- Father of Scott Putski.
- Former professional wrestler
- Former WWF Tag-Team Champion with Tito Santana
- WWE Hall of Famer.
- Listed as one of the top 50 WWE(F) superstars of all time in a recent magazine released by the WWE
- Always referred to by wrestling commentator Jesse "The Body" Ventura as "Ivan Pudooski" during his wrestling matches
- Former World Tag Team Champion.
- Along with wrestling Ivan Putski also studied Karate with Aaron Banks which he did rank a 2nd degree black belt. Ivan also has a black belt in Judo.
- Runs wrestling school in Texas (December 2000)
- Security guard at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda, Texas. (January 2007)
- Although vertically challenged at 5'6" (sometimes billed as 5'8") in a world of six foot plus behemoths, he, along with Bruno Sammartino, Ken Patera and George "The Animal" Steele, was regarded as one of the strongest men in the professional wrestling business.
- In the later part of his career, with the change in image of professional wrestlers, he would shave his beard and change from strength training to bodybuilding with extraordinary success.
- As of 2024 is the final surviving member of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 1995.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content