Ivan Koloff
| Ivan Koloff | |
|---|---|
 Koloff in November 2011 | |
| Birth name | Oreal Donald Perras[1] |
| Born | 25 August 1942[2][1] Montreal, Quebec, Canadae |
| Dee'd | 18 Februar 2017 (aged 74) Winterville, North Carolina, Unitit States[1] |
| Cause o daith | Liver cancer |
| Professional wrestlin career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ivan Koloff[2][1] Jim Parris[3] Orwell Paris Red McNulty[2] |
| Billed hicht | 6 ft 1 in[4] |
| Billed wicht | 298 lb[4] |
| Billed frae | Moscow, Roushie[4] |
| Trained bi | Jack Wentworth Dan Koloff |
| Debut | 1961[2][1] |
| Retired | 1994[3] |
"The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff (born Oreal Perras on August 25, 1942, Crysler, Ontario, Canadae - Februar 18, 2017) wis a Canadian perfaisional wrestler, best kent for ance haudin the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.[1][5][2][6]
Championships an accomplishments
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (7 times) – wi Ole Anderson (5), an Alexis Smirnoff (2)
- Maple Leaf Wrestling
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / Jim Crockett Promotions
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – wi Don Kernodle
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times)
- NWA Television Championship (3 times)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) – wi Krusher Khruschev (1), Dick Murdoch (1)
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – wi Nikita Koloff an Krusher Khruschev (Baron Von Raschke wi Krusher injured) (1), The Barbarian and The Warlord (1)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (5 times) – wi Nikita Koloff (1), Nikita Koloff an Krusher Khruschev (1), Ray Stevens (1), Don Kernodle (1), an Manny Fernandez (1) (substitutin for Rick Rude who haed left for the WWE(F)
- NWA Charlotte
- NWA Charlotte Legends Championship (1 time)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- World Wide Wrestling Federation
- World Wrestling Association
- World Wrestling Council
- Ither Titles
- ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – wi Vladimir Koloff
- CREW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – wi "Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon
- IWA (Montreal) Internaitional Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- VWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c d e f Chad Bonham (2001). Wrestling with God. David C Cook. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-58919-935-4.
- ↑ a b c d e Solomon, Brian (2006). WWE Legends. Pocket Books. pp. 155–158. ISBN 978-0-7434-9033-7.
- ↑ a b "Ivan Koloff's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 1 Mey 2011.
- ↑ a b c "Ivan Koloff bio". WWE. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ Mooneyham, Mike (10 Juin 2007). "'Evil Russian' softens, looks back on career". The Post and Courier. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 15 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "Legendary 'Russian Bear' wrestler Ivan Koloff dies aged 74". Dailystar.co.uk (in Inglis). 18 Februar 2017. Retrieved 10 Juin 2018.
- ↑ "Lawler, McMahon, Road Warriors among PWHF Class of 2011". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.