Dusty Rhodes needed a partner to take onOle AndersonandJames J. Dillonin a cage match. "He gives support to the Eblen Charities," said Murdock. Nikita Koloff A Real & True Hero It's Time to Man Up! On 1987, Krusher, who left the NWA for the World Wrestling Federation, asked Koloff to join him. Check here, Be the first one to comment on this story. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x NWA National Heavyweight Champion, a 1x NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, an NWA (Mid-Atlantic) 6-Man Tag Team Champion, a 2x NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Champion and a 1x NWA World Television Champion. The following year, Nikita and Ivan Koloff won the NWA World Tag Team Title, a belt the Russians would defend via the Freebird Rule and hold for a 113 day run followed by a second 46-day run. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel to unify the title with the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. On November 26, Koloff and Taylor battled in what would be the only NWA/UWF unification bout at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. He played college football and was dreaming of an NFL career when injuries sidelined him. Young Scott was a weight training fanatic and superb football player at Robbinsdale High School, a Minneapolis suburb. On Popular Bio, He is one of the successful Professional Wrestler. And it was at that time, at that moment, that I told WCW that I was going to step away, take a sabbatical if you will. 26: 26.08.1986: Magnum TA defeats Jack Jackson. There, he shaved his head and was cast as Nikita Koloff, the nephew of veteran Soviet heel Ivan Koloff and part of the faction known as The Russians alongside his kayfabe uncle and American traitor Don Kernodle. Nikita Koloff Comments On Being Open To Having One Last Match, CM Punk Declares He Will Return To Wrestling In Instagram Exchange, MJF Calls Alberto El Patron An Abuser & Drug Addict, Matt Cardona Reacts To WWE Filing Trademark For Zack Ryder. After a few years, he took the name of "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. 80. Koloff became a born-again Christian in 1993. I told them I'd be back, but she was a priority. Title to Lex Luger. He debuted on June 5, 1984 and won his first match in thirteen seconds. AtWrestleWaron May 17, 1992, Koloff teamed with Sting,Ricky Steamboat,Barry Windham, andDustin Rhodesto face The Dangerous Alliance in a WarGames match. Tully on Tully (Melbourne) "Quiet Company" LIVE at the AU review's 6th Birthday Party in Brisbane. Nikita is a member of a religious group called Fellowship of the Sword and serves as an East Coast representative. He gives his time to motivating others, living a Christian life and talking about character and development. Theworkedinjury set up the pretext for dropping the U.S. Former NWA and WCW wrestler Nikita Koloff recently sat down for an interview with Wrestling Inc.'s Drew Rice for The Wrestling Inc. Daily.During the interview Koloff addressed why he had stepped . The Russian 'chain match', using thicker chains than normal chain matches, was considered a Nikita Koloff specialty. That's the main reason why I stepped away for a season of time there at WCW.". Koloff would travel the roads with his stablemates Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle, learning about psychology and other essentials from his more experienced partners and arriving at shows hours beforehand so he could also learn and practice physical in-ring techniques. He attacked Lex Luger, claiming he had "stolen" the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from him in 1987 and that he wanted it back. The final match took place on August 17 and featured run-ins by Kruschev and Ivan and several false-finishes. After Ivan himself turned face when manager Paul Jones went against him, Koloff helped Ivan briefly against Jones' henchmen, the masked Russian Assassins, and then he took a sabbatical on November 27. Koloff would battle Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and was seriously considered to be the man to take the title. Later, he went from a superstar to a man of God. Former NWA and WCW wrestler Nikita Koloff recently sat down for an interview with Wrestling Inc.'s Drew Rice. Lifetime. He met Vince McMahon only twice: first time while working out in a gym in Las Vegas, Nevada (they shook hands and said "hello") and again at Road Warrior Hawk's funeral. [20] At her funeral he met Mandys longtime friend and his future wife, Victoria. Prior to committing themselves to WCW, The Koloffs feuded with then-AWA World Tag Team Championsthe Road Warriors in both the AWA and WCW in a brutal series during 1985. With Kernodle out of the picture, Uncle Ivan Koloff introduced a new comrade named Krusher Khruschev. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. He was given the singles main event when he wrestled NWA World Champion Ric Flair at the final Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament. (*then he changed his name legally, which makes his new life as a preacher pretty awkward, I'm sure*) He's the best (or at least most dedicated to kayfabe) fake-Russian wrestler of all time, at least until they tried to say HANDSOME RUSEV was Russian and not Bulgarian. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. One of their encounters was voted Match of the Year runner-up by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 4:39. Please logout and login again. 8 Dusty Rhodes & Ole Anderson Vs The Assassins (GCW 1980) While it wasn't one of his finest matches from a wrestling perspective, it was one of the biggest moments in Georgia Championship Wrestling, and is still considered one of the greatest heel turns of all time. Nikita Koloffs stated motivation was out of a newfound respect for Magnum TA. Former NWA and WCW wrestler Nikita Koloff recently sat down for an interview with Wrestling Inc.'s Drew Rice for The Wrestling Inc. Daily. Young Scott was a weight training fanatic and superb football player at Robbinsdale High School, a Minneapolis suburb. Expecting it to happen energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum. The team ofThe Super PowersandThe Legion of Doomemerged victorious in both contests. The fans in Charlotte erupted when Koloff entered the cage to help Rhodes. He began wrestling in the mid 1960's under the name Red McNulty. Young Scott was a weight training fanatic and superb football player at Robbinsdale High School, a Minneapolis suburb. Booker T just voted in the Sportskeeda Wrestling Awards. He was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame of 2008. In spring of 1986, Koloff started one of the biggest, most anticipated feuds in the history ofWCWwhen he attackedWCW United States Heavyweight ChampionMagnum T.A.. On November 26, Koloff and Taylor battledinChicago. FEB 6, 2023; Q&A With Koloff- Episode #107 Q&A With Koloff- Episode #107 Today, Nikita sits down with Ed Snaidecki & John Boneck for another great . During this period, Koloff had altered his appearance somewhat, dropping some muscle mass (Koloff used anabolic steroids during the early part of his career but stopped when he saw where they were leading - he lost his muscle mass due to taking time off to take care of his wife, Mandy) and growing his hair out into a crewcut. "I mean, I'm in the peak of my career, right? [9] As of the beginning of October, Rhodes had not decided whether to give Koloff the title at some point during the feud. The AU Review. In December 1984, Jim Crockett rewarded the Russians with the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. He has acted in a small number of films and television episodes, as well as appearing on an episode of America's Funniest People in which his daughter won the $10,000 grand prize. had earned his respect, and that Nikita would work to earn the respect of the American people. [6] His character has been described as "wrestling's equivalent of the Drago character in Rocky IVbig, strong, scary and Russian. In front of his first pay-per-view audience, Nikita became the Television Champion by defeating Taylor on November 26. On a recent episode of "Busted Open Radio," Koloff addressed the possibility of wrestling one last match in the same way Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat both did. She passed away in 1989. So proud of Nikita for using his platform to enrich the lives of men. You might say [like] a Wayne Gretzky, theres only a few guys who walked away at the top of their career, and retired. wrestled all summer, ending up tied after six matches with one no contest. He also wrote a book about Christian Wrestlers: Wrestling with God, 2001, by Chad Bonham. Eventually, he went from villain to hero, teaming with Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream," to become a super patriot and a super star. As the1987 Great American Bashtour got under way, the feud between Koloff, Rhodes,The Road Warriors, andPaul Elleringversus The Four Horsemen and J.J. Dillon was booked as the centerpiece. He made a few appearances for NWA:TNA in 2003 as a masked man called "Mr. Wrestling IV" who attacked Dusty Rhodes. He then lost to Barry Windham in the finals of the tournament for the vacant NWA United States Championship, before beginning a feud with Al Perez and teaming with Sting to feud with the Four Horsemen. Nikita Koloff, the Minnesota-native also known as the 'Russian Nightmare,' will preach the gospel at a Christian church in Union Grove. On top of that, he had several classmates in Robbinsdale High that would also become pro wrestlers who werent necessarily on the football team, including Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, and Barry Darsow, a.k.a. Three months later, on March 18, 1985, Koloff and Ivan defeatedDusty RhodesandManny Fernandezto win theWCW Tag Team Championships. On April 11, Koloff and Dusty Rhodes won the second-annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, defeating the Four Horsemen team of Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger in the finals. Interview: Tully on Tully at The Aussie BBQ (Part One) CMW 2014! Love this podcast. The powerfully built "Russian Nightmare" made short work of his opponents with his Russian sickle maneuver and formed one of the most hated teams in the . Waterloo, Iowa 50701 He returned to WCW as a special guest referee atWrestleWar '89in match for theWCW World Tag Team ChampionshipbetweenThe Road WarriorsandMike Rotundaand"Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Koloff returned to WCW in February 1992, saving Sting from an attack by The Dangerous Alliance. As you browse, we hope you'll learn more about the man, his mission and his ministry. Nikita and Robby bring us a wonderful Valentines special broadcast. Nikita Koloff returned to action with WCW in the early 1990s before leaving wrestling to pursue another calling Koloff made a comeback with World Championship. Eventually, Koloff eased back into the business part-time. started a brawl with Nikita during a contract signing (which started when the Koloffs berated Magnum's mother, who was present), T.A. In spring of 1986, Koloff started one of the biggest, most anticipated feuds in the history of Jim Crockett Promotions when he attacked NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Magnum T. A. He debuted in 1984 and was introduced as "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff 's "nephew" just arrived from the Soviet Union. This evening established Koloff as one of the top faces in the NWA.[10]. November 22, 1984 - NWA Starrcade: The Russians (Ivan and Nikita Koloff) defeated Ole Anderson and Keith Larson. Koloff went on to feud with Rick Rude over Rude'sWCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Im very humbled by that.. The two were then booked in a best-of-seven series, which took place during The Great American Bash 1986 tour. Nikita Koloff vs tully Blachard 8 29 87. I was a huge Koloff fan. He played college football and was dreaming of an NFL career when injuries sidelined him. With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning. NIKITA KOLOFF Welcome to the official home page of the "Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff. The idea of head booker Dusty Rhodes was for Koloff to reignite his feud with Magnum T. A. the following year. Nikita Koloff discusses his career as a professional wrestler and what has been going on with him since he left the business. Founded by Nikita Koloff and Lex Luger, Man Camp is a 5 day catalyst experience to help you draw closer (James 4:8) to the Lord, realize who you are in Christ, and discover what you are capable of accomplishing in His strength. Koloff said, I probably could. A tell tell sign that Sting is talking, even if you can't see him, is that he doesn't cuss. On July 11, 1987, Koloff faced Luger in asteel cagematch and was defeated after being hit with a chair. He was readying to embark on a feud withRon Garvinthat would last through the upcomingStarrcade 1986. He was readying to embark on a feud with Ron Garvin that would last through the upcoming Starrcade 1986. In late 1989, Koloff began wrestling with Verne Gagne's AWA (as a part of a talent share with the NWA) in his native Minnesota. Ivan and Krusher lost the titles to The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) on July 9. THANK YOU NIKITA for making my friend's . Phone: (319) 233-0745 25 years (May 14, 1996) Kolby Koloff/Age Nikita Koloff on Ric Flair Starrcade Match 7,390 views Premiered Nov 9, 2021 195 Dislike Share Save THE HANNIBAL TV 336K subscribers Nikita Koloff on Ric Flair Starrcade Match Learn More. Rhodes decided to strike while the iron was hot, booking Koloff to become a face and his greatest ally against The Four Horsemen. In 1993, the same year he left wrestling, Koloff said he felt something was missing in his life and said he's found it in his faith. During television promos, Nikita stood behind Ivan and Kernodle with his arms folded while they took interviews. At WrestleWar on May 17, 1992, Koloff teamed with Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes to face The Dangerous Alliance in a WarGames match. Nikita Koloff made a major impact on the professional wrestling scene when promoter Jim Crockett brought him into Charlotte in 1984. This ended Koloff's reign of nearly eleven months. Choose to believe something good can happen. While at the same time, the flip side of that is Im in, I think, some veryby my own standardsrare air The rare air is Im probably one of the few guys that retired and has actually stayed retired and not done a one-off or tried to get one more big payday or more big cheer from the fans., So I guess, for me, coming to a place like Baltimore [at the Celebfest convention] and meeting the fans therethat satisfies my interest. In the fall of 1987, Jim Crockett Promotions acquired Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Following an incident where Magnum hit on-screen WCW PresidentBob Geigelfor demanding an apology after T.A. Post by marino13 onSep 17, 2012 at 1:51pm. In late-1992, he began feuding with Big Van Vader, with the two men facing one other at Halloween Havoc on October 25. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. During the bout, Koloff sustained a herniated disc in his neck after receiving a stiff clothesline to the head from Vader, leading him to retire from professional wrestling. Despite some people's beliefs, Nikita was never offered any sort of contract with WWF. During this time, it became notable that Nikita stayed constantly in character, even speaking with a thick Russian accent when in public. Changing his name to Nikita Koloff and acting as the nephew of Ivan Koloff, Scott took on on a whole new persona. During one bout, Koloff sustained a cut to the arm when an audience member threw a spark plug at him.[8]. On April 11, Koloff and Dusty Rhodes won thesecond-annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, defeating the Four Horsemen team ofTully BlanchardandLex Lugerin the finals. Sting vs Nikita Koloff - WCW Magazine [November 1991], We have the NWA Hall of Famer and former WCW Star Nikita Koloff for this week's. He returned to WCW/NWA as a special guest referee at WrestleWar '89 in match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship between The Road Warriors and Mike Rotunda and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. [15][16] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Koloff was billed from Lithuania. As the 1987 Great American Bash tour got under way, the feud between Koloff, Rhodes, The Road Warriors, and Paul Ellering versus The Four Horsemen and J. J. Dillon was booked as the centerpiece. In 1988, Ivan Koloff and his manager Paul Jones recruited two masked Russian Assassins to feud with Nikita. Every day we present the best quotes! Praise God for this podcast Its time to man up. Mike Schmitz), The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. This ended Koloff's reign of nearly 11 months, which still stands today as the fifth longest U.S. title reign in the more than 33-year history of the title. Koloff continued wrestling in the NWA and the AWA for the remainder of the year and the first half of 1990, headlining numerous television broadcasts and Twin Wars '90, the last major event with the AWA under Gagne. While he learned more about the sport on the road with Ivan and Kernodle, Koloff was booked in very short matches until his skills developed. However, Koloff declined the offer because he felt loyalty to the promotion and he didn't want to start a new gimmick. Then tragedy would strike. was involved in a career-ending car accident. Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson in Minneapolis, March 9, 1959) is a retired American professional wrestler who was a top Foreign Wrestling Heel in the mid-1980s. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/NikitaKoloff. [18][16], Koloff had an "evil" appearance with a black singlet, shaved head, and goatee. Be encouraged and challenged by listening to what he is offering! Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out to do, you open the way for miracles. After three wins each and a No Contest finish, Koloff and Magnum had an eighth and final match for the belt, which Koloff would end up winning. Immediately after his face turn, Koloff resumed his quest for Ric Flair's NWA World Title and came very close to winning it on several occasions. Once the WWE's Russian Nightmare, now the DEVIL'S worst nightmare - Nikita Koloff! Dusty Rhodes booked Koloff to rebound quickly, winning the NWA World Television Championship from Tully Blanchard on August 27.[11]. During television promos, Nikita stood behind Ivan and Kernodle with his arms folded while they took interviews. 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