Birthday: 1941-01-21
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Year | Title | Character | |
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2006-10-17 | WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology | Ivan Putski | |
1986-05-02 | The Best of the WWF: volume 6 | Ivan Putski | |
1986-03-01 | Tag Team Champions | Ivan Putski | |
1986-01-01 | The Best of the WWF: volume 5 | Ivan Putski | |
1985-11-10 | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | |
1985-11-07 | The Wrestling Classic | Ivan Putski | |
1985-09-01 | The Best of the WWF: volume 4 | Ivan Putski | |
1985-04-21 | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | |
1985-01-01 | Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! | Ivan Putski | |
1985-01-01 | Best of the WWF Volume 3 | Ivan Putski | |
1985-01-01 | WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest | Ivan Putski | |
1984-09-23 | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | |
1984-07-15 | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 | "Polish Power" Ivan Putski | |
1980-08-09 | WWE Showdown at Shea '80 | Ivan Putski | |
1973-11-01 | The Wrestling Queen | Ivan Putski |