![]() ![]() Sharkey thought that Laurinaitis and Mike Hegstrand, Richard Rood, and Barry Darsow could make it big in professional wrestling, and trained all four of them. He worked as a bouncer at Grandma B's in the Twin Cities where he caught the eye of Eddie Sharkey, a well-known wrestling trainer. Because of his size and love of power lifting, Laurinaitis was an imposing figure and thus a very effective bouncer. He grew up in Minnesota, having to work for a living from a very early age. Laurinaitis was born in Philadelphia on Septemto Lithuanian parents. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF and WCW, competing for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at 2001's Sin.Īnimal was inducted with Hawk and their manager Paul Ellering into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, he was one half of the tag team The Road Warriors/The Legion of Doom. Joseph Michael Laurinaitis (Septem– September 22, 2020), better known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal (or simply Animal), was an American professional wrestler. ![]()
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