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Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960) better known by his stage name of Road Warrior Animal, is a American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand, where he holds the WWE Tag Team Titles with his partner Heidenreich.
WWE agent and former professional wrestler John Laurinaitis (Johnny Ace) and former wrestler of the tag team The Wrecking Crew Mark Laurinaitis (Terminator / Fury), are brothers of Joseph Laurinaitis.
Career
For many years he teamed with Road Warrior Hawk. Together they were a muscular tag team called The Road Warriors. The Road Warriors burst onto the wrestling scene in 1983 wearing mohawks, dog collars, spiked shoulder pads, and face paint. Their interview style was vicious, yet charismatic and a bit humorous.
The Road Warriors wrestled across the globe, capturing the All-Japan International Tag Team titles, as well as every American version of the World Tag Team titles (WWF, NWA and AWA) - a feat that no other tag team can claim.
Animal became a born-again Christian in 2003 and makes occasional appearances on Christian based wrestling shows sponsored by Ted DiBiase and Nikita Koloff.
Making a returned to WWE television on SmackDown!, Animal was challenged by the then WWE Tag Team Champions (MNM) to a Title Match at The Great American Bash. Finding a new tag team partner in Heidenreich, Animal went on to defeated MNM for the titles, dedicating the win to his late tag team partner, Michael Hegstrand (Hawk).
Profile
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Weight: 280 lb (127 kg)
- Birthday: January 26, 1960
- Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Billed From: Chicago, Illinois
- Trainer: Eddie Sharkey
- Ring Debut: November 1982
- Managers: Paul Ellering, Sunny, Ric Flair
Finishing and signature moves
- Powerslam
- Powerbomb
- Shoulder block
Tag team moves
- Doomsday Device (with Hawk and then Heidenreich)
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