Joe Laurinaitis
Biography
Joe Laurinaitis, known as Road Warrior Animal, was an American professional wrestler who teamed with Road Warrior Hawk as one half of the Road Warriors. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Minnesota, he was trained by Eddie Sharkey and debuted in 1982. With Hawk, he became a fixture in tag team wrestling, winning championships in the NWA, the AWA, and the WWF while the pair headlined pay-per-view events. He also competed for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and WWE, and in 2003 he won the IWS International Championship, his only singles title. His honors included inductions into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011, and the NWA Hall of Fame in 2012. He wrote an autobiography, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling, published in 2011, and died in 2020.
60years old at death
- Born Philadelphia
- Died Osage Beach
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Joseph Michael Laurinaitis (birth name)Also credited as Joseph Laurinaitis
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 20 years1997 to 2017
Every film, newest first
- 2017Nature BoyIMDb rating 7.8
- 1998WWF UnforgivenIMDb rating 6.6
- 1997WWF in Your House: A Cold Day in HellIMDb rating 6.2
- 1997WWF in Your House: D-Generation-XIMDb rating 6.0
Genres
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Joe Laurinaitis movies on Netflix
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Kevin Dunn directed three of these films. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Kevin Dunn
Also three films together1 more actor
- Mike HegstrandWWF Unforgiven (1998), WWF in Your House: A Cold Day in Hell (1997) and WWF in Your House: D-Generation-X (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Two awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| WWE Hall of Fame | Won | ||
| Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.