Joe Laurinaitis
Acting1960Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Raw
Road Warrior Animal / Animal / The Legion Of Doom / Warrior Animal
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Road Warrior Animal
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Road Warrior Animal
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Road Warrior Animal
Dark Side of the Ring
Saturday Night's Main Event
Animal
WWE WrestleMania 13
Animal
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Road Warrior Animal
Acting History
2022
WWE This Is Awesome
TVas Road Warrior Animal (archive footage)• 1 eps
2019
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
as Animal (archive footage)
2018
NWA 70th Anniversary Show
as Road Warrior Animal
All In
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
2017
Nature Boy
as Self
2013
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Animal
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Road Warrior Animal
2010
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
as Himself
2009
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
as Animal
2007
TNA Slammiversary 2007
as Road Warrior Animal
2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as Road Warrior Animal
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
as Animal
2005
WWE No Mercy 2005
as Road Warrior Animal
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Animal
2001
WCW Sin
as Road Warrior Animal
1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TVas Road Warrior Animal
1998
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Road Warrior Animal
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Capital Carnage
as Animal
Battlarts Battle Fiction
as Animal Warrior
WWE Heat
TVas Animal• 2 eps
WCW Thunder
TVas Road Warrior Animal
1997
WWE One Night Only
as Animal
WWE WrestleMania 13
as Animal
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as Animal
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
as Animal
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Animal
WWE Survivor Series 1997
as Animal
1996
WCW Slamboree 1996
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW Uncensored 1996
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Road Warrior Animal
NJPW Battle Formation '96
as Animal Warrior
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)
WWE Bashed in the USA
as Road Warrior Animal
Raw
TVas Road Warrior Animal / Animal / The Legion Of Doom / Warrior Animal
1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Road Warrior Animal (Interview)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE UK Rampage
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE UK Rampage '92
as Road Warrior Animals
WWE WrestleFest '92
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Invasion '92
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Rampage '92
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
as Road Warrior Animal
1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Animal
WWE SummerSlam 1991
as Animal
WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE The Main Event V
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
as Road Warrior Animal
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE WrestleFest '91
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Rampage '91
as Road Warrior Animal
SWS WrestleFest
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Old School
TVas Animal• 1 eps
1990
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Road Warrior Animal (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW WrestleWar 1990
as Road Warrior Animal
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
as Road Warrior Animal (Appearance)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TVas Road Warrior Animal• 12 eps
Saturday Night's Main Event
TVas Animal• 3 eps
1989
WCW Starrcade 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW WrestleWar 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
as Road Warrior Animal
1988
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Road Warrior Animal
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Clash of the Champions
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Starrcade 1988
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
as Road Warrior Animal
Clash of the Champions
TVas Road Warrior Animal / Road Warrior Animal (Cornerman)
1987
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Starrcade 1987
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Animal
1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
as Road Warrior Animal
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Battle of the Belts III
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA WrestleRock 1986
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Starrcade 1986
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Battle of The Belts II
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
as Road Warrior Animal
Power Pro Wrestling
TVas Road Warrior Animal• 2 eps
1985
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Animal
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA StarCage
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA Super Clash
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Battle of the Belts
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
as Road Warrior Animal
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
as Road Warrior Animal
PWUSA Star Wars
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TVas Road Warrior
1984
NWA Night of Champions
as Road Warrior Animal
NWA Lords of The Ring
as Road Warrior Animal
AWA Christmas Show 1984
as Road Warrior Animal
1983
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
as Road Warrior Animal
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
as Road Warrior Animal
WCW Arena Shows
TVas Road Warrior Animal
Mid-South Wrestling
TVas Road Warrior Animal• 6 eps
1981
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TVas Road Warrior Animal