Sylvester Ritter
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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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Movies
Heroes of World Class
8.5
WrestleMania
6.6
WrestleMania II
6.375
WWE WrestleMania III
7.5
The Wrestling Classic
6.1
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
7
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
0
WCW Halloween Havoc '90
8
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
0
WCW WrestleWar 1991
10
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
7.9
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
0
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
0
Biography: Wrestlemania I
6
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
8.3
Hulkamania 3
0
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
9.3
The Best of the WWF: volume 8
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
0
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
0
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
0
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
0
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
0
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
10
WWE: The Ladder Match
8.3
WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86
0
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
0
WWE Hall of Fame 2004
8.5
Andre the Giant
7.344
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Jerry the King Lawler and Junkyard Dog
0
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
10
The True Story of WrestleMania
8.3
WWE Royal Rumble
6.5
WWE WrestleMania IV
7.4
WWE SummerSlam 1988
7.4
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
0
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
4
NWA Boogie Jam
0
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
0
WCCW Parade of Champions
0
NWA Lords of The Ring
0
WWE The Big Event
8
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
0
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83
9.5
WrestleMania
0
WrestleMania 2
0