Search results
Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1992, where he was billed from Russia (and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Lithuania).
Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler from Yugoslavia, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he usually played a Soviet heel.
Jul 29, 2018 · Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, passed away Sunday morning at age 70, WWE has confirmed.
Dec 18, 2023 · Nikita Koloff sustained a herniated disc in his neck that caused him to retire from in-ring action. Even though Nikita Koloff’s wrestling career lasted less than a decade, he left a significant impact on the wrestling business.
Jul 29, 2018 · Nikolai Volkoff, the burly wrestler whose brash Soviet persona and physical embodiment of Communism made him one of the most hated figures in professional wrestling, has died at the age of 70.
Jul 30, 2018 · Nikolai Volkoff, a Croatian-born professional wrestler who played a villainous communist in the ring, belting out the Soviet national anthem before matches against Hulk Hogan and other Cold...
Aug 5, 2018 · NPR's Don Gonyea and journalist Oliver Bateman remember wrestler Nikolai Volkoff, who died recently at age 70. He portrayed an evil Soviet but was actually a fiercely anti-Communist Yugoslav...
Jul 31, 2018 · Nikolai Volkoff, a massive ex-weight lifter who played a Soviet villain in the professional wrestling ring and battled the likes of Bruno Sammartino and Hulk Hogan, died on Sunday at his home in...
Jul 30, 2018 · Croatian-born weightlifter Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, who played longtime WWE bad guy Nikolai Volkoff and died Sunday at age 70, was no more authentically Russian.
Jul 29, 2018 · Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzović, best known as the evil Russian who teamed up with The Iron Sheik to become a World Tag Team Champion, has died. He was 70.
Related searches
Searches related to nikita koloff nikolai volkoff
ivan koloff nikolai volkoff signature move nikita koloff nikolai volkoff wrestler biography nikolai volkoff address nikolai volkoff video nikolai volkoff bench press eleanor lynn peruzovic
