Animal (Road Warrior)

[The Road Warriors Gallery]

Title History

NWA National Tag Team titles w/Hawk winning a Tournament (June 11, 1983);
NWA National Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Buzz & Brett Sawyer (January 28, 1984);
NWA National Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Junk Yard Dog & Sweet Brown Sugar (May 20, 1984);
AWA World Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Baron von Raschke & The Crusher (August 25, 1984);
NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Dusty Rhodes defeating The Koloffs & Baron von Raschke (May 17, 1986);
NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Dusty Rhodes defeating Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (July 9, 1988);
NWA International Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (March 12, 1987);
NWA World Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating The Midnight Express (October 29, 1988);
NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Hawk & Genichiro Tenryu defeating [Animal beat Rhodes] (December 7, 1988);
WWF Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating The Nasty Boys (August 26, 1991 – Summerslam);
WWF Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating The Godwinns (October 13, 1997 – RAW);
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year (7 out of 10 Years);
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Decade;
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Century
(Australia) i-Generation Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Public Enemy (July 28, 2000 in Wollongong, Australia);
(Australia) i-Generation Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Public Enemy (July 30, 2000 in Sydney, Australia);
IPW Hardcore Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating The Shane Twins (March 1, 2003);
PCW World Tag Team titles w/Hawk defeating Chicanos In Action and The Grave Diggers (June 7, 2003);
WWE Tag Team titles w/John Heidenreich defeating Mercury & Nitro (July 24, 2005);

Career Highlights

In the Beginning:

Joe Lauriantis is the brother of John Lauriantis (aka Johnny Ace) and Mark Laurenitis (aka The Terminator)..
Joe Lauriantis has wrestled as “Animal” most of his career, teaming with Hawk as “The Road Warriors” or “Legion of Doom”..

Georgia Championship Wrestling:

Animal & Hawk were originally placed in a tag team together by Ole Anderson in Georgia to create The Road Warriors..
The Legion of Doom faction originally consisted of Hawk, Animal, Jake Roberts, The Spoiler, and manager Paul Ellering..
June 11, 1983: The Road Warriors won a Tournament to be crowned the NWA National Tag Team champions..
October 23, 1983–The Last Battle of Atlanta: Jimmy Valiant & Pez Whatley vs The Road Warriors ended in a double disqualification..
November 19, 1983–Mid South Wrestling: The Road Warriors defeated Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum TA..
January 28, 1984: The Road Warriors defeated Buzz & Brett Sawyer to win the NWA National tag team titles..
May 20, 1984: The Road Warriors defeated Junk Yard Dog & Sweet Brown Sugar to win the NWA National tag team titles..
1984: Hawk & Animal began pulling double duty for both the NWA and Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association..
June 30, 1984–FLORIDA Lords of the Ring: Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda (US Tag Champions) beat The Road Warriors by disqualification..

American Wrestling Association:

August 25, 1984: The Road Warriors defeated Baron von Raschke & The Crusher to capture the AWA Tag Team titles..
March 9, 1985: The Road Warriors debuted for Giant Baba’s All Japan Pro Wrestling..
March 30, 1985–Mid South Wrestling Superdome Extravaganza: The Road Warriors participated in a 4-WAY Tag Team match..
~~~The RockNRoll Express b The Road Warriors and The Dirty White Boys and The Freebirds (Gordy/Roberts) in a 4-WAY..
April 27, 1985: The Road Warriors vs Larry Hennig & Jerry Blackwell..
~~~Hennig & Blackwell rough up the young Road Warriors, who, until that time, refused to sell moves for their opponents..
May 21, 1985–Owen Promotions 60th Anniversary Show: Larry & Curt Hennig defeated The Road Warriors by disqualification..
July 6, 1985 – Great American Bash: Krusher Khruschev & Ivan Koloff vs The Road Warriors ended in a double disqualification..
September 2, 1985–FLORIDA Battle of the Belts: The Road Warriors vs Harley Race & Stan Hansen ended in a Double Count Out..
September 28, 1985 – AWA SuperClash: The Road Warriors defeated Freebirds (Gordy/Hayes) to retain the AWA Tag titles..
January 21, 1986–PORTLAND: The Road Warriors & Magnum TA defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff & Timothy Flowers..
February 2, 1986–MoscaMania: Road Warriors defeated Nikita Koloff & Baron von Raschke..
February 14, 1986–FLORIDA Battle of the Belts II: The Road Warriors & Blackjack Mulligan vs Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin & Maya Singh ended in a Double Count Out..

All-Japan Pro Wrestling:

May 30, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu).
May 31, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Giant Baba & Motoshi Okuma.
June 1, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata.
June 3, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Isamu Teranishi & Riki Choshu).
June 4, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Haru Sonoda & Jumbo Tsuruta.
June 5, 1986 – AJPW: Killer Khan & Super Strong Machine defeated The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) by disqualification.
June 6, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Masanobu Kurisu & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
June 7, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta.
June 8, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Isamu Teranishi & Riki Choshu).
June 9, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki.
June 11, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ashura Hara & Rusher Kimura.
June 12, 1986 – AJPW: NWA International tag team champions Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) by disqualification to retain.
October 20, 1986 – AJPW: The Funks (Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk) vs. The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) ended in a double count-out.
October 21, 1986 – AJPW: Genichiro Tenryu & Giant Baba defeated The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) by disqualification.
October 22, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Samson Fuyuki.
October 24, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Haru Sonoda.
October 25, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Animal Hamaguchi & Riki Choshu).
October 27, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Samson Fuyuki & Takashi Ishikawa.
October 28, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Motoshi Okuma & Samson Fuyuki.
October 29, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Shinichi Nakano & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
October 30, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Shinichi Nakano.
November 1, 1986 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Shinichi Nakano.
February 21, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu).
February 22, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Motoshi Okuma.
February 23, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Takashi Ishikawa.
February 24, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu).
February 26, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Motoshi Okuma.
February 27, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Takashi Ishikawa.
February 28, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu).
March 1, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Haru Sonoda & Jumbo Tsuruta.
March 3, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Motoshi Okuma.
March 4, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Shinichi Nakano & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
March 5, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Motoshi Okuma & Takashi Ishikawa.
March 6, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Haru Sonoda.
March 7, 1987 – AJPW: Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima vs. The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) ended in a double count-out.
March 8, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Ishin Gundan (Isamu Teranishi & Yoshiaki Yatsu).
March 9, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Motoshi Okuma.
March 10, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Takashi Ishikawa.
March 11, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Shinichi Nakano & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
March 12, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta by count-out to win the NWA International tag team titles.
June 8, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated John Tenta & Jumbo Tsuruta.
June 9, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Jumbo Tsuruta to retain the NWA International tag titles.
June 10, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Takashi Ishikawa.
October 19, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated John Tenta & Motoshi Okuma.
October 22, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Hiroshi Wajima & Takashi Ishikawa.
October 24, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Haru Sonoda & Jumbo Tsuruta.
October 25, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Haru Sonoda & Hiroshi Wajima.
October 26, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Isamu Teranishi & John Tenta.
October 29, 1987 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Isamu Teranishi & Jumbo Tsuruta.
February 28, 1989 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Isao Takagi & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
March 2, 1989 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Isao Takagi & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
March 3, 1989 – AJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu.
March 8, 1989 – AJPW: Genichiro Tenryu & The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Jumbo Tsuruta, Shunji Takano & Yoshiaki Yatsu.

Jim Crocket Promotions:

April 19, 1986 – Crockett Cup: The Road Warrior won the first ever Crockett Cup Memorial Tag Team Tournament..
~~~Round #1: The Road Warriors defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood to advance to the next round..
~~~Round #2: The Road Warriors defeated The Midnight Express to advance to the next round..
~~~Finals: The Road Warriors defeated Ronnie Garvin & Magnum T.A. in the finals to win the Crocket Cup!
April 20, 1986 – AWA WrestleRock: The Road Warriors defeated The Freebirds (Garvin & Hayes) in a “Steel Cage” match..
April 28, 1986 – AWA/NWA Rage in a Cage: The Road Warriors beat Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a “Steel Cage” match..
May 17, 1986: The Road Warriors & Dusty Rhodes beat The Koloffs & Raschke to win the 6-MAN Tag Team titles..
July 5, 1986 – Great American Bash: The Road Warriors defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a Russian Chain match..
July 26, 1986 – Great American Bash: The Road Warriors & Baby Doll beat The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette in a Cage match..
September 1, 1986 – FLORIDA Battle of the Belts III: The Road Warriors vs Ed Gantner & Kareem Muhammad ended in a double disqualification.
November 28, 1986 – Starrcade: The Road Warriors defeated The Midnight Express in a Scaffold match..
March 12, 1987: The Road Warriors defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu to win the NWA International Tag Team titles..
April 10-11, 1987 – Crockett Cup: The Road Warriors beat Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr in the first round..
~~~The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) defeated The Road Warriors in the second round..
May 9, 1987–FLORIDA Eddie Graham Memorial: Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs The Road Warriors ended in a Double disqualification..
July 4, 1987 – Great American Bash: The SuperPowers defeated The Four Horsemen in a classic War Games Cage match!
~~~The SuperPowers = (Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff & The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering)..
~~~The Four Horsemen = (Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Lex Luger & Tully Blanchard & JJ Dillon)..
September 20, 1987 – WWC 14th Anniversary: The Road Warriors vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr. ended in a double disqualification..
November 26, 1987 – Starrcade: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated The Road Warriors by disqualification..
March 27, 1988 – NWA Clash: Road Warriors & Dusty Rhodes defeated Powers of Pain & Ivan Koloff (Barbed Wire Match)..
April 22-23, 1988 – Crockett Cup: The Road Warriors defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr in the first round..
~~~The Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) beat The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) in the second round..
July 9, 1988: The Road Warriors defeated Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard for the 6-MAN Tag Team titles..
July 10, 1988 – Great American Bash: The Road Warrior’s Team defeated Kevin Sullivan’s Team in a Tower of Doom Cage match..
~~~The Road Warriors Team: Steve Williams & Ron Garvin & Jim Garvin & Road Warriors..
~~~Kevin Sullivan’s Team: Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo & Ivan Koloff & Al Perez & Russian Assassin I..
October 29, 1988: The Road Warriors defeated The Midnight Express for the NWA World Tag Team titles..
December 26, 1988 – Starrcade: Dusty Rhodes & Sting beat The Road Warriors by disqualification (Warriors retain Tag titles)..
February 15, 1989 – NWA Clash: Road Warriors & Genichiro Tenryu vs Varsity Club (Rotunda/Sullivan/Williams) double disqualification..
February 20, 1989 – Chi Town Rumble: The Road Warriors defeating Steve Williams & Kevin Sullivan..
April 2, 1989 – NWA Clash: Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams defeated Road Warriors to win the tag team titles..
May 7, 1989 – WrestleWar: The Road Warriors defeated The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams)..
July 23, 1989 – Great American Bash: The Road Warriors Team defeated The Freebirds Team in a War Games Cage match..
~~~The Road Warrior’s Team: Hawk & Animal & The Midnight Express & Steve Williams..
~~~The Freebirds Team: The Freebirds & The Samoan Swat Team..
October 28, 1989 – Halloween Havoc: The Road Warriors defeated The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey) by disqualification..
September 12, 1989 – NWA Clash: The Road Warriors defeated Samoan Swat Team..
November 15, 1989 – NWA Clash: The Freebirds defeated The Road Warriors by Disqualfication..
December 13, 1989 – Starrcade (Night of the Iron Men): The Road Warriors defeated Doom (Ron Simmons & Butch Reed)..
~~~The Steiner Brothers beat Road Warriors | Road Warriors beat The SST to win the Iron Man Tag Team Tournament..
February 6, 1990 – NWA Clash: The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous & Dan Spivey) defeated Road Warriors by disqualification..
April 14, 1990: The Road Warriors defeated Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) in Houston, Texas..
April 14, 1990: The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated Doom (Ron Simmons & Butch Reed & Teddy Long)..
April 19, 1990: The Road Warriors & The Steiners defeated Doom & Minnesota Wrescking Crew II..
April 21, 1990: The Road Warriors defeated Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed)..
May 19, 1990 – Capitol Combat: The Road Warriors & Norman The Lunatic beat Bam Bam Bigelow & Kevin Sullivan & Cactus Jack..

World Wrestling Federation:

Summer 1990: The Road Warriors signed with the World Wrestling Federation and became known as the “Legion of Doom”..
August 27, 1990 – Summerslam: The Legion of Doom interfered in a match and cost Demolition the Tag Team titles..
September 1, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated DK Brauch and Paul Perez.
September 9, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Barry Hardy and Duane Gill.
September 23, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Rico Federico and Scott Colontonio.
September 29, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Bobby Salza and Ron Cumberledge.
October 13, 1990 – SNME: The Ultimate Warrior & The Legion of Doom defeated Demolition (Ax & Smash & Crush)..
October 14, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Mike Shelton and Tony Burton.
October 20, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Brian Costello and James Saxton.
October 28, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Alan Costello and Tom Stone.
November 10, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Sato and Tanaka by disqualification.
November 22, 1990 – Survivor Series: Ultimate Warrior & Kerry von Erich & LOD beat Mr. Perfect & Demolition..
November 24, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Black Bart and Kent Carlson.
December 2, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Sean McTracey and The Black Demon.
December 15, 1990 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Kent Carlson and Paul Perez.
December 23, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Tony Ulysses and Duane Gill.
January 19, 1991 – Royal Rumble: Hawk & Animal both participated in the Royal Rumble match..
January 26, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Cleo Reeves and Doug Vines.
February 1, 1991 – SNME: The Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal) defeated The Orient Express (Kato & Tanaka)..
February 10, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Demolition by disqualification.
February 16, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom participated in a #1 contenders tag team battle royal for the tag titles won by the Nasty Boyz.
March 10, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Alan Reynolds and Shinji.
March 23, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Chris Sullivan and Keith Steinborn.
March 30, 1991 – SWS: The Legion of Doom defeated Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu by Count Out at the Tokyo Dome..
March 24, 1991 – WrestleMania 7: The Legion of Doom defeated Power & Glory in 59 seconds..
March 31, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Bob Bradley and Mike Casey.
April 14, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Bill Kruger and Pez Whatley.
April 20, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Mark Ming and Randy Sharkey.
May 12, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Kato and Tanaka.
August 17, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Barry Hardy and Duane Gill.
August 25, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Jim Whitman and Kerry Davis.
August 26, 1991 – SummerSlam: The Legion of Doom defeated The Nasty Boys to win the Tag Team titles!
October 3, 1991 – Royal Albert Hall: The Legion of Doom defeated Hercules & Paul Roma to retain the tag team titles.
October 5, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Brian Donahue and Sonny Blaze.
November 2, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Brian Costello and Peter Weeks.
November 10, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Barry Horowitz and Ben Jordan.
November 27, 1991 – Survivor Series: The Legion of Doom & Big Bossman defeated IRS & The Natural Disasters..
December 7, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated The Executioners to retain the tag team titles.
December 12, 1991 – SWS: The Legion of Doom defeated Earthquake & Typhoon in Tokyo, Japan..
December 15, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Bob Wisserman and Nick Tarentino.
December 28, 1991 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated The Rockers to retain the tag team titles.
January 19, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Al Phillips and Pete Sanchez.
January 19, 1992 – Royal Rumble: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated The Legion of Doom by Count Out..
February 1, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Jim Cooper and Pete Sanchez.
February 7, 1992 – House Show: Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) defeated The Legion of Doom to win the tag team titles.
February 9, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Bob Avery and Bob Morgan.
April 5, 1992 – WrestleMania 8: The Legion of Doom brought Paul Ellering back to the WWF to manage them..
~~~It became ridiculous when Paul Ellering began bringing a vantruiloquests dummy named Rocco to ringside..
April 18, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Barry Hardy and Duane Gill.
April, 19, 1992 – UK Rampage: The Legion of Doom defeated Col. Mustafa & Dino Bravo.
May 3, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Eric Freedom and Tom Stone.
May 9, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Mark Key and Terry Davis.
May 24, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Bill Pierce and Vito Cruz.
May 30, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Rick Mitchell and Kato.
June 14, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Burt Stiles and Red Tyler.
June 20, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Barry Hardy and Tom Bennett.
July 19, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Legion of Doom defeated Chris Duffy and Peter Motts.
July 23, 1992 – House Show: Animal defeated Repo Man.
July 25, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Flex Armstrong and Richie Rich.
August 29, 1992 – SummerSlam: The Legion of Doom w/Paul Ellering defeated Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS)..
September 5, 1992 – Superstars: The Legion of Doom defeated Gary Jackson and Jerry Stevens.
September 1992: Hawk quit the WWF and Animal briefly teamed with Crush before leaving the WWF himself..
October 2, 1992 – House Show: Animal and Crush defeated The Beverly Brothers.
October 2, 1992 – House Show: Animal and Crush defeated Kato and Skinner.
October 8-11, 1992 – House Show: Animal defeated Double Trouble in a handicap match.
October 16, 1992 – House Show: Animal defeated Papa Shango.
Animal injured his back and began collecting on his Lloyds of London insurance policy..

World Championship Wrestling – Return of the Road Warriors::

January 29, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Road Warriors defeated The Faces of Fear..
February 5, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Sting & Lex Luger defeated The Road Warriors to retain the Tag Team titles..
February 11, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Sting & Lex Luger battled The Road Warriors to a Double Count Out..
February 17, 1996 – Worldwide: The Road Warriors defeated The Avenger and The Gambler.
February 24, 1996 – Saturday Night: The Road Warriors defeated Butch Long and The Gambler.
February 26, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Road Warriors defeated Harlem Heat..
March 9, 1996 – Saturday Night: The Road Warriors defeated The Faces of Fear.
March 10, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Road Warriors defeated The Steiner Brothers..
March 16, 1996 – Saturday Night: The Road Warriors defeated Chris Kanyon and Mark Starr.
March 17, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Road Warriors defeated The Nasty Boys..
March 22, 1996 – Saturday Night: Public Enemy defeated The Road Warriors by disqualification.
March 24, 1996 – Uncensored: Sting & Booker T defeated The Road Warriors in a Chicago Street Fight..
April 1, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Steiner Brothers defeated The Road Warriors and The Nasty Boys in a Triangle Match..
April 13, 1996 – Saturday Night: The Nasty Boyz and The Steiner Brothers vs. The Road Warriors and Public Enemy ended in a no contest.
April 29, 1996 – House Show: Hawk & Animal & The Power Warrior defeated The Steiner Brothers & Scott Norton in Tokyo..
May 19, 1996 – Slamboree Lethal Lottery: Hawk & Lex Luger vs Animal & Booker T ended in a no contest..

Wrestling in Japan::

Hawk began wrestling in Japan forming a tag team with Kensuki Sasaki (Power Warrior) as “The Hellraisers”..
July 20, 1990 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu.
July 21, 1990 – NJPW: Keiji Muto & Masa Saito defeated The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) by disqualification.
July 22, 1990 – NJPW: Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono defeated The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) by disqualification.
July 23, 1990 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido.
July 24, 1990 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) defeated Masa Saito & Riki Choshu.
July 25, 1990 – NJPW: Masa Saito & Riki Choshu defeated The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk).
December 14, 1992: The Hellraisers defeated Tony Halme & Scott Norton to win the IWGP International Tag Team titles..
April 29, 1996 – NJPW: Hawk & Animal & The Power Warrior defeated The Steiner Brothers & Scott Norton in Tokyo..
June 23, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda.
June 24, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Keiji Muto, Riki Choshu & Satoshi Kojima.
June 25, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Osamu Kido & Shinya Hashimoto.
June 26, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Ookami Gundan (Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono) by disqualification.
June 28, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Riki Choshu & Tadao Yasuda.
June 29, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Ookami Gundan (Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono).
July 3, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Keiji Muto, Masa Saito & Tadao Yasuda.
July 5, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Keiji Muto, Osamu Nishimura & Takashi Iizuka.
July 7, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Keiji Muto, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu.
July 9, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Osamu Kido, Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda.
July 10, 1996 – NJPW: The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) & Power Warrior defeated Ookami Gundan (Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono).
July 11, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Keiji Muto, Masa Saito & Satoshi Kojima.
July 12, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Junji Hirata, Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Hashimoto.
July 14, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Heisei Ishingun (Kengo Kimura, Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto).
July 16, 1996 – NJPW: Keiji Muto & Sting defeated The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior).
July 17, 1996 – NJPW: Power Warrior & The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior) defeated Keiji Muto, Riki Choshu & Satoshi Kojima.
November 20, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto.
November 21, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda.
November 22, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Keiji Muto, Riki Choshu & Takashi Iizuka.
November 23, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda.
November 24, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Osamu Nishimura, Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto.
November 26, 1996 – NJPW: Junji Hirata, Keiji Muto & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior.
November 27, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Shinya Hashimoto & Tadao Yasuda.
November 28, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Kido.
November 29, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Osamu Nishimura, Takashi Iizuka & Tatsumi Fujinami.
November 30, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Manabu Nakanishi & Shinya Hashimoto.
December 1, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior defeated Satoshi Kojima & Tadao Yasuda.
December 3, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Junji Hirata, Keiji Muto & Manabu Nakanishi.
December 4, 1996 – NJPW: Osamu Kido, Riki Choshu & Satoshi Kojima defeated Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior.
December 5, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Ookami Gundan (Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono).
December 6, 1996 – NJPW: Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior defeated Akira Nogami, Kengo Kimura & Tatsutoshi Goto.
December 8, 1996 – NJPW: Keiji Muto, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima defeated Animal Warrior, Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior.
December 9, 1996 – NJPW: Ookami Gundan (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono) defeated The Road Warriors (Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior).

World Wrestling Federation II – Legion of Doom:

February 24, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom (surprise return) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher)..
March 17, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Savio Vega & Crush by disqualification..
March 23, 1997 – WrestleMania 13: Ahmed Johnson & Legion of Doom defeated The Nation of Domination in a Chicago Street Fight..
April 14, 1997 – RAW: The Godwinns (Henry O & Phineas I) defeated The Legion of Doom..
April 20, 1997 – Revenge of the Taker: Legion of Doom defeated Owen Hart & British Bulldog by disqualification when Bret Hart interfered..
April 26, 1997 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns.
April 28, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon..
May 5, 1997 – RAW: Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon defeated The Legion of Doom..
May 12, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated PG-13 (JC Ice & Wolfie D)..
May 26, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Brian Pillman & Jim Neidhart by disqualification..
June 2, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Steve Austin & Shawn Michaels (Tag Champs) by Count Out..
June 9, 1997 – King of the Ring: Owen Hart & The Bulldog & Jim Neidhart defeated The Legion of Doom & Sycho Sid..
June 10, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom & Ahmed Johnson defeated Faarooq & Crush & Savio Vega..
June 23, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns (Henry O. & Phineas I.)..
June 30, 1997 – RAW: Faarooq & D-Lo Brown defeated The Legion of Doom..
July 6, 1997 – Canadian Stampede: The Hart Foundation defeated Steve Austin & Ken Shamrock & Goldust & Legion of Doom..
July 12, 1997 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Legion of Doom defeated Ken Johnson and Steve Rivers.
July 14, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom vs The New Blackjacks ended in a No Contest..
July 28, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Los Boriquas by Disqualification..
August 3, 1997 – SummerSlam: The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns (Henry O. & Phineas I.)..
August 11, 1997 – RAW: Hawk defeated Henry O. Godwinn..
August 18, 1997 – RAW: Owen Hart & The British Bulldog defeated The Legion of Doom..
September 1, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom vs Los Boriquas ended in a No Contest..
September 7, 1997 Ground Zero: The Headbangers defeated Owen/Bulldog and Legion of Doom and The Godwinns..
September 15, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated The Truth Commission (Sniper & Recon) by disqualification..
September 20, 1997 – One Night Only: The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns.
September 22, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Faarooq & Kama Mustafa..
October 4, 1997 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Legion of Doom defeated Nick Barberi and Bert Centeno.
October 5, 1997 – Bad Blood: The Nation (The Rock & Kama & D-Lo Brown) defeated The Legion of Doom..
October 6, 1997 – RAW: Owen Hart defeated Hawk..
October 13, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated The Godwinns to win the tag team titles..
October 27, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Los Boriquas to retain the Tag Team titles..
November 9, 1997 – Survivor Series: Ahmed Johnson & Ken Shamrock & Legion of Doom defeated The Nation of Domination..
November 24, 1997 – RAW: The New Age Outlaws defeated The Legion of Doom to win the Tag Team titles..
December 6, 1997 – Degeneration-X: The New Age Outlaws defeated The Legion of Doom by disqualification to retain the tag team titles..
December 5, 1997 – Saturday Night: The Legion of Doom defeated Frank Parker and Roger Hill.
December 8, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom vs The Godwinns ended in a No Contest..
December 15, 1997 – RAW: The Legion of Doom defeated Shawn Michaels & Triple H..
January 18, 1998 – Royal Rumble: The Legion of Doom defeated The New Age Outlaws by disqualification..
January 24, 1998 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Legion of Doom defeated The Rock N Roll Express by disqualification.
January 26, 1998 – RAW: Jeff Jarrett & Barry Windham defeated The Legion of Doom..
February 9, 1998 – RAW: Jeff Jarrett & Barry Windham defeated The Legion of Doom by disqualification..
February 23, 1998 – RAW: The New Age Outlaws defeated The Legion of Doom to retain the Tag Team titles..

World Wrestling Federation II – LOD 2000:

March 29, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 w/Sunny won a 15-Team Invitational Battle Royal..
~~~This was an attempt to freshen up the Legion of Doom gimmick with a new manager and new costumes..
March 30, 1998: LOD 2000 w/Sunny defeated Los Boriquas..
April 4, 1998 – Mayhem in Manchester: LOD 2000 defeated The New Age Outlaws (Tag Champions) by disqualification..
April 11, 1998 – Shotgun Saturday Night: LOD 2ooo defeated Frank Stalletto and Roy Raymond.
April 26, 1998 – Unforgiven: The New Age Outlaws defeated LOD 2000 w/Sunny to retain the Tag Team titles..
April 20, 1998 – RAW: The New Age Outlaws & Triple H defeated LOD 2000 & Owen Hart..
May 4, 1998 – RAW: DX (HHH/XPac/Roaddog/Billy Gunn) defeated LOD 2000 & Disciples of Apocalypse..
May 11, 1998 – RAW: The Disciples of Apocalypse defeated Hawk in a Handicap match..
May 18, 1998 – RAW: The Disciples of Apocalypse defeated LOD 2000..
May 25, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 & Droz defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse..
June 1, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 & Droz vs Disciples of Apocalypse ended in a no contest in a Street Fight..
June 8, 1998 – RAW: The New Age Outlaws defeated LOD 2000 to retain the Tag Team titles..
June 27, 1998 – Shotgun Saturday Night: LOD 2000 defeated The Midnight Express.
July 6, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 Hawk vs Darren Drozdov in a Brawl4All match and ended in a draw.
July 20, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 Animal vs Skull ended in a No Contest..
July 26, 1998 – Fully Loaded: Disciples of Apocalypse w/Paul Ellering defeated The Legion of Doom..
July 27, 1998 – RAW: The Godfather & Mark Henry defeated LOD 2000..
August 10, 1998 – RAW: Southern Justice vs LOD 2000 (Animal & Droz) ended in a no contest..
August 16, 1998 – HEAT: Kane and Mankind defeated LOD 2000 to retain the tag team titles.
August 23, 1998 – HEAT: European champion D-Lo Brown vs. Road Warrior Animal ended in a no contest.
August 30, 1998 – HEAT: Too Much defeated LOD 2000.
August 31, 1998 – RAW: LOD 2000 & Droz defeated The Oddities..
September 5, 1998 – Raw Saturday Night: The Oddities defeated LOD 2000.
September 6, 1998 – HEAT: Kane and The Undertaker defeated LOD 2000.
October 12, 1998 – RAW: The New Age Outlaws defeated LOD 2000 (Animal & Droz) by Count Out to retain the Tag Team titles..
October 18, 1998 – Judgment Day: LOD 2000 & Droz defeated DOA (Skull & 8Ball) & Paul Ellering..
October 19, 1998 – RAW: The Headbangers defeated LOD 2000 (Animal & Droz)..
November 1, 1998 – HEAT: The Hardy Boyz defeated LOD 2000.
November 15, 1998 – HEAT: Bob Holly and Scorpio defeated LOD 2000.
November 16, 1998 – RAW: Edge & Gangrel defeated LOD 2000 (Animal & Droz) by Count Out..
December 6, 1998 – HEAT: LOD 2000 defeated Too Much.
December 6, 1998 – Capital Carnage: The Head Bangers defeated LOD 2000.
January 2, 1999 – Shotgun Saturday Night: Bob Holly and 2 Cold Scorpio defeated LOD 2000, The Acolytes and The Disciples of Apocalypse in a 4-way tag team match.
January 9, 1999 – Shotgun Saturday Night: The Acolytes defeated LOD 2000 by disqualification.
March 28, 1999 – HEAT: Animal was in a #1 contenders tag team battle royal for the tag titles won by Test and D-Lo Brown.
March 29, 1999 – RAW: Tag Team champions Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett defeated The Legion of Doom to retain the titles.

World Championship Wrestling:

January 24, 2001 – Thunder: Kronik defeated Road Warrior Animal and Scott Steiner.
January 29, 2001 – WCW Monday NITRO: Road Warrior Animal and Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr..
February 19, 2001 – WCW Monday NITRO: Billy Kidman and Konnan defeated Road Warrior Animal and Chavo Guerrero Jr..
March 21, 2001 – Thunder: MI Smooth and The Cat defeated Road Warrior Animal and Kanyon.

Semi-Retirement:

June 22, 2002: The Road Warriors defeated The Headshrinkers in Atlantic City, New Jersey..
December 18, 2002 – NWA^TNA: Road Warriors make an unadvertised appearance attacking the three top TNA Tag Teams!
December 21, 2002–SCWA: Road Warriors won four-way over Cannabus & Creeping Death, Sweet Daddy & Barbarian and UNOD..
January 8, 2003 – NWA:TNA: Jeff Jarrett & Road warriors are attacked by S.E.X. but are saved by the surprise Dusty Rhodes!
January 15, 2003 – NWA:TNA: Vince Russo/Low Ki/Chris Daniels/Elix Skipper defeat Dusty Rhodes/Road Warriors/Jeff Jarrett..
March 1, 2003: The Road Warriors defeated The Shane Twins to capture the IPW Hardcore Tag Team titles in Yokohama, Japan..
March 7, 2003–Big Time Wrestling: The Road Warriors defeated the Ballard Brothers..
May 12, 2003 – RAW: Kane & Rob Van Dam defeat the returning Legion of Doom to retain the World Tag Team titles..
May 15, 2003 – Smackdown!: Legion of Doom defeated CM Punk & ???? in a dark match..
July 7, 2003: The Road Warriors defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Riki Choshu in Miyagi, Japan..
October 18, 2003: Michael Hegstrand, known as Hawk to wrestling fans, passes away in his sleep, at the age of 46..
June 7, 2003: The Road Warriors w/Paul Ellering won the PCW World Tag Team titles to celebrate their 20th anniversary..
~~~The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) defeated Chicanos In Action and The Grave Diggers in a 3-WAY in Chicago, Illinois..
July 3, 2003 – WJ: The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Yoji Anjo.
July 4, 2003 – WJ: The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) defeated Koichiro Kimura & Takao Omori.
July 5, 2003 – WJ: Dan Bobish & Kensuke Sasaki defeated The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk).
July 7, 2003 – WJ: The Road Warriors defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Riki Choshu in Miyagi, Japan..Semi-Retirement:
July 8, 2003 – WJ: Jinsei Shinzaki & Shiro Koshinaka defeated The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk).
July 9, 2003 – WJ: The Road Warriors defeated Mike and Todd Shane.
July 11, 2003 – WJ: The Road Warriors defeated Mike and Todd Shane.
August 2003: Animal is now the defensive coordinator on the Minnesota Lumberjacks of the Mid American Football League..
April 23, 2004–Memphis Wrestling: Big Bubba Bain & Money Mike vs. Jerry Lawler & Road Warrior Animal ended in a double disqualification.
May 4, 2004–IWA: Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo & Ryo Miyake defeated Animal Warrior, Jim Duggan & Keizo Matsuda.
May 14, 2004–NWL: Road Warrior Animal and Pirate of the Carribbean defeated Leslie Leatherman and Gutterboy.
July 18, 2004–AJPW: Bull Buchanan, Jamal and Taka Michinoku defeated Road Warrior Animal, Jim Duggan and Keizo Matsuda.
August 21, 2004–Pacific Northwest: Road Warrior Animal & Critter beat Big Ugly JD Bishop & Jeremy Blanchard by disqualification..
September 25, 2004–Pacific Northwest: Jeremy & Bubba Blanchard b Animal & J.D. Bishop in a “First Blood” to retain the Tag titles..
October 30, 2004–U of Virginia Children’s Medical Center Benefit Show: Animal & Rick Steiner beat Warlord & Barbarian..
March 21, 2005: Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis had an off-screen tryout as an announcer at WWE RAW tapings in Birmingham..
June 2005 – Gladiator Championship Wrestling: Animal “showed up late” and got into a brawl with Warlord & Barbarian..
June 10, 2005 – NWA Wrestle Birmingham: NWA tag team champions Tom Prichard and The Assassin defeated Road Warrior Animal and Mike Jackson by disqualification to retain the titles.

World Wrestling Entertainment – The Legion of Doom:

The WWE releases a Road Warrior DVD for which Animal is brought in to do a lengthy promotional tour..
July 14, 2005 – SmackDown!: MNM (Mercury & Nitro) attacked John Heideinreich until Road Warrior Animal made an explosive save!
July 21, 2005 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal & John Heidenreich squashed Nick Berk & Julio Dinero..
July 24, 2005 – Great American Bash: Animal & John Heidenreich defeated MNM (Mercury & Nitro) to win the Tag Team titles!
July 28, 2005 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal & John Heidenreich destroyed Chris Hamrick & Scott Szili..
~~~Before the match, Road Warrior Animal gave Heidenreich a pep talk and convinced him to give himself a mohawk..
August 4, 2005 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal & John Heidenreich squashed Josh Daniels & Damian Adams.
August 11, 2005 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal & John Heidenreich squashed Scotty Sabre & Jason Static.
August 18, 2005 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal & John Heidenreich squashed Ruffy Silverstein & J.P. Carson..
~~~Before the match, Animal said that he knew Heidenreich has what it takes and gave him a set of LOD Spiked Shoulder pads..
August 25, 2005 – SmackDown!: John Heidenreich w/Animal defeated Joey Mercury w/Melina & Jillian & Nitro by disqualification..
September 1, 2005 – SmackDown!: John Heidenreich w/Animal defeated Joey Mercury w/Melina Perez & Johnny Nitro..
~~~Melina Perez whacked Animal from behind, but she was caught and set up for the Doomsday Device but MNM saved her!
September 16, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom defeated MNM by disqualification when Melina interfered to retain the Tag Team titles..
September 23, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom (Animal & Heidenreich) defeated Anthony Collett & Jared Steele..
September 30, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom vs Batista & Eddie Guerrero was a No Contest after MNM interfered..
October 7, 2005 – SmackDown!: The L.O.D. w/Christy Hemme beat William Regal & Paul Burchill by disqualification when MNM interfered
~~~Melina Perez ordered Mercury & Nitro to deliver a snapshot on Christy Hemme and then they retreated quickly!
October 9, 2005 – No Mercy: The Legion of Doom & Christy Hemme defeated MNM (Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro & Melina)..
October 14, 2005 – SmackDown!: Mercury & Nitro & William Regal & Paul Burchill beat The L.O.D. & Psicosis & SuperCrazy..
October 22, 2005 – Velocity: Tag team champions Animal and Heidenreich defeated Paul Burchill and William Regal by disqualification.
October 28, 2005 – SmackDown!: MNM beat The L.O.D. and Mexicools and Regal/Birchall in a 4-WAY to win the Tag Team titles!
November 4, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom defeated Simon Dean & Orlando Jordan in a match taped for Velocity..
November 11, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom defeated Nunzio & Big Vito in a match taped for Velocity..
November 18, 2005 – SmackDown! Eddie Guerrero Tribute: The Legion of Doom defeated Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
November 25, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Dicks beat The Legion of Doom by spraying baby oil in Animal’s eyes!
December 2, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom participated in a #1 Contenders Tag Team Battle Royal!
December 28-30, 2005 – House Show: The Legion Of Doom (Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal) defeated The Dicks (Chad Dick and James Dick).
December 30, 2005 – SmackDown!: The Legion of Doom (Animal & Heidenreich) defeated Nunzio & Big Vito (Taped for Velocity)..
January 7, 2006 – House Show: The Legion Of Doom (Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal) defeated The Dicks (Chad Dick and James Dick).
January 13, 2006 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal participated in a 20-Man Battle Royal for the World title (won by Kurt Angle)..
January 27, 2006 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal said he wanted to win the Rumble at go to WrestleMania 22 in his hometown!
January 29, 2006 – Royal Rumble: Road Warrior Animal entered at #19 but was eliminated by Rob Van Dam after only a few minutes..
February 2-3, 2006 – House Show: Matt Hardy and Road Warrior Animal defeated The Dicks (Chad Dick and James Dick).

World Wrestling Entertainment – The Road Warrior:

March 3, 2006 – SmackDown!: MNM (Mercury & Nitro w/Melina) defeated Matt Hardy & Mystery Partner (Road Warrior Animal)..
~~~After the match, Road Warrior Animal confronted Matt Hardy and turned heel and attacked his already injured leg!
March 10, 2006 – SmackDown!: Road Warrior Animal cut a heel promo putting down Hawk, John Heidenreich and Matt Hardy..
March 17, 2006 – SmackDown!: Matt Hardy defeated Road Warrior Animal in a Money in the Bank, Qualifying match..
March 24, 2006 – SmackDown!: Animal participated in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Battle Royal (won by Bobby Lashley)
March 31, 2006 – SmackDown!: WWE United States champion Chris Benoit defeated Road Warrior Animal in a Non-title match..
April 8-9, 2006 – House Show: The Road Warrior defeated Scotty 2 Hotty.
April 14, 2006 – SmackDown!: Matt Hardy defeated Road Warrior Animal..
April 19-20, 2006 – House Show: Paul Burchill and William Regal defeated The Road Warrior and Orlando Jordan.
April 21, 2006 – House Show: Tatanka defeated The Road Warrior.
April 23, 2006 – House Show: Paul Burchill defeated The Road Warrior.
April 24, 2006 – House Show: Matt Hardy defeated The Road Warrior.
April 25, 2006 – House Show: Tatanka defeated The Road Warrior.
April 26, 2006 – House Show: Paul Burchill defeated The Road Warrior.
May 5, 2006 – SmackDown!: Animal defeated Paul Burchill w/Shelly Martinez (try-out as Burchill’s pirates wench!) on VELOCITY..
May 6-7, 2006 – House Show: Gunner and Paul Burchill defeated Animal and Sylvan.
June 6, 2006: Road Warrior Animal was released from his contract by World Wrestling Entertainment..

Semi-Retirement:

Road Warrior Animal’s son, James Lauriantis, is a star linebacker for Ohio State University.
June 17, 2007 – TNA Slammiversary: Team 3-D defeated Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal to retain the TNA Tag Team titles!
September 1, 2007 – All Japan Pro Wrestling: Road Warrior Animal & Kensuke Sasaki defeated brother YASSHI & Shuji Kondo.
May 11, 2008 – Toryumon: Animal Warrior and Power Warrior defeated Damien 666 and Damien El Terrible to win the tag team titles.
July 20, 2012 – SmackDown: Road Warrior Animal defeated Heath Slater.
October 21, 2018 – NWA 70th Anniversary Show: Crimson and Jax Dane w Road Warrior Animal defeated Crazzy Steve and Shannon Moore.
September 23, 2020: Road Warrior Animal passed away at the age of 60.

Updated: April 12, 2024 @ 12:43 pm

RWAnimal

Active Promotion Inactive

Trained By

Eddie Sharkey

Debut

November 1982-2008

Birthday

September 12, 1962

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Gender

Male

Height

6'1''

Weight

285 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Powerslam,
Military Press Slam,
Flying Shoulder Block

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

Baron von Raschke,
The Freebirds,
The Russians,
The Midnight Express,
Dusty Rhodes,
Sting,
Ric Flair,
Arn Anderson,
Tully Blanchard,
Demolition,
The Nasty Boys,
The Natural Disasters,
Money Inc,
Nation of Domination,
New Age Outlaws,
The Godwinns,
Disciples of Apocalypse,
Goldberg,
Sid Vicious,
MNM w/Melina,
Matt Hardy

Status

Deceased