Editing Arn Anderson (section)

=== Early career (1981–1984) ===
Lunde began his career on December 16, 1981, in Georgia Championship Wrestling going by the ring name Jim Vertaroso,<ref name="cagematch.net">{{cite web |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=479&page=4&s=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729001132/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=479&page=4&s=2000 |archive-date=2021-07-29 |title=Matches « Arn Anderson « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref> having been trained by Ted Lipscomb (Allen). He spent much of the year wrestling in various independent wrestling companies across the United States, including a minor run in [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)|Mid South Wrestling]] for [[Bill Watts]] from 1982 to 1983.<ref name=AlumArch>{{cite web|title=WWE Alumni, Arn Anderson Bio|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/arnanderson/bio/|publisher=[[WWE]]|access-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209040915/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/arnanderson/bio/|archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> By the middle of 1983, he made his way to [[Continental Championship Wrestling|Southeastern Championship Wrestling]], an [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] affiliated promotion operating out of [[Tennessee]] and [[Alabama]]. Taking the name of "Super Olympia", Lunde soon became a member of [[Ron Fuller (wrestler)|Ron Fuller]]'s [[Stud Stable]] before the year was out. Lunde saw success in the tag team ranks by winning the [[CWF Tag Team Championship|NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship]] three times with [[Jerry Stubbs|Mr. Olympia]] and once with Pat Rose throughout 1984. It was also here in this promotion that Lunde met and began what would become a lifelong friendship with Ric Flair. By the end of the year, however, Lunde left the company and joined Mid South Wrestling based out of Shreveport. Lunde's time in Mid South was coming to an end, and during a TV taping the [[Junkyard Dog]] mentioned to Bill Watts, the owner of Mid South Wrestling, that Lunde looked like an Anderson. Watts called Jim Crockett and convinced him to book Lunde.<ref name="patreon.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.patreon.com/posts/arn-finishing-up-51699890| title = Reference at www.patreon.com}}</ref>