 1985
- NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land 1986
- NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta 1983
- NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush 1990
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte 1986
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro 1986
- The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1987