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

Raw
1997
WWF Superstars
1987
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1987
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1976
WWE Old School
1975
World Class Championship Wrestling
1982
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
The World's Strongest Man
1978
WWF Championship Wrestling
1980
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
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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
1997
Raw
as Ivan Putski
1995
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
as Self
1987
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Ivan Putski
1987
WWF Superstars
as Ivan Putski
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
as Ivan Putski
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 6
as Ivan Putski
1986
Tag Team Champions
as Ivan Putski
1985
The Wrestling Classic
as Ivan Putski
1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as Ivan Putski (archive footage)
1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
as Ivan Putski
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 3
as Ivan Putski
1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
as Ivan Putski
1985
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
as Ivan Putski
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1985
The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
as Ivan Putski
1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1984
Tuesday Night Titans
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1984
Tuesday Night Titans
as 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
1980
WWF Championship Wrestling
as "Polish Power" Ivan Putski
1978
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
as Himself
1978
The World's Strongest Man
as Competitor
1976
WWF All-Star Wrestling
as Ivan Putski
1975
WWE Old School
as Ivan Putski
1973
The Wrestling Queen
as Ivan Putski