What is Road Warrior Animal?
{{Infobox professional wrestler |name = Road Warrior Animal |image = Road Warrior Animal 2017 (cropped).jpg |alt = |caption = Animal in 2017 |birthname = Joseph Michael Laurinaitis |names = Animal<br />Animal Warrior<br />Road Warrior Animal<br />The Road Warrior |height = 6 ft 1 in<ref name=oww/> |weight = 285 lb<ref name=oww/> |spouse = Julie Laurinaitis {{small|(divorced)}}<br>Kim Laurinaitis |children = 3; Joseph, James, Jessica |family = [[John Laurinaitis]] (brother)<br>[[The Terminator (wrestler)|Marcus Laurinaitis]] (brother)<br>[[Brie Bella]] (step-niece)<br>[[Nikki Bella]] (step-niece) |birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|9|12}}<ref name=oww>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/animal/|title=Animal (Road Warrior) - OWW|access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|22|1960|9|12}} |death_place = [[Osage Beach]], [[Missouri]], U.S. |resides = |billed = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |trainer = [[Eddie Sharkey]] |debut = November 1982 }} '''Joseph Michael Laurinaitis''' (September 12, 1960 – September 22, 2020) better known by his [[ring name]], '''Road Warrior Animal''' (or simply '''Animal'''), was an American [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. Along with [[Road Warrior Hawk]], he was one half of the [[tag team]] [[The Road Warriors|The Road Warriors/The Legion of Doom]]. He performed with many [[List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events|pay-per-view]] events for the [[WWE|WWF]] and [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|WCW]], competing for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] at 2001's [[WCW Sin|Sin]]. Animal was inducted with Hawk and their manager [[Paul Ellering]] into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] in [[WWE Hall of Fame (2011)|2011]]. Laurinaitis died of natural causes on September 22, 2020, ten days after his 60th birthday in [[Osage Beach, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web|last