Rocky Mills, better known by the

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Rocky Anderson, is an American

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and trainer. Mills is not a member of the

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Professional wrestling career

Becoming an Anderson

Mills was the head trainer for

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r Gene Anderson's gym. Mills wrestled as Rocky Anderson, a member of the

Creating new Andersons

Pat Connors, who had been training with

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, wanted to start his professional wrestling career and perform as a member of the Anderson wrestling family. Connors told Koloff of this request and Koloff agreed and spent extra time training Connors so he understood what it meant to be an Anderson. Koloff then reached out to Mills and told him he had a guy who looked and wrestled like an Anderson. Mills went to a show in

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to see Connors perform and was impressed by what he had seen in the match. Rocky, with the blessings of Gene Anderson, gave Connors permission to use the Anderson gimmick. Connors started wrestling as Pat Anderson. Afterwards, Mills and Connors worked together as a tag team for a brief time. Not long after Connors became an Anderson he met C. W. Anderson. Connors was impressed with Wright's skills and appearance and the two started working together as a tag team. Gene Anderson had died by this time so Connors contacted Mills for permission to make Wright an Anderson. Mills told Connors to use his judgement and Wright started wrestling as C. W. Anderson.

American Pro Wrestling (1997)

Mills performed for American Pro Wrestling (APW) in 1997. In 1997; Mills was defeated by Chief Jay Eagle in

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on November 7, Mills is again defeated by Chief Jay Eagle in

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on November 8 and Chief Jay Eagle and Banjo Bucky win against Mills and Manny Fernandez by disqualification at the National Guard's Armory in King's Mountain, North Carolina on November 22.

Personal life

Although he was billed as such at various times, Mills is not actually related to Gene Anderson, Ole Anderson, Bryant Anderson, Pat Anderson, C. W. Anderson or any other members of the

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Pat American male professional wrestlers Anderson family Date of birth unknown Missing middle or first names Place of birth unknown Living people Year of birth missing (living people)