Joe Laurinaitis

Person

Joe Laurinaitis

Acting January 26, 1960

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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,…

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Raw

Raw

6.8 1993 TV Show
WWE Friday Night SmackDown

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

7.4 1999 TV Show
WWF Superstars

WWF Superstars

7.2 1986 TV Show
WWE Heat

WWE Heat

5.3 1998 TV Show
WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge

6.8 1986 TV Show
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

8.3 1985 TV Show
Mid-South Wrestling

Mid-South Wrestling

1981 TV Show
Dark Side of the Ring

Dark Side of the Ring

8.3 2019 TV Show
WWE Old School

WWE Old School

1973 TV Show
NWA World Championship Wrestling

NWA World Championship Wrestling

1985 TV Show
Clash of the Champions

Clash of the Champions

1988 TV Show
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

1981 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    WWE This Is Awesome

    TV show Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)

  2. 2019
    Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

    Movie Animal (archive footage)

  3. 2019
    Dark Side of the Ring

    TV show

  4. 2019
    Headstrong

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    NWA 70th Anniversary Show

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  6. 2018
    All In

    Movie Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)

  7. 2017
    Nature Boy

    Movie Self

  8. 2016
    WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

    Movie

  9. 2014
    WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

    Movie Animal

  10. 2014
    WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

    Movie Animal

  11. 2014
    WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

    Movie Animal

  12. 2014
    WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

    Movie Animal

  13. 2013
    Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  14. 2013
    WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  15. 2013
    WWE: The Best Of In Your House

    Movie Animal

  16. 2013
    The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

    Movie Animal

More credits
  1. 2012
    The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

    Movie Animal

  2. 2012
    WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

    Movie

  3. 2012
    WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

    Movie Animal

  4. 2011
    The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

    Movie Animal

  5. 2011
    WWE Hall of Fame 2011

    Movie

  6. 2010
    Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

    Movie Himself

  7. 2009
    Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

    Movie Animal

  8. 2007
    TNA Slammiversary 2007

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  9. 2006
    TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

    Movie Animal

  10. 2006
    Legends Never Die

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  11. 2006
    WWE Royal Rumble 2006

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  12. 2005
    WWE No Mercy 2005

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  13. 2005
    WWE The Great American Bash 2005

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  14. 2005
    Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  15. 2005
    WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  16. 2004
    The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

    Movie Animal

  17. 2001
    WCW Sin

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  18. 1999
    WWE Friday Night SmackDown

    TV show

  19. 1998
    Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  20. 1998
    WWE Capital Carnage

    Movie Animal

  21. 1998
    Battlarts Battle Fiction

    Movie Animal Warrior

  22. 1998
    WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

    Movie Road Warrior Animal

  23. 1998
    WWE Heat

    TV show Animal

  24. 1998
    WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

    Movie Road Warrior Animal