Józef Bednarski
January 21, 1941 (83 years old) in Kraków, Poland
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 "The Body" 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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Credits
- 2021 · Biography: Booker T as Self
- 2021 · Biography: WWE Legends as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
- 2006 · WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Ivan Putski
- 2005 · Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler as Himself
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Ivan Putski
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Ivan Putski
- 1986 · The Best of the WWF: volume 6 as Ivan Putski
- 1986 · Tag Team Champions as Ivan Putski
- 1986 · The Best of the WWF: volume 5 as Ivan Putski
- 1985 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- 1985 · The Wrestling Classic as Ivan Putski
- 1985 · The Best of the WWF: volume 4 as Ivan Putski
- 1985 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- 1985 · Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
- 1985 · Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! as Ivan Putski
- 1985 · WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest as Ivan Putski
- 1985 · Best of the WWF Volume 3 as Ivan Putski
- 1984 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- 1984 · WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- 1980 · WWE Showdown at Shea '80 as Ivan Putski
- 1978 · The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Himself
- 1977 · The World's Strongest Man as Competitor
- 1973 · The Wrestling Queen as Ivan Putski