Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 21, 1941
Place of Birth
Kraków, Poland
Credits
31 titles
Józef Bednarski
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 would refer to Putski as "Puduski" when commentating for WWE. Putski was the first Polish Wrestler to perform in WWE.
Known For
Filmography
Biography: WWE Legends
Ivan Putski (archive footage)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Ivan Putski
Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler
Himself
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Self
Raw
Ivan Putski
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Ivan Putski
WWF Superstars
Ivan Putski
The Best of the WWF: volume 6
Ivan Putski
Tag Team Champions
Ivan Putski
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
The Wrestling Classic
Ivan Putski
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Ivan Putski (archive footage)
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Ivan Putski
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Ivan Putski
Best of the WWF Volume 3
Ivan Putski
The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
Tuesday Night Titans
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
Ivan Putski
World Class Championship Wrestling
Ivan Putski
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
Ivan Putski
WWF Championship Wrestling
"Polish Power" Ivan Putski
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
Himself
The World's Strongest Man
Competitor
WWF All-Star Wrestling
Ivan Putski
The Wrestling Queen
Ivan Putski
WWE Old School
Ivan Putski