#ivan putski

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Most Beloved WWE Wrestler Tournament

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Bret Hart vs Ivan Putski - 1986

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Fantasy booking-the 1st Intercontinental tournament

Rob Faint We all know the story of how Pat Patterson won the IC title back in 1979.  The story is he won the title in a fictitious tournament in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.   My question is, why did the WWF not run a real tournament?  Who would have been the participants?  In this column I attempt to book the tournament acknowledging Patterson as the eventual winner. Continue reading Untitled

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Newspaper ad for "Polish Power" Ivan Putski's WESTERN WRESTLING SCHOOL as it appeared in the May 27, 1990 edition of the Houston Chronicle - Scanned from my personal collection

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Macho Man Randy Savage gets set for his match against Ivan Putski. The Wrestling Classic November 7, 1985

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My Deepest Condolences To The Anoaʻi Family 🙏🏾♥️🕊

Leati Sika Amituana'i Anoaʻi (April 5, 1945 – June 25, 2024), better known as Sika, was an American Samoan professional wrestler. He is best known as one-half of the tag team the Wild Samoans with his brother Afa. They held the WWF World Tag Team Championship three times, were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012. He was a member of the Anoaʻi family and the father of professional wrestlers Rosey (Matthew Anoa'i) and Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa'i).

Anoaʻi was born in the village of Leone on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa on April 5, 1945, one of Amituana and Tovale Anoaʻi's thirteen children. In 1959, at the age of 14, he moved with his family to San Francisco, California in the United States. Shortly after, he enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine, working on ships sailing to the Philippines and Japan. He demobilized in 1969 and worked as a stevedore before leaving that to join his brother Afa in pro wrestling.

Anoaʻi was trained as a wrestler by his brother Afa and Kurt Von Steiger, debuting in 1973 in Stampede Wrestling as "Sika". Calling themselves "The Wild Samoans", the brothers and gained notoriety due to their large, wild afros, sarongs, and habit of wrestling barefoot and eating raw fish in the ring. Throughout the 1970s, The Wild Samoans appeared with promotions including Big Time Wrestling, the Continental Wrestling Association, Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, NWA All-Star Wrestling, NWA Mid-America, Stampede Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, winning multiple tag team championships. From 1977 to 1979, the Samoans made repeated tours of Japan with International Wrestling Enterprise; in January 1978, they briefly held the IWA World Tag Team Championship.

On April 12, 1980, The Wild Samoans defeated Ivan Putski and Tito Santana to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship. Their reign lasted until August 9, 1980, when they lost to Backlund and Pedro Morales at Showdown at Shea. As Backlund was the then-WWF Champion, he and Morales were forced to vacate the championship, and The Wild Samoans regained the championship on the September 9, 1980, episode of WWF Championship episode of WWF Championship Wrestling, defeating Tony Garea and Rene Goulet in the finals of a tournament. Their second reign lasted until November 8, 1980, when they lost to Garea and Rick The Wild Samoans left the WWF in December 1980.

Following his retirement, Anoaʻi remained active in wrestling. He trained wrestlers at the Wild Samoan Training Center, a professional wrestling school run by Afa in Minneola, Florida.

On August 15, 1997, both men reunited for one night teaming with Disco Inferno, Gene Ligon and the Big Cheese as they defeated Ken Timbs, George Love, Jay Love, Gary Royal and Kane Adams at IWA Night Of The Legends in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

In 1999, he founded XW 2000, an independent wrestling promotion based in Pensacola, Florida.

On March 31, 2007, The Wild Samoans were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Sika's son Matt and Afa's son Samu.

The Wild Samoans appeared at Hell in a Cell to celebrate Roman Reigns' victory.

Anoaʻi died on June 25, 2024 at the age of 79. An Instagram post by his nephew Jahrus Anoa’i reads: "It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the passing of Former Hall of Famer, Polaivao Leati Sika Anoa’i. He passed away peacefully on June 25th. Sika was a celebrated figure whose contributions and legacy have left an indelible mark. His memory will live on through his achievements and the many lives he touched. He was many things: a hard working father, a caring brother, a supportive uncle, and a proud grandfather. He was a cherished friend to many, a loving family member whose warmth and kindness knew no bounds, and an inspiration to countless individuals. His legacy will continue to inspire and uplift future generations, reminding us of the impact one person’s life can have on so many.

Rest in love Uncle Sika.

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There are so many wrestlers that have stories about the OGs of the Samoan Dynasty being generous to them when they started wrestling. They went above and beyond to train and help the younger generations. Sika is known as a tough, strong man but also a fair, kind and generous man. He will definitely be missed by the wrestling community, the fans and his family.

The wrestling world and fans lost one of the best today, a legend and most importantly The Anoaʻi/Fatu Family lost a brother, father, grandfather, uncle, husband and cousin.

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Love to see ya do a few IVAN PUTSKI AI! MY FAVE SEXY LD MUSCLE DADDY WRESTLER. He'd love to look at his muscles as he posed and also get in hercules holds. Thanks

I will try. Even though is difficult to capture all his brutal masculine power. Thanks for the hint.

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II) The Wrestling Classic ‘85

November 7th, 1985

Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois with an attendance of 14,000

1.) Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart) vs. Corporal Kirchner (Sweet Sixteen, 2/10)

2.) Dynamite Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff (Sweet Sixteen, 0/10)

3.) Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) vs. Ivan Putski (Sweet Sixteen, 3/10)

4.) Ricky Steamboat vs. British Bulldog (Sweet Sixteen, 5/10)

5.) Junkyard Dog vs. Iron Shiek (Sweet Sixteen, 2/10)

6.) Moondog Spot vs. Terry Funk (1st Round, 0/10)

7.) Tito Santana vs. Don Muraco (Sweet Sixteen, 3/10)

8.) Paul Orndorff vs. Bob Orton, Jr. (Sweet Sixteen, 3/10)

9.) Dynamite Kid vs. Adrian Adonis (with Jimmy Hart) (Elite Eight, 3/10)

10.) Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) vs. Ricky Steamboat (Elite Eight, 5/10)

11.) Junkyard Dog vs. Moondog Spot (Elite Eight, 0/10)

12.) Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff (Elite Eight, 6/10)

13.) Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper (WWE Championship, 7/10)

14.) Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) vs. Dynamite Kid (Final Four, 6/10)

15.) Junkyard Dog vs. Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) (TWC Finals, 5/10)

Here we are and time to go back in the DMC DeLorean for a RETRO WWE PLE. The second-ever WWE pay-per-view after the first WrestleMania occurred on closed circuit television some eight months prior. One could say this was a precursor to the SurvivorSeries: Deadly Game event done thirteen years later.

I like tournaments in my wrestling as much as the next dude, but there are limitations to what can be done with a sixteen-man tournament in one night like here at The Wrestling Classic. In an event only 146 minutes long, that means that most of the matches were rushed. The tournament could have been structured better had the WWE only gone with a eight-man tournament. That would cut the matches in half to a reasonable eight, and gives more time to the matches to breathe. Maybe, they could have had an Intercontinental or Tag Team Championship match in there as well.

The best matches of the night were Tito/Orndorff and Hogan/Piper easily. They didn't have clean finishes, but they were leaps ahead of the rest of the card. The one major problem I had with this PLE was the many inconclusive finishes. There were way too many count-outs.

48 of 150 ... 32.0%

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WWE Hall of Fame class of 1995

"The Polish Power" Ivan Putski. Putski started his wrestling career in 1968 and by 1973, he won the NWA Texas Tag Team title twice. Putski was a fixture in the Dallas territories.

Putski went to wrestle for the AWA in the mid 1974 and during his time in AWA, he also started venturing into bodybuilding.

Putski started to wrestle for the WWWF in 1974 and faced the likes of the late Ivan Koloff, fellow hall of famers like Stan Hansen and Johnny Rodz, the late Bruiser Brody, the late Baron Mikel Scicluna, "Superstar" Billy Graham.

In 1979, he won the WWF World Tag Team title with fellow hall of famer, Tito Santana. He worked for the WWF again in the 1980s and took a break from wrestling in 1986. Putski later return to the WWF again as a jobber. He made his final WWF TV on 1987 and later retired.

Putski later made his return to wrestling in 1991 and teaming with his son, Scott in the indies.

Putski was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995 and wrestle his final match in 1997 with his son on RAW against Jerry "The King" Lawler and Grandmaster Sexay.

Ivan Putski is the last surviving inductee of the 1995 HOF class as other inductees from the same class has passed away.

Accolade:

1x WWE World Tag Team Champion

2x NWA Texas World Tag Team Champion

1x NWA American Tag Team Champion

WWE Hall of Fame class of 1995

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2 mirror images of extremely muscular shirtless Ivan Putski. He takes many steroids and becomes 9 times bigger than zangief!! in color, side view

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Johnny Rodz (born May 16, 1938) is best known for his run as an enhancement talent in the World (Wide) Wrestling Federation from 1965 to 1985.

Rodz’ most memorable matches were against Hulk Hogan, Don Muraco, Pedro Morales, Tony Atlas, Bob Backlund, Ivan Putski, The Wild Samoans, Ken Patera, and Andrè The Giant.

His biggest claim to fame was challenging Bob Backlund and Hulk Hogan for their WWF World Championships in 1980 and 1985.

As one of the most popular JTTS (jobbers to the stars), Johnny Rodz was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame by Arnold Skaaland in 1996.

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Ezekiel looks like a vintage 1970's/1980's wrestler with this look, like Ivan Putski and Bruno Sammartino.

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Happy Birthday former WWE Tag Champ, IVAN PUTSKI!

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Hansen vs Putski