World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation (1965–1985) He was part of the
World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from its early years, appearing on WWWF cards as far back as 1965. For much of the next two decades through mid-1985, Rodz was a mainstay of the federation, though largely used as
enhancement talent, for which he was praised by some of his peers. At times Rodz worked in Japan, Puerto Rico and other territories. This included him winning the
Canadian International Heavyweight Championship in Montreal as
Java Ruuk. On August 9, 1980, at the
Showdown at Shea, he was defeated by "Polish Power"
Ivan Putski. His last WWF match was a loss to
Gama Singh on June 19, 1985.
NWA Hollywood Wrestling (1976–1978) For a time, he also worked with Mike and
Gene LeBell's
NWA Hollywood Wrestling. He won a greater share of matches wrestling as "Arabian Wildman" Java Ruuk and even won the promotion's
battle royal in 1976. by
Arnold Skaaland. On the March 1, 2007 episode of
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's
Impact showed
the Latin American Xchange (LAX) attacking Rodz as part of their feud with
Team 3D. Ten days later at
Destination X, he accompanied Team 3D to the ring for their Ghettobrawl match with LAX at the pay-per-view. ==Training==