Sylvester Ritter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-12-13 (46 years old)

Deathday

1998-06-02

Place of Birth

Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA

Sylvester Ritter

Biography

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 cou...

Acting

2006

Heroes of World Class

as Junkyard Dog

1985

WrestleMania

as The Junkyard Dog

1986

WrestleMania II

as The Junkyard Dog

1987

WWE WrestleMania III

as The Junkyard Dog

1985

The Wrestling Classic

as The Junkyard Dog

1988

1990

1988

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

as The Junkyard Dog (Appearance)

1991

WCW WrestleWar 1991

as The Junkyard Dog

1987

1985

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

as The Junkyard Dog (archive footage)

2022

Biography: Wrestlemania I

as Self (archival footage) - The Junkyard Dog

1988

Hulkamania 3

as The Junkyard Dog

2013

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

as Junkyard Dog / Stagger Lee

1986

1986

1987

1987

1987

1985

1994

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

as Junkyard Dog (archive footage)

2007

WWE: The Ladder Match

as Big Daddy Ritter

1988

WWE U.K. Rampage 1988

as The Junkyard Dog

1986

2018

Andre the Giant

as Self (archive footage)

1988

WWE Royal Rumble

as The Junkyard Dog

1988

WWE WrestleMania IV

as The Junkyard Dog

1988

WWE SummerSlam 1988

as The Junkyard Dog

1984

NWA Boogie Jam

as The Junkyard Dog

1984

WCCW Parade of Champions

as The Junkyard Dog

1984

NWA Lords of The Ring

as The Junkyard Dog

1986

WWE The Big Event

as The Junkyard Dog

1998

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

as Junkyard Dog (Honoree)

1983

1985

WrestleMania

as The Junkyard Dog

1986

WrestleMania 2

as Junkyard Dog

1987

WrestleMania III

as Junkyard Dog

1988

WrestleMania IV

as Junkyard Dog

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