Ivan Koloff was always a gentleman in the ring and dedicated to fair play and good sportsmanship. It's a shame he had to go up against so many dirty wrestlers like Magnum TA, Dusty Rhodes and the Rock and Roll Express.
Yes, I know The National Wrestling Alliance called him The Russian Nightmare, but Professional Wrestling Magazines also dubbed him The Russian Road Warrior. the Barbarian also looked like he could have been a Road Warrior during that era.
i love nikitas facial expressions in this. hes like yep im a big boy and nobody will fuck with this. krusher just looks stiff just standing there and looks no where near as as powerful as nikita.
Krusher did look bigger, but Nikita was cut, he was ripped. They didn't nickname him The Russian Road Warrior for nothing. He was one of the few Wrestlers who were big enough, bad enough and tough enough to run with Animal and Hawk.
You know in real life all of them grew up in Minnesota and knew each other: Animal, Hawk, Nikita, Rick Rude, Kurt Hennig, Barry Darsow, the Berserker, etc.
Jim Crockett Promotions and The American Dream Dusty Rhodes called Nikita Koloff The Russian Nightmare. If you're read James J. Dillon's Book, then you know that Dusty Rhodes was The Head Booker for Jim Crockett Promotiond during this time period.
Krusher Khruschev and Demolition Smash were his two best characters. I wish they could have kept the Russians together. That feud with the Road Warriors was a great one.
Saw Nikita at a Christian wrestling event here a couple of weeks bad. Looks pretty good for a 52 year old man. Lex Lugar was there and he looked awful, but he looked great considering he had a spinal stroke.
Nikita Koloff: Has hallado el camino de la Salvaciòn, ahora eres un luchador del Reino de los Cielos, que la Palabra de dios en ti de fruto abundante, nos vemos en el Cielo con Jesus (Jesus Christ, AMEN!!
Induct the Koloffs into the WWE HOF
Ivan Koloff was always a gentleman in the ring and dedicated to fair play and good sportsmanship. It's a shame he had to go up against so many dirty wrestlers like Magnum TA, Dusty Rhodes and the Rock and Roll Express.
Absolutely True!
NIkita is a badass AND funny throughout this entire promo.
Yes, I know The National Wrestling Alliance called him The Russian Nightmare, but Professional Wrestling Magazines also dubbed him The Russian Road Warrior. the Barbarian also looked like he could have been a Road Warrior during that era.
They need to bring back promos like this...
@JuliusC1973 No they called him the Russian Nightmare...
I didn't know NIkita was part fo that crowd. I knew rwar's and darsow knew each other but not all those other guys. Thanks!
Nikita was very massive, in my opinion one of the best physics along LOD and POP.. he was "Goldberg" way before Goldberg
I miss the old interviews because they sounded like they meant every word they said. The interviews alone made you want to go see the matches.
Killer Promo!!!
Nikita was a beast in those days.
i love nikitas facial expressions in this. hes like yep im a big boy and nobody will fuck with this. krusher just looks stiff just standing there and looks no where near as as powerful as nikita.
Krusher did look bigger, but Nikita was cut, he was ripped. They didn't nickname him The Russian Road Warrior for nothing. He was one of the few Wrestlers who were big enough, bad enough and tough enough to run with Animal and Hawk.
barry and nikita are so funny in this the way they work the camera while ivan speaks.
NIkita was a baaaaaad mofo in the day!
You know in real life all of them grew up in Minnesota and knew each other: Animal, Hawk, Nikita, Rick Rude, Kurt Hennig, Barry Darsow, the Berserker, etc.
look at the shoulders on nikita.
Jim Crockett Promotions and The American Dream Dusty Rhodes called Nikita Koloff The Russian Nightmare. If you're read James J. Dillon's Book, then you know that Dusty Rhodes was The Head Booker for Jim Crockett Promotiond during this time period.
does any 1 av the promo where nikita clotheslines david crockett and flair comes to the ring to attack nikita?
Does anyone have the russians with Don Kernodle?
This should have been the original demolition Nikita and Berry
dorsow is just taller but as far as bulk,muscle and power. I would have to give it to nikita
His Son, Dakota Darsow has been wrestling for TNA.
wow I hope they make'em all on WWE Jakks!
Is classic promo!
I watched his career for years and never heard him called the Russian Road Warrior. Who called him that?
Krusher Khruschev and Demolition Smash were his two best characters. I wish they could have kept the Russians together. That feud with the Road Warriors was a great one.
1:00 Goldberg who?
nikta was a big boy.
manhandling them men in the NWA.
is it me or does Darsow appear to be bigger than Nikita?
Yes, we know and Blacktop Bully and Mr. Hole In One.
Saw Nikita at a Christian wrestling event here a couple of weeks bad. Looks pretty good for a 52 year old man. Lex Lugar was there and he looked awful, but he looked great considering he had a spinal stroke.
HEY IS BARRY DARSOW WWF DEMOLITION SMASH AND REPO MAN ???
yes it is
nikita was a big boy.
no he does not look exactly like goldberg but his stlye was a little like his but koloff was much more scary than goldberg
I really believed these guys were Russians growing up!
Nikita Koloff: Has hallado el camino de la Salvaciòn, ahora eres un luchador del Reino de los Cielos, que la Palabra de dios en ti de fruto abundante, nos vemos en el Cielo con Jesus (Jesus Christ, AMEN!!
Growing up, Nikita was a favorite I f mine. But I could not stand Crusher. He didnt belong.
nikkita is scary