1985Nominee
Best Performance
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Józef Bednarski
Actor
Kraków, Poland
January 21, 1941
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2006Winner
Best Performance
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
1985Nominee
Best Performance
The Wrestling Classic
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Performance
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1995Highlight
Best Performance
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
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WWE Hall Of Fame 1995