Alan Rogowski

Alan Rogowski

Born: September 22, 1942
Died: February 26, 2024
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Alan Robert Rogowski was better known by his wrestling ring name of Ole Anderson. He was a professional wrestler and promoter. He was an original member of the Four Horsemen. He held numerous NWA World Tag Team Championships with Gene Anderson, who was portrayed as his brother. His ring name is a play on the poisonous plant, oleander.

Movies for Alan Rogowski...

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Title: WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 15, 2014
Type: Movie
One of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought excitement to fans of the NWA and WCW for over a decade. It featured legends like Sting, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the New World Order (nWo), the Road Warriors and more, competing for pride, honor and championship gold. This red, white and blue extravaganza always delivered the fireworks.
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Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Title: Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 8, 2008
Type: Movie
This is a tremendous documentary recounting a tremendous career. Starting with Flair's original entry into wrestling, the plane crash that nearly ended his career and his eventual rise to being NWA's Travelling Champion.
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The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
Title: The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
Character: himself
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes will forever be remembered as the working man's champion. A master at the mic and a three-time World Heavyweight Champion, he has had legendary confrontations with sports-entertainments top stars, including Ric Flair, Harley Race, "SuperStar" Billy Graham, Terry Funk and Tully Blanchard. Decades later, his contributions to sports-entertainment are still being felt. This Three-disc release will present his life's story as well as his most memorable matches and interviews from his days in the AWA, NWA, and WWWF, WWE, and WCW.
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WCW Beach Blast
Title: WCW Beach Blast
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: June 20, 1992
Type: Movie
WCW Beach Blast '92 took place on June 20, 1992 and emanated from The Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama. The main event was a WCW World Tag Team Championship match featuring the Steiner Brothers defending against the Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy & Steve Williams). Other primary matches were Ricky Steamboat versus Rick Rude in a 30 minute Iron Man Challenge match, Sting vs Cactus Jack in a Falls Count Anywhere match, and Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff versus The Dangerous Alliance with Ole Anderson as the special guest referee. There were 3 undercard matches as well as a bikini contest between Missy Hyatt and Madusa.
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WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
Title: WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 7, 1990
Type: Movie
The Great American Bash '90 took place on July 7, 1990 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was Ric Flair defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. Mark Callous challenged Lex Luger for the NWA US Championship, Doom defended the NWA World Tag Team Championships against the Rock 'n' Roll Express, The Four Horsemen fought Paul Orndorff, Junkyard Dog, and El Gigante, and The Steiner Brothers wrestled The Fabulous Freebirds. Other matches included Big Van Vader vs Tom Zenk, Mike Rotunda vs Iron Sheik, and 4 other matches.
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WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Title: WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Character: Ole Anderson (Ringside)
Released: June 13, 1990
Type: Movie
Clash of the Champions XI took place on June 13, 1990 in Charleston, South Carolina. There were 4100 fans in attendance at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel and the show drew a 4.1 rating on TBS. This was the build up show for The Great American Bash.
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NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
Title: NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: February 25, 1990
Type: Movie
WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing took place on February 25, 1990 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship between Lex Luger and defending champ Ric Flair. The Steiner Brothers defended the NWA World Tag Team Champions against Arn and Ole Anderson, The Road Warriors competed against the The Skyscrapers, The Rock 'n' Roll Express competed against The Midnight Express, Norman the Lunatic fought Cactus Jack, and The Freebirds wrestled Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk in defense of the NWA US Tag Team Championships.
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WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Title: WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: February 6, 1990
Type: Movie
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS. This was the show that set up the WCW WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing pay-per-view event.
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WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Title: WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: October 28, 1989
Type: Movie
WCW Halloween Havoc '89: Settling The Score took place on October 28, 1989 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The main event was a Thunderdome match with Ric Flair and Sting versus Terry Funk and The Great Muta. The Roadwarrior competed against the Skyscrapers, Lex Luger defended the NWA US Championship against Brian Pillman, The Steiner Brothers competed against Doom, The Freebirds fought the Dynamic Dudes, The Samoan Swat Team wrestled The Midnight Express, The Cuban Assassin took on Tommy Rich, and Tom Zenk opened the show against Mike Rotunda.
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The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Title: The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: April 11, 1987
Type: Movie
The second Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 10 and 11, 1987. The tournament included 24 tag teams.
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Title: NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
The Greensboro Coliseum is the site for the final stop on the '86 Bash tour!
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NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Title: NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Jim Crockett Promotions used "The Great American Bash" as the name for a tour that had several PPV caliber shows around the country. In 1986, there were 13 Great American Bashes and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defended his title at each one against Ricky Morton, Road Warrior Hawk, Ron Garvin, Nikita Koloff, Robert Gibson, Road Warrior Animal, Magnum T.A., Wahoo McDaniel and Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes defeated him for the title at the July 26 Bash. Flair challenged for it on the last Bash on August 2. Nikita Koloff and Magnum T.A. were involved in a best of seven title match series throughout the Bash for the U.S. Title.
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Title: NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 5, 1986
Type: Movie
The Bash rolls into Charlotte's Memorial Stadium for a red-hot night of action!
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NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
Title: NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: November 28, 1985
Type: Movie
NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the NWA banner. It took place on November 28, 1985 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The main event was between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Their feud escalated when Flair broke Rhodes' ankle in September. After the event, Flair formed the Four Horsemen stable, and continued to feud with Rhodes. Other matches included Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard in an "I Quit" steel cage match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express and the team of Ivan and Nikita Koloff in a Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
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NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Title: NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: July 16, 1985
Type: Movie
The Great American Bash (1985) took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was a steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship with Tully Blanchard defending the title against Dusty Rhodes. Nikita Koloff challenged for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair with David Crockett as the special guest referee. Magnum T.A. defended the NWA United States Championship against Kamala, while the NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Kruschev and Ivan Koloff fought the AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors. 4 other matches took place on the undercard.
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NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
Title: NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: November 22, 1984
Type: Movie
One million dollars is on the line as NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair takes on Dusty Rhodes with legendary boxing champion "Smokin" Joe Frazier as special guest referee. Tully Blanchard faces Ricky Steamboat for NWA World Television Championship. "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant takes on Paul Jones in a Loser-Leaves-Town Tuxedo Match and much more!
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NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Title: NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Character: Ole Anderson
Released: October 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Within the grizzly confines of a completely enclosed steel cage, and Paul Ellering hanging above the ring, the blood feud between "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer and "Wildfire" Tommy Rich comes to an end. and if Rich can manage to win, then Ole Anderson gets "Precious" Paul to himself for 5 minutes inside the cage!