About

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Birthday:
1941-01-21
Place of birth:
Kraków, Poland
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Józef Bednarski

Overview

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.

Known for

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2021 Biography: Booker T Actor Self 59
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2006 WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology Actor Ivan Putski 59
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2005 Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler Actor Himself N/A
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1986 The Best of the WWF: volume 6 Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1986 Tag Team Champions Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1986 The Best of the WWF: volume 5 Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1985 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 Actor "Polish Power" Ivan Putski N/A
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1985 The Wrestling Classic Actor Ivan Putski 59
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1985 The Best of the WWF: volume 4 Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1985 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 Actor "Polish Power" Ivan Putski N/A
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1985 Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports Actor Ivan Putski (archive footage) N/A
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1985 Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! Actor Ivan Putski 59
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1985 WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1985 Best of the WWF Volume 3 Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1984 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 Actor "Polish Power" Ivan Putski N/A
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1984 WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 Actor "Polish Power" Ivan Putski N/A
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1980 WWE Showdown at Shea '80 Actor Ivan Putski N/A
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1978 The Super Bowl of Wrestling Actor Himself N/A
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1973 The Wrestling Queen Actor Ivan Putski 59
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