Road Warrior Animal dies
 

Road Warrior Animal passes away
WWE is saddened to learn that Joe Laurinaitis, known to WWE fans as Road Warrior Animal, has passed away at the age of 60.

One of the most intense Superstars to ever step into the squared circle, the 6-foot-2, 300-pound Animal spent the majority of his career alongside his tag team partner, Hawk. Together, they formed what was arguably the most successful, popular and feared tandem of all time — The Road Warriors.

With their intimidating face paint, outfits covered in metal spikes and impressive array of power moves, the duo captured titles and destroyed opponents wherever they roamed. Their dominance made them so popular that the phrase "Road Warrior pop" has been used in locker rooms to describe particularly deafening reactions from the crowd ever since.

The Road Warriors thrived in multiple stints with WWE, where they were known as The Legion of Doom. The team won the World Tag Team Titles on two occasions and were eventually enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame.

WWE extends its condolences to Laurinaitis' family, friends and fans.


That is probably the most popular tag team of all time both gone now.

:( RIP Animal.

It's hard for me to believe with the average age of this forum that basically everyone here doesn't remember the Road Warriors.

Got to see them perform back in the day

Awesome show, pretty much everyone but Hogan was there

RIP

Damn, that's young. RIP

I remember when they had the debacle in the eighties w/ Jimmy Hart, Jerry Lawler and Austin Idol, and Rick Rude was in the middle of the drama constantly.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh what a rush

Lots of wrestlers from that time frame go young.

RIP


Used to love Road Warriors/Legion of Doom

They're probably in the top 5 for memorable wrestling acts of the 80s and probably the most iconic tag team of all time.

You know you're shit is over when the copies of you get over...Vince pulled that one.

This is also James Laurinaitis father btw.

I literally thought that was what this was about.

I'm not really familiar with wrestling, so I apologize for thinking this thread was about Mad Max's dog.

May the man RIP.

Remember James Laurinatis the LB, this is his dad that died.

If i remember right, Hawk died super early too.

Guess the ticker can't always take what these guys put it through to look like they do.

Hawks been dead a long while, he had a massive cocaine problem for a long time.

Yeah, those 70s and 80s wrestlers lived very hard and very fast

We got like Hogan and Flair left.....and Jake the Snake not sure how he's still alive.

man, Sgt Slaughter is still with us!!!! lol

Hacksaw will live forever. DiBiase and Beefcake still going strong as well but the list is getting short.

Jake is kind of alive. He's a bit...off.

Iron Sheik somehow still alive

By some miracle, ol' Shieky Baby is still going strong

****ing asses and making them humble keeps one young.

Brett Hart still with us...

Road Warrior Animal was exciting. Road Warrior Mineral was kind of boring. And Road Warrior Vegetable was sad.