Sylvester Ritter
Birthday: 1952-12-13
Place of Birth: Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA
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 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.
Movies
Heroes of World Class
In 1983 World Class Championship Wrestling and its franchise stars, the Von Erich brothers, were kno...
View Movie
WrestleMania
The first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event taking place on March 31, 19...
View Movie
WWE WrestleMania III
Hulk Hogan goes up against André the Giant for the WWE Championship, while Randy "Macho Man" Savage ...
View Movie
WrestleMania II
Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing match Battle Royal featuring superstars and athletes from the WWF ...
View Movie
The Wrestling Classic
Hulk Hogan defends the WWE Championship against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Plus, a gigantic 16 Superstar T...
View Movie
NWA Starrcade 1988
The Fantastics defend the United States Tag Team Championship against Kevin Sullivan & Steve William...
View Movie
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
Terror rules the ring as Sid Vicious challenges Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Le...
View Movie
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Sting battles Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Doom defends the NWA Tag Team Ch...
View Movie
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
WCW Clash of The Champions IV took place on December 7, 1988 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennes...
View Movie
WCW WrestleWar 1991
The Four Horsemen battle Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers in a WarGames Cage Match. Th...
View Movie
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The best and most memorable matches from Hulk Hogan's career....
View Movie
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Bob Uecker hosted this show in the mid to late 1980's, featuring sports bloopers and comedy with Mr....
View Movie
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Here is the legendary Bob Uecker hamming it up, commentating on sports bloopers and other sports-rel...
View Movie
Biography: Wrestlemania I
Chronicling the making of the first WrestleMania when Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Iron Sheik, Roddy Piper, an...
View Movie
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
A countdown of the greatest superstars in WWE History. From Hulk Hogan to Randy Savage to The Rock t...
View Movie
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
For the first time ever, WWE presents the Legends of Mid-South Wrestling. One of the 1980’s hottest ...
View Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
The power of the WWE superstars comes into your living room from Coliseum Home Video!...
View Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
The best of the WWE superstars in and out of the ring brought to you by Coliseum Home Video!...
View Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
The biggest superstars in WWE in their greatest moments!...
View Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
Coliseum Home Video Exclusives! Rare footage never shown anywhere else!...
View Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
The best of WWE action from across the globe!...
View Movie
Most Unusual Matches
Jesse "The Body" Ventura takes the WWE Universe on a trip down memory lane with some of the wildest ...
View Movie
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Mid-South Wrestling is proud to present, it's 1st volume of a 4 DVD collection entitled "Giants Midg...
View Movie
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Once again fans can re-live the legendary glory age of wrestling and once and for all know that the ...
View Movie
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
WWE Superstars from all ends of the spectrum, including George The Animal Steele, Andre the Giant, H...
View Movie
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Documentary on legendary Houston Wrestling Promoter Paul Boesch produced and aired in 1994 on Housto...
View Movie
WWE: The Ladder Match
Follow the evolution of the ladder match and how it has come to be one of the most popular professio...
View Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
WWE's biggest superstars converge in the Lone Star State for some incredible mat action. Features WW...
View Movie
WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
The superstars hit Paris, France for an international incident featuring WWE Champion "Macho Man" Ra...
View Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
WWE's biggest superstars converge in the Lone Star State for some incredible mat action. Features a ...
View Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
WWE's biggest superstars converge in the Lone Star State for some incredible mat action. Features a ...
View Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
The biggest superstars in WWE head to the great white north for some incredible action. Featuring Do...
View Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87
The biggest superstars in WWE head to the great white north for some incredible action. Featuring a ...
View Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86
The biggest superstars in WWE head to the great white north for some incredible action. Featuring Hu...
View Movie
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
The wrestling capital of the world gets slammed by the WWE's mightiest superstars when Hulk Hogan de...
View Movie
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
Catch all the excitement and action as WWE's most powerful superstars take to the ring. Featuring a ...
View Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
The biggest superstars in WWE head to the great white north for some incredible action. Featuring "R...
View Movie
WWE Hall of Fame 2004
Celebrate the careers and legacies of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2004, featuring Sgt. Slaughter, ...
View Movie
Andre the Giant
An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated car...
View Movie
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Jerry the King Lawler and Junkyard Dog
It's the life and careers of Jerry "The King" Lawler & Junkyard Dog, as examined by their peers. Hal...
View Movie
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
The phrase Saturday Night s Main Event means the biggest WWE Superstars of the 80s and 90s fighting ...
View Movie
The True Story of WrestleMania
The story of WrestleMania, from its early beginnings through the week-long spectacular it has become...
View Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Twenty top Superstars compete in the first-ever Royal Rumble match. See all your favorites including...
View Movie
WWE WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produce...
View Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1988
WWE SummerSlam was the first annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was pro...
View Movie
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Clash of the Champions V took place on February 15, 1989 at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleve...
View Movie
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun took place on April 2, 1989 at The SuperDome in New Orle...
View Movie
NWA Boogie Jam
Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat add another chapter to their storied history in this epic battle from ...
View Movie
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Clash of the Champions XI took place on June 13, 1990 in Charleston, South Carolina. There were 4100...
View Movie
WCCW Parade of Champions
The first annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas feat...
View Movie
NWA Lords of The Ring
A genuinely stacked supercard equal to any modern Wrestlemania, held in the 75,500 seat Orange Bowl ...
View Movie
WWE The Big Event
The Machines & Capt. Lou Albano battle Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan. Junkyard Dog ...
View Movie
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
"The Franchise" Shane Douglas defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Al Snow. Long t...
View Movie
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83
Kerry Von Erich and Michael Hayes clash in a steel cage in a loser leaves town match....
View Movie
WrestleMania 2
Emanating from New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, WrestleMania 2 features Hulk Hogan defending the ...
View Movie
WrestleMania III
Third WrestleMania on March 29st, 1987 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. There are twe...
View Movie
WrestleMania IV
Fourth WrestleMania taking place on March 27th, 1988, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The ma...
View Movie
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
See the WWF's stars in some of the most unusual matches....
View Movie
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Featuring footage from Wrestlemania 2, a "Manager of the Year" ceremony, "Macho Man" Randy Savage's ...
View Movie
George "The Animal" Steele
Profiling one of the wildest creatures ever to roar with this home video classic highlighting the am...
View Movie
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Hilarious mistakes, miscues, and other annoying curve balls perpetrated by various WWE Superstars of...
View Movie
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Hosts Craig DeGeorge and "Luscious" Johnny V take a look at the career of Jake "The Snake" Roberts; ...
View Movie
The Greatest Stars of the 80's
From the glory years of Hulk Hogan to the best of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, an exploration of how ...
View Movie
WWE Grudge Match
Host Gorilla Monsoon takes a look back at some of the most bitter rivalries in WWE history, includin...
View Movie