Joe Laurinaitis

Actor Jan 26 (died age 60) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1973–2022 (49 year career)

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Biography

Joseph Michael Laurinaitis is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk. He is the brother to John Laurinaitis, who was formerly WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations and former general manager of both Raw and Smackdown brands of the WWE. Along with the late Road Warrior Hawk, Laurinaitis was one-half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors or also dubbed as The Legion of Doom.

Known For

Film

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

Road Warrior Animal

Film

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

Road Warrior Animal

Film

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Road Warrior Animal (Interview)

Film

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

Road Warrior Animal

Film

WWE WrestleMania XIV

Road Warrior Animal

Film

WWE WrestleMania 13

Animal

Film

WWE WrestleMania VII

Road Warrior Animal

Film

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

Animal

Filmography

Acting (143)

Movies (128)

Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

2019

as Animal (archive footage)

9.0

NWA 70th Anniversary Show

2018

as Road Warrior Animal

All In

2018

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

8.3

Nature Boy

2017

as Self

7.2

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

2016

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

2014

as Animal

10.0

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

2014

as Animal

9.0

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

2014

as Animal

10.0

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

2014

as Animal

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013

as Road Warrior Animal

9.3

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

2013

as Animal

9.0

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

2013

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

2013

as Animal

10.0

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

2012

8.0

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

2012

as Animal

7.5

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

2012

as Animal

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

2011

as Animal

7.9

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

2011

10.0

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

2010

as Himself

Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

2009

as Animal

10.0

TNA Slammiversary 2007

2007

as Road Warrior Animal

6.0

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

2006

as Road Warrior Animal

7.8

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

2006

as Animal

10.0

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

2005

as Road Warrior Animal

7.8

WWE No Mercy 2005

2005

as Road Warrior Animal

7.6

Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

2005

as Road Warrior Animal

8.3

WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

2005

as Road Warrior Animal

8.2

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

2004

as Animal

7.9

WCW Sin

2001

as Road Warrior Animal

5.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

6.4

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

4.2

WWE Capital Carnage

1998

as Animal

4.0

Battlarts Battle Fiction

1998

as Animal Warrior

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

7.5

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

9.0

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

1998

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

7.1

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

8.7

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

9.3

WWE WrestleMania XIV

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

7.8

WWE Mayhem in Manchester

1998

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

1997

as Animal

WWE SummerSlam 1997

1997

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

as Animal

WWE WrestleMania 13

as Animal

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

1997

as Animal

7.1

WWE King of the Ring 1997

1997

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

1997

as Animal

10.0

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

1997

as Road Warrior Animal

9.0

WWE One Night Only

1997

as Animal

7.0

WWE Survivor Series 1997

1997

as Animal

8.8

WCW Slamboree 1996

1996

as Road Warrior Animal

WCW Uncensored 1996

1996

as Road Warrior Animal

WCW SuperBrawl VI

1996

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

NJPW Battle Formation '96

1996

as Animal Warrior

WWE Bashed in the USA

1993

as Road Warrior Animal

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

1993

as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

6.8

WWE UK Rampage

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

5.0

WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)

8.2

WWE Rampage '92

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE UK Rampage '92

1992

as Road Warrior Animals

WWE Invasion '92

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE WrestleFest '92

1992

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

WWE The Main Event V

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

1991

as Animal

7.1

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE WrestleFest '91

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE SummerSlam 1991

1991

as Animal

7.7

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

7.4

WWE Survivor Series 1991

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

7.7

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

6.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Rampage '91

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

SWS WrestleFest

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1991

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop

1990

as Road Warrior Animal

5.9

WWE SummerSlam 1990

1990

as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)

6.6

WWE Survivor Series 1990

1990

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

WCW WrestleWar 1990

1990

as Road Warrior Animal

7.8

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

1990

as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

4.0

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

1990

as Road Warrior Animal

WCW Starrcade 1989

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

7.4

WCW WrestleWar 1989

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

6.7

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

8.5

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

6.3

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

8.5

NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

4.0

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

1989

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

6.5

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Starrcade 1988

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

7.0

NWA The Great American Bash 1988

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

6.5

NWA Clash of the Champions

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1987

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Starrcade 1987

1987

as Road Warrior Animal

5.2

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

1987

as Road Warrior Animal

7.0

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

1987

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

NWA Battle of the Belts III

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Starrcade 1986

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

7.7

AWA WrestleRock 1986

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

10.0

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

8.5

NWA Battle of The Belts II

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Battle of the Belts

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

8.0

AWA StarCage

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

8.5

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

AWA Super Clash

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

7.9

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Lords of The Ring

1984

as Road Warrior Animal

AWA Christmas Show 1984

1984

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA Night of Champions

1984

as Road Warrior Animal

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

1983

as Road Warrior Animal

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

1983

as Road Warrior Animal

Television (15)

WWE This Is Awesome

2022

as Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)

6.0

Dark Side of the Ring

2019

8.3

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

1999

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Heat

as Animal

WCW Thunder

as Road Warrior Animal

7.6

Raw

1993

as Warrior Animal

6.8

Clash of the Champions

1988

as Road Warrior Animal

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

6.8

Power Pro Wrestling

1986

as Road Warrior Animal

Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

8.4

NWA World Championship Wrestling

1985

as Road Warrior

WCW Arena Shows

1983

as Road Warrior Animal

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

1981

as Road Warrior Animal

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

as Road Warrior Animal

WWE Old School

1973

as Animal