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 "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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- Born:
- Jan 21, 1941 In Kraków, Poland
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 23
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Wrestling Queen 1973-11-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Biography: Booker T 2021-05-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Biography: Booker T | Self | 2021-05-09 |
| Series | Biography: WWE Legends | Ivan Putski (archive footage) | 2021-04-18 |
| 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 |
| Series | WWF Wrestling Challenge | Ivan Putski | 1986-09-07 |
| 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: November '85 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | 1985-11-10 |
| Movie | The Wrestling Classic | Ivan Putski | 1985-11-07 |
| Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | 1985-04-21 |
| 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 |
| Series | The World's Strongest Man | Competitor | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | The Wrestling Queen | Ivan Putski | 1973-11-01 |