Long before Arn Anderson, there was the original "Minnesota Wrecking Crew" team of "brothers" Ole, Lars and Gene Anderson. Most often they are associated in history with their Minneapolis area home base and down south in places such as the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama.
Gene did make a brief run to Arizona in 1965, but did not stay long. He first showed up in Phoenix in February of that year and lost to Phil Melby at the Phoenix Madison Square Garden.
Two months later, he was back at The Garden, where he teamed with Hans Steiner to take on Armon Hussein and Rocket Monroe.
The first encounter saw Hussein and Steiner winning the affair.
The reuslt sof as rematch the followign week have been lost to the ages.
Afterward, Gene headed back east and as far as anyone can recall never appeared in Arizona again as a single or with his "relatives" in the wrestling world, though tree trio went on to make a great name for themselves elsewhere.
Gene Anderson died on Halloween in 1991, long after retirement form the ring.
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