Heiniemi started wrestling in 1965. He formed a tag team with his "brother" Gene Anderson and also tagged with his other "brother" Ole Anderson. Anderson was only the real last name for Gene Anderson . Ole and Lars had changed their names to pretend to be the real life brothers of Gene.[3] He occasionally wrestled with them as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. Lars did not have the success that the other Andersons had. He did win numerous NWA regional championships, including winning the Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Gene Anderson. Lars wrestled briefly in the Carolinas as "Luscious" Lars Anderson.
On the microphone, Larry was one of the best talkers in an era when getting over on the microphone was important. In the early '70s, after leaving Gene Anderson, he returned to the AWA and hooked up with Larry "Pretty Boy" Hennig. The latter needed a new partner after the departure of "Handsome" Harley Race who ventured to the NWA.
In the mid 1970s, Heiniemi was joined by his college friend, Les "Budd" Wolfe. Together they formed a solid combination, and many felt they should have won the AWA World Tag Team titles. In March 1975, Heiniemi announced he was retiring from the ring, and after losing his last match to England's Billy Robinson, Larry left the AWA.
However in 1977, he was back to using the Lars Anderson handle and briefly feuded with his "brothers" Gene and Ole in Atlanta in 1977.
He spent the last years of his career wrestling in Hawaii for Polynesian Pacific Wrestling (PPW). When its owner, Peter Maivia, died in 1982, his wife hired Heiniemi as head booker. This lasted until 1988 when the dwindling promotion folded. Dwayne Johnson, former wrestler and grandson of Peter Maivia, spoke of Heiniemi in his 2000 autobiography, The Rock Says.... Johnson described a scene where, as a teenager, he angrily confronted Heiniemi when he refused to drop the Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight title to Allen Coage, who was wrestling as Bad News Allen at the time.
In 1996, Heiniemi established World League Wrestling. This little known promotion consisted largely of wrestlers from his training school and former PPW talent. The promotion officially folded in 2000.[4]
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Lars Anderson wrestler news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message Larry Heiniemi 2 born March 14 1939 is an American retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Lars Anderson His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance NWA territories as well as the American Wrestling Association AWA Lars AndersonBirth nameLarry HeiniemiBorn 1939 03 14 March 14 1939 age 84 Bovey Minnesota United States 1 Alma materSt Cloud State UniversityProfessional wrestling careerRing name s Lars Anderson 1 Lucious Lars 1 Billed height6 ft 3 in 191 cm 1 Billed weight235 lb 107 kg 1 Trained byVerne Gagne 1 Eddie Sharkey 1 DebutAugust 1965 1 Retired1986 1 Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 2 Championships and accomplishments 3 References 4 External linksProfessional wrestling career editHeiniemi started wrestling in 1965 He formed a tag team with his brother Gene Anderson and also tagged with his other brother Ole Anderson Anderson was only the real last name for Gene Anderson Ole and Lars had changed their names to pretend to be the real life brothers of Gene 3 He occasionally wrestled with them as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew Lars did not have the success that the other Andersons had He did win numerous NWA regional championships including winning the Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Gene Anderson Lars wrestled briefly in the Carolinas as Luscious Lars Anderson In the early 1970s he wrestled in the San Francisco bay area again as Luscious Lars Anderson winning the NWA San Francisco World Tag Team title with partner Paul DeMarco in 1972 On the microphone Larry was one of the best talkers in an era when getting over on the microphone was important In the early 70s after leaving Gene Anderson he returned to the AWA and hooked up with Larry Pretty Boy Hennig The latter needed a new partner after the departure of Handsome Harley Race who ventured to the NWA In the mid 1970s Heiniemi was joined by his college friend Les Budd Wolfe Together they formed a solid combination and many felt they should have won the AWA World Tag Team titles In March 1975 Heiniemi announced he was retiring from the ring and after losing his last match to England s Billy Robinson Larry left the AWA However in 1977 he was back to using the Lars Anderson handle and briefly feuded with his brothers Gene and Ole in Atlanta in 1977 He spent the last years of his career wrestling in Hawaii for Polynesian Pacific Wrestling PPW When its owner Peter Maivia died in 1982 his wife hired Heiniemi as head booker This lasted until 1988 when the dwindling promotion folded Dwayne Johnson former wrestler and grandson of Peter Maivia spoke of Heiniemi in his 2000 autobiography The Rock Says Johnson described a scene where as a teenager he angrily confronted Heiniemi when he refused to drop the Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight title to Allen Coage who was wrestling as Bad News Allen at the time In 1996 Heiniemi established World League Wrestling This little known promotion consisted largely of wrestlers from his training school and former PPW talent The promotion officially folded in 2000 4 Championships and accomplishments editAmerican Wrestling Association AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship 1 time with Larry Hennig AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship 2 times American Wrestling Federation AWF Heavyweight Championship 1 time 5 Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship 2 times 6 NWA Florida Southern Tag Team Championship 2 times with Gene Anderson Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship 2 times with Ole Anderson NWA World Tag Team Championship Georgia Version 1 time with Gene Anderson National Wrestling Alliance NWA Hall of Fame class of 2010 NWA Polynesian Wrestling NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship 5 times 7 NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship 1 time with Seiji Sakaguchi NWA San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Championship San Francisco Version 1 time with Paul DeMarco World Championship Wrestling IWA World Tag Team Championship 1 time with Dick MurdochReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Kreikenbohm Philip Lars Anderson Cagematch net Retrieved June 25 2021 Oliver Greg Olympics just another step for Bob Roop Slam Sports Canoe ca Archived from the original on January 1 2013 Retrieved 23 December 2013 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint unfit URL link Bourne Dick Anderson Brothers Timeline Archived 2007 10 21 at the Wayback Machine The Glory Days Retrieved November 19 2007 Metcalf Cody Hawaii The Forgotten Wrestling Territory Online World of Wrestling November 22 2006 Royal Duncan amp Gary Will 2000 Wrestling Title Histories 4th ed Archeus Communications ISBN 0 9698161 5 4 Meltzer Dave June 22 2015 June 22 2015 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Part 1 of giant Dusty Rhodes obituary GFW s 1st shows and much more Wrestling Observer Newsletter Campbell California 21 ISSN 1083 9593 NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Title Hawaii www wrestling titles com External links editLarry Heiniemi at IMDb Lars Anderson s profile at Cagematch net nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lars Anderson wrestler amp oldid 1201921839, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
