Sylvester Ritter
Acting
Awards
Won 1 WWE Hall of Fame Award
WWE Hall of Fame 1 won
- — WWE Hall of Fame Won
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Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and professional football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD for short), a nickname Ritter received while working in a wrecking yard. Entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, to the music of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," JYD regularly headlined cards that sold out the Louisiana Superdome and other major venues, becoming "the first blackwrestler to be made the undisputed top star of his promotion". JYD was one of the most electrifying and charismatic wrestlers in the country, particularly during his peak in the early 1980s. JYD was most known for his head butt and upper-body strength, the latter of which saw him regularly body slam such large wrestlers as The One Man Gang, Kamala, and King Kong Bundy. The word "Thump," which referred to JYD's power slam, was prominently displayed on his wrestling trunks.
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Filmography
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WWF Superstars
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Mid-South Wrestling
Dark Side of the Ring
World Class Championship Wrestling
NWA World Championship Wrestling
Clash of the Champions
WWE Old School
Tuesday Night Titans
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83
Andre the Giant
WCW Arena Shows
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
The True Story of WrestleMania
WWE WrestleMania IV
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE WrestleMania III
WWE: The Ladder Match
WrestleMania
WrestleMania II
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
WWE The Big Event
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
The Wrestling Classic
WWE Grudge Match
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Biography: Wrestlemania I
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
WCW WrestleWar 1991
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
George "The Animal" Steele
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Heroes of World Class
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
NWA Starrcade 1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
Hulkamania 3
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
Most Unusual Matches
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
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