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Sylvester Ritter
Acting
1952-12-13 - Present
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.
Credits
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Andre the GiantasSelf (archive footage)
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NWA Lords of The RingasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE WrestleMania IIIasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main EventasJunkyard Dog
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WrestleMania 2asJunkyard Dog
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WWE WrestleMania IVasThe Junkyard Dog
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WrestleManiaasThe Junkyard Dog
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WrestleMania IIIasJunkyard Dog
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WrestleMania IIasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE SummerSlam 1988asThe Junkyard Dog
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The True Story of WrestleManiaasJunkyard Dog
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WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate AnthologyasJunkyard Dog
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WrestleManiaasThe Junkyard Dog
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WCW WrestleWar 1991asThe Junkyard Dog
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NWA Boogie JamasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE Royal RumbleasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE: The Ladder MatchasBig Daddy Ritter
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ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998asJunkyard Dog (Honoree)
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NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal CrushasThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 10asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Wrestling ClassicasThe Junkyard Dog
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Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1asThe Junkyard Dog
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NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's MassacreasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All TimeasJunkyard Dog
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Hulkamania 3asThe Junkyard Dog
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Legends of Mid-South WrestlingasJunkyard Dog / Stagger Lee
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NWA Starrcade '88: True GrittasThe Junkyard Dog
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WrestleMania IVasJunkyard Dog
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WWE The Big EventasThe Junkyard Dog
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Bob Uecker's Wacky World of SportsasThe Junkyard Dog
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WCW Great American Bash '90: New RevolutionasThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 9asThe Junkyard Dog
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NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's BeatingsasThe Junkyard Dog (Appearance)
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement ShowasThe Junkyard Dog
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WCW Halloween Havoc '90asJunkyard Dog
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Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains IIasThe Junkyard Dog
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Bob Uecker's Wacky World of SportsasThe Junkyard Dog (archive footage)
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WWE Hall of Fame 2004as
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The WWF's Most Unusual MatchesasThe Junkyard Dog
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 14asThe Junkyard Dog
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 11asThe Junkyard Dog
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NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' CajunasThe Junkyard Dog
WCCW Parade of ChampionsasThe Junkyard Dog
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WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, StrongestasJunkyard Dog
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86asThe Junkyard Dog
WWE U.K. Rampage 1988asThe Junkyard Dog
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Heroes of World ClassasJunkyard Dog
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Life And Times of Paul BoeschasJunkyard Dog (archive footage)
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Biography: Wrestlemania IasSelf (archival footage) - The Junkyard Dog
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83asThe Junkyard Dog
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84asThe Junkyard Dog
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 8asThe Junkyard Dog
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The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the WorldasThe Junkyard Dog
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87asThe Junkyard Dog
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86asThe Junkyard Dog
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WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Jerry the King Lawler and Junkyard Dogas