The Minnesota Wrecking Crew , also known simply as the Andersons , was originally a professional wrestling tag team who was formed by Gene and Lars Anderson , but since then has comprised a number of wrestlers. All members wrestled were presented as members of the Anderson family despite not being blood related.
5-578: Gene Anderson formed the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew with his kayfabe brother Lars Anderson in 1966. They wrestled throughout the country in the late 60s until Lars left to live in Hawaii. In 1969 Gene then brought in Alan Rogowski, and renamed him Ole Anderson . They dominated tag team wrestling in the 1970s, winning the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times. Over those years, Lars Anderson
10-654: A few months before Ole retired. Also in 1990, Ole managed the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 in NWA while Arn was out injured. This team consisted of Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom . Both members were from Minnesota and wore masks. The two men were the then-current AWA World Tag Team Champions , but were beaten by NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick and Scott Steiner in the NWA. In 2001 in Ohio Valley Wrestling , Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin (once teammates on
15-706: The University of Minnesota wrestling team) formed the Minnesota Stretching Crew in honor of the Wrecking Crew. More recently, independent women wrestlers Lacey and Rain have used the name Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew in homage to the Andersons' classic tag team. The Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Minnesota Wrecking Crew are also named in honor of the original MWC tag team. Gene Anderson (wrestler) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
20-622: The Crew with Arn Anderson (his kayfabe nephew) as his partner. They won the NWA National Tag Team Titles and were members of the original Four Horsemen as the Wrecking Crew, reuniting with their kayfabe cousin Flair. They disbanded in 1987 when Ole was kicked out of the Horsemen. Arn and Ole revived the Wrecking Crew in 1990, yet again in alliance with Flair as Horsemen, but it lasted for only
25-490: Was on occasion brought back in as part of this team. A young Ric Flair was promoted in the mid 1970s as being the cousin of the Andersons who fell out with them resulting in a family feud over the NWA World Tag Team Championship - with Flair enlisting Greg Valentine as his partner - throughout the late 1970s. When Gene stopped wrestling in 1981 to manage, the team was disbanded. In 1985, Ole reformed
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