Alan Rogowski

Known for ActingBorn 1942-09-22Died 2024-02-26Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

WCW Slamboree 1993

WCW Beach Blast 1993

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

WCW Starrcade 1993

WCW Beach Blast

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

WCW Starrcade 1990

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

NWA Starrcade 1985

WCW WrestleWar 1990

The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story

WCW Slamboree 1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

NWA Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

NWA Starrcade 1984

Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection

WCW BattleBowl

NWA Clash of The Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder

WCW Halloween Havoc 1990

WCW SuperBrawl IV

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

WCW SuperBrawl III

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

WCW Fall Brawl 1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

Clash of the Champions

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

NWA World Championship Wrestling

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

WCW Arena Shows

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling