Józef Bednarski
Born
21 January 1941 (85)
Place of Birth
Kraków, Poland
Also known as
Ivan Putski, Polish Power
Biography
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 wou...
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.
Filmography (21)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler
2005
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
The Best of the WWF: volume 6
1986
Tag Team Champions
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
The Wrestling Classic
1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984
WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
1983
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
1980
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978
The Wrestling Queen
1973