Ivan Putski

Who is Ivan Putski?

Józef Bednarski is a Polish former professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is known by the ring name Ivan Putski and was given the nicknames "The Polish Hammer" and "Polish Power".

Putski is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana. Putski had a famous feud with Billy Graham over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, who also had an incredible physique and strength, which led to many pose-downs, arm wrestling bouts and long matches between them. Other rivals included Iron Sheik, Ivan Koloff and Jesse Ventura, who, when commentating for the WWF, would refer to Putski as "Puduski".