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  Joseph Laurinaitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown!
WWE agent and former professional wrestler John Laurinaitis (Johnny Ace) and former wrestler of the tag team The Wrecking Crew Mark Laurinaitis (Terminator / Fury) are his brothers.
Joseph's son, James Laurinaitis, plays linebacker on the Ohio State football team.
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 John Laurinaitis -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Laurinaitis was accused of attempting to recruit talent for WWE at the funeral of Eddie Guerrero; this was said to be the means by which Charlie Haas was re-signed.
Laurinaitis is the brother of The Terminator (Mark Laurinaitis) and Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis).
Laurinaitis is credited as the inventor of the "cutter" maneuver, which was later adopted by Diamond Dallas Page as the Diamond Cutter, Randy Orton as the RKO, and modified into a jawbreaker by Mikey Whipwreck, a variation that Stone Cold Steve Austin popularized as the Stunner.
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 Wrestling Encyclopedia
Joseph Laurinaitis was born on January 29, 1960 in Chicago; and at just age 8, he became close friends with Michael Hegstrand, who was born on September 12, 1957 and grew up in a nearby Chicago neighborhood.
When he was 15, Laurinaitis’ family moved to New Brighton, MN for work, and Hegstrand’s family would soon follow them to Minnesota when they settled in Minneapolis.
Laurinaitis debuted first, competing in Georgia as the Road Warrior, whose name and image was derived from the 1982 Mel Gibson film.
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 SportsCrew Forums - Road Warrior Hawk Dead At 46   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Believing that his exhaustion was due to the move and the excitement of the impeding move to Tampa, Florida, she didn't think anything of it and found him dead hours later.
The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis), burst onto the wrestling scene in June 1983, claiming Georgia's National tag team titles in a tournament.
Laurinaitis, 6-foot-2, 285 pounds, debuted first as The Road Warrior in Georgia, a name and image derived from the Mel Gibson film of the same name.
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 Joseph Laurinaitis - TheBestLinks.com - American, Chicago, Illinois, NWA, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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The Road Warriors wrestled across the globe, capturing the IGWP Tag Team titles, as well as every American version of the World Tag Team titles (WWF, NWA and AWA) - a feat that no other tag team can claim.
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 Joseph Laurinaitis: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The updated page can be found at: joseph laurinaitis
Joseph Laurinaitis, best known as Road Warrior Animal, was an American (American: A native or inhabitant of the United States) Professional wrestler (Professional wrestler: professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants...
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 Joseph Laurinaitis: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Joseph Laurinaitis, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
[follow this hyperlink for a summary of this topic] agent and former professional wrestler John Laurinaitis, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Former professional wrestler Mark Laurinaitis, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
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 Road Warrior Animal Wrestleinfo
HOMETOWN: CHICAGO, IL Michael Hegstrand grew up with Joseph Laurinaitis together in Minnesota before a move split them up from attending school together.
They each embarked on careers as singles wrestlers with Laurinaitis wrestling as the "The Road Warrior" before he formed a team with Hegstrand.
He chose Hegstrand and Laurinaitis to form his team and christened them Hawk and Animal, the Road Warriors.
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 Road Warrior Hawk Passes Away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hawk and Animal were perhaps one of the most successful Tag Teams ever on the wrestling scene.
I'm sure that Joseph Laurinaitis (Animal) is devastated.
They were first known as the Legion of Doom.
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 Batista trib
Before getting into professional wrestling, Batista worked as a bouncer in various clubs, and was once arrested for brawling with a man even though his actions were taken in self-defense.
Batista's wrestling career began when he met Curt Hennig and Joseph Laurinaitis (Road Warrior Animal) at a bodybuilding meeting.
He tried out at the WCW Power Plant but was told he'd never make it in the wrestling business.
www.karmaswrestlingretro.com /batista.html   (1137 words)

  
 Animal:: Impact Wrestling.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The original Road Warriors' journey to dominance actually began before they ever entered a wrestling ring.
Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis) grew up on the mean streets of Chicago.
They eventually both moved to Minneapolis, where they became bouncers in some of the toughest joints in the area.
www.impactwrestling.com /Biopage.aspx?ID=223   (1019 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
At about 2:00 A.M. on October 19th Road Warrior Hawk passed away and they do not know what was the cause.
I am in shock, it wasnt to long ago that Michael Hegstrand was on Raw with Joseph Laurinaitis and I am so glad that they got to come back to the WWE even for just a few matches.
This has already been a hard week on wrestling fans with the passing of Stu Hart and now one half of the greatest tag team of all time is gone also.
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /columns/fanjam/102003.html   (924 words)

  
 Big Blue Invitational - Complete Results ::
1 Nigel Bigbee; Indiana State 14.75 2 Dan Roby; EIU 15.01 3 Christopher Bethel; McKendree* 15.06 4 Eric Kramer; St. Joseph* 16.04 5 Kyle Huebner; UWM 17.08
1 Jermaine Jones; EIU 14.52 2 Paladin Jordan; Indiana State 14.84 3 Kurt Laurinaitis; St. Joseph* 15.01 4 Prince Ntium; Lewis* 15.08 5 Brant Schmid; St. Joseph* 17.49
1 Indiana State 41.90 2 EIU 42.33 3 Lewis* 42.36 4 Marian* 45.32 5 UWM 45.47 6 St. Joseph* 45.96 7 UIC 46.17
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