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 was on occasion brought back in as part of this team. When Gene stopped wrestling in 1981 to manage, the team was disbanded. 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. 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.
Legacy In 2001 in
Ohio Valley Wrestling,
Brock Lesnar and
Shelton Benjamin (once teammates on 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. ==Championships and accomplishments==