Acting · Kraków, Poland · Born January 21, 1941
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.
TVBiography: WWE Legends
2021
as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
MovieWWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as Ivan Putski
Luscious Johnny: The Wrestler
2005
as Himself
MovieWWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
as Self
TVRaw
1993
as Ivan Putski
TVWWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Ivan Putski
TVWWF Superstars
1986
as Ivan Putski
MovieThe Best of the WWF: volume 6
1986
as Ivan Putski
MovieTag Team Champions
1986
as Ivan Putski
MovieThe Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986
as Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
MovieThe Wrestling Classic
1985
as Ivan Putski
MovieThe Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
as Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
TVWWE Pay Per View
1985
MovieBob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985
as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
MovieWrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1985
as Ivan Putski
MovieBest of the WWF Volume 3
1985
as Ivan Putski
MovieWrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
as Ivan Putski
MovieThe Hulkster Hulk Hogan
1985
as Ivan Putski
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
TVTuesday Night Titans
1984
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
1983
as Ivan Putski
TVWorld Class Championship Wrestling
1982
as Ivan Putski
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
1980
as Ivan Putski
TVWWF Championship Wrestling
1980
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
MovieThe Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978
as Himself
TVThe World's Strongest Man
1977
as Competitor
TVWWF All-Star Wrestling
1975
as Ivan Putski
MovieThe Wrestling Queen
1973
as Ivan Putski
TVWWE Old School
1973
as Ivan Putski
