Joe Laurinaitis
Birthday
1960/01/26
Day of death
2020/09/22 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Road Warrior Animal, The Legion Of Doom, Animal, Joe Lauren, The Road Warrior, Animal Warrior
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.
Acting
(1998) Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Road Warrior Animal
(2018) All In
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
(1985) AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE WrestleFest '91
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE WrestleFest '92
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE SuperTape vol. 3
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE SuperTape vol. 4
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWF SuperTape '92
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE Invasion '92
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE Rampage '91
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE Rampage '92
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE WrestleMania VII
as Road Warrior Animal
(1997) WWE WrestleMania 13
as Animal
(2006) WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Animal
(2010) Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
as Himself
(1997) WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as Animal
(1998) WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE SummerSlam 1991
as Animal
(2013) WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) NWA The Great American Bash 1985
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE Capital Carnage
as Animal
(1986) NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
as Road Warrior Animal
(1987) NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
as Road Warrior Animal
(1987) NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Chi-Town Rumble
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) WCW Halloween Havoc '89
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
as Road Warrior Animal
(1997) WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
as Animal
(1997) WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Road Warrior Animal
(1997) WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Road Warrior Animal
(1997) WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE Mayhem in Manchester
as Road Warrior Animal
(2005) WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as Road Warrior Animal
(1997) WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Animal
(1997) WWE Survivor Series 1997
as Animal
(1998) WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
(2005) WWE No Mercy 2005
as Road Warrior Animal
(1996) WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Road Warrior Animal
(2001) WCW Sin
as Road Warrior Animal
(1996) WCW Slamboree 1996
as Road Warrior Animal
(1996) WCW Uncensored 1996
as Road Warrior Animal
(1984) AWA Christmas Show 1984
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) PWUSA Star Wars
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
as Road Warrior Animal
(1983) GCW at The Omni (December '83)
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Live: March 18, 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) AWA Super Clash
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Animal
(2014) WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
as Animal
(2012) WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
as ---
(2012) The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
as Animal
(2013) Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
(2016) WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
as ---
(2005) Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Animal
(2011) WWE Hall of Fame 2011
as ---
(2017) Nature Boy
as Himself
(1985) NWA Battle of the Belts
as Road Warrior Animal
(2005) WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Animal
(2014) WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Animal
(2013) WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Animal
(2013) The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
as Animal
(2014) WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Animal
(2009) Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
as Animal
(2006) TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
as Animal
(2012) WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as Animal
(2004) The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
as Animal
(2011) The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
as Animal
(2014) WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
as Animal
(1986) NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Animal
(1987) NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) AWA StarCage
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) Battlarts Battle Fiction
as Animal Warrior
(1986) AWA: WrestleRock '86
as Road Warrior Animal
(1983) NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) NWA Clash of the Champions
as Road Warrior Animal
(1988) NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
as Road Warrior Animal
(1985) AWA Wrestling For a Cure
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
as Road Warrior Animal
(1989) NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)
(1984) NWA Night of Champions
as Road Warrior Animal
(1990) WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
(1986) The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
(1984) NWA Lords of The Ring
as Road Warrior Animal
(1996) NJPW Battle Formation '96
as Animal Warrior
(2007) TNA Slammiversary 2007
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
as Road Warrior Animal
(1987) The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) NWA Battle of the Belts III
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) NWA Battle of The Belts II
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE The Main Event V
as Road Warrior Animal
(1998) WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Road Warrior Animal
(1991) WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)
(1993) WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)
(1992) WWE U.K. Rampage 1992
as Road Warrior Animal
(2018) NWA 70th Anniversary Show
as Road Warrior Animal
(1992) WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich
as Road Warrior Animals
(1997) WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
as Animal
(1997) WWE One Night Only
as Animal
SWS WrestleFest
as Road Warrior Animal
(2019) Dark Side of the Ring
as ---
(1998) WCW Thunder
as Road Warrior Animal
(1999) WWE SmackDown
as Road Warrior Animal
(1986) WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Road Warrior Animal
(2022) WWE This Is Awesome
as Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)
(1993) Raw
as Road Warrior Animal
(1993) Raw
as Warrior Animal
(1993) Raw
as The Legion Of Doom
(1993) Raw
as Animal
(1998) WWE Heat
as Animal