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Józef Bednarski

Józef Bednarski is a Polish former professional wrestler and bodybuilder, best known by the ring name Ivan Putski. He was given the nicknames "The Polish Hammer" and "Polish Power". Putski is a former WWE World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana. He had a famous feud with Superstar Billy Graham over the WWE Championship, which led to many pose-downs, arm wrestling bouts, and long matches between the two. Other rivals included The Iron Sheik, Ivan Koloff, and Jesse Ventura, who would refer to Putski as "Puduski" when commentating for WWE. Putski was the first Polish Wrestler to perform in WWE.


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Born:
Jan 21, 1941 In Kraków, Poland
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie The Wrestling Queen 1973-11-01
Latest Project:
Movie Biography: Booker T 2021-05-09
Known For
Poster of Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler
Poster of Tag Team Champions
Poster of The Wrestling Classic
Poster of The Super Bowl of Wrestling
Filmography
Movie Biography: Booker T Self 2021-05-09
Movie WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology Ivan Putski 2006-10-17
Movie Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler Himself 2005-01-01
Series WWE Raw Ivan Putski 1993-01-11
Movie The Best of the WWF: volume 5 Ivan Putski 1986-01-01
Movie Tag Team Champions Ivan Putski 1986-03-01
Movie The Best of the WWF: volume 6 Ivan Putski 1986-05-02
Movie Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! Ivan Putski 1985-01-01
Movie WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest Ivan Putski 1985-01-01
Movie Best of the WWF Volume 3 Ivan Putski 1985-01-01
Movie Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports Ivan Putski (archive footage) 1985-03-01
Movie The Best of the WWF: volume 4 Ivan Putski 1985-09-01
Movie WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 "Polish Power" Ivan Putski 1985-04-21
Movie WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 "Polish Power" Ivan Putski 1985-11-10
Movie The Wrestling Classic Ivan Putski 1985-11-07
Movie WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 "Polish Power" Ivan Putski 1984-07-15
Movie WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 "Polish Power" Ivan Putski 1984-09-23
Movie WWE Showdown at Shea '80 Ivan Putski 1980-08-09
Movie The Super Bowl of Wrestling Himself 1978-01-25
Movie The Wrestling Queen Ivan Putski 1973-11-01