Education
Saint Cloud State University.
Saint Cloud State University.
His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories as well as the American Wrestling Association (Aging with Attitude). Heiniemi started wrestling in 1965. He occasionally wrestled with them as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew.
Lars did not have the success that the other Andersons had.
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 Aging with Attitude 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 March 1975, Heiniemi announced he was retiring from the ring, and after losing his last match to England"s Billy Robinson, Larry left the Aging with Attitude. He spent the last years of his career wrestling in Hawaii for Polynesian Pacific Wrestling (PPW).
This lasted until 1988 when the dwindling promotion folded.
Dwayne Johnson, former wrestler and grandson of Peter Maivia, spoke poorly 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. Nicknames
"The Enforcer"
"Luscious"
American Wrestling Association
Aging with Attitude Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Larry Hennig
Aging with Attitude Midwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
American Wrestling Federation
AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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
NWA Polynesian Wrestling
NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
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 (Australia)
International Water Association World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dick Murdoch.