Sylvester Ritter

Actor Dec 13 (died age 45) Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA 1973–2022 (49 year career)

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Biography

Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and professional football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD for short), a nickname Ritter received while working in a wrecking yard. Entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, to the music of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," JYD regularly headlined cards that sold out the Louisiana Superdome and other major venues, becoming "th…

Known For

Film

Andre the Giant

Self (archive footage)

Film

WWE WrestleMania III

The Junkyard Dog

Film

The True Story of WrestleMania

Junkyard Dog

Film

WrestleMania

The Junkyard Dog

Film

WWE WrestleMania IV

The Junkyard Dog

Film

WrestleMania II

The Junkyard Dog

Film

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

The Junkyard Dog

Film

WWE: The Ladder Match

Big Daddy Ritter

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (66)

Biography: Wrestlemania I

2022

as Self (archival footage) - The Junkyard Dog

6.0

Andre the Giant

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013

as Junkyard Dog / Stagger Lee

9.3

The True Story of WrestleMania

2011

as Junkyard Dog

8.3

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

2010

as Junkyard Dog

8.3

WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Jerry the King Lawler and Junkyard Dog

2010

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

2009

as Junkyard Dog

10.0

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

2008

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE: The Ladder Match

2007

as Big Daddy Ritter

8.3

Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1

2007

as The Junkyard Dog

Heroes of World Class

2006

as Junkyard Dog

8.5

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006

as Junkyard Dog

7.9

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

2005

as Junkyard Dog (Archive Footage)

8.0

WWE Hall of Fame 2004

2004

as Self

8.3

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

1998

as Junkyard Dog (Honoree)

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

1994

as Junkyard Dog (archive footage)

10.0

WCW WrestleWar 1991

1991

as The Junkyard Dog

10.0

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

1990

as The Junkyard Dog

10.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1990

1990

as Junkyard Dog

4.5

NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

1990

as The Junkyard Dog

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

1989

as The Junkyard Dog

4.0

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

1989

as The Junkyard Dog

NWA Starrcade 1988

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE WrestleMania IV

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE SummerSlam 1988

as The Junkyard Dog

Hulkamania 3

as The Junkyard Dog

WrestleMania IV (Duplicated)

1988

as Junkyard Dog

WWE U.K. Rampage 1988

1988

as The Junkyard Dog

The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World

1988

as The Junkyard Dog

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

1988

as The Junkyard Dog (Appearance)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

George "The Animal" Steele

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

WrestleMania III (Duplicated)

1987

as Junkyard Dog

8.3

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE WrestleMania III

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

7.3

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

The Best of the WWF: volume 10

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

1987

as Junkyard Dog

10.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 11

1987

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE The Big Event

as The Junkyard Dog

WrestleMania II

as The Junkyard Dog

WrestleMania 2 (Duplicated)

1986

as Junkyard Dog

8.7

WWE Grudge Match

1986

as Junkyard Dog

The Best of the WWF: volume 8

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

WrestleMania

1985

as The Junkyard Dog

6.6

The Wrestling Classic

as The Junkyard Dog

Most Unusual Matches

as The Junkyard Dog

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1985

as The Junkyard Dog (archive footage)

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

1985

as Junkyard Dog

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

as The Junkyard Dog

WCCW Parade of Champions

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

NWA Lords of The Ring

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

NWA Boogie Jam

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83

1983

as The Junkyard Dog

9.5

Television (10)

Dark Side of the Ring

2019

as Self (Archival Footage)

8.2

Clash of the Champions

1988

as The Junkyard Dog (Appearance)

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

as The Junkyard Dog

6.8

Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

as Junkyard Dog

8.4

NWA World Championship Wrestling

1985

as Junkyard Dog

Tuesday Night Titans

1984

as The Junkyard Dog

10.0

WCW Arena Shows

1983

as The Junkyard Dog

World Class Championship Wrestling

1982

as Junkyard Dog

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

as Junkyard Dog

WWE Old School

1973

as Junkyard Dog