Józef Bednarski
Born: 1941-01-21 in Kraków, Poland
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Biography: WWE Legends as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
2006
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Ivan Putski
2005
- Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler as Himself
1995
- WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 as Self
1993
- Raw as Ivan Putski
1986
- WWF Wrestling Challenge as Ivan Putski
- The Best of the WWF: volume 5 as Ivan Putski
- Tag Team Champions as Ivan Putski
- The Best of the WWF: volume 6 as Ivan Putski
1985
- The Hulkster Hulk Hogan as Ivan Putski
- The Best of the WWF: volume 4 as Ivan Putski
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams as Ivan Putski
- The Wrestling Classic as Ivan Putski
- Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! as Ivan Putski
- Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
- Best of the WWF Volume 3 as Ivan Putski
1984
- Tuesday Night Titans as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1983
- WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983 as Ivan Putski
1982
- World Class Championship Wrestling as Ivan Putski
1980
- WWE Showdown at Shea '80 as Ivan Putski
- WWF Championship Wrestling as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1978
- The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Himself
1977
- The World's Strongest Man as Competitor
1975
- WWF All-Star Wrestling as Ivan Putski
1973
- WWE Old School as Ivan Putski
- The Wrestling Queen as Ivan Putski