#3 Ole Anderson
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Anderson’s work in Georgia with Georgia Championship Wrestling is one of the reasons why territories thrived in the early 1980s. Anderson was responsible for bringing the Road Warriors from the AWA to the NWA.
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He helped make Jake Roberts a solid regional star and gave Tommy Rich a real foundation as a babyface (which included a run as NWA Champion for four days). Anderson followed the paths of others like Eddie Graham, Rhodes, and Bill Watts – playing to the strengths of the rosters he had.
As a wrestler and a tag team specialist, he was also a mega heel back in the day as a member of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. He and Gene Anderson were brawling-type wrestlers who beat their opponents into submission. Anderson’s work paved the way for the Four Horsemen.
