The Bible in a Year (with Fr. His wife Mandy was suffering from Hodgkin's disease and died in the summer of 1989. Jack Specific, "He has provided help in building churches and other worthwhile organizations. "I'm a goal setter. 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. [6] His character has been described as "wrestling's equivalent of the Drago character in Rocky IVbig, strong, scary and Russian. Rhodes decided to strike while the iron was hot, booking Koloff to become a face and his greatest ally against The Four Horsemen. Also during The War Games, Flair and Blanchard re-aggravated Koloff's neck injury by delivering two spike piledrivers. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. He won many titles along the way. 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 Even during any hardship, love will shine through. I watched several cameos from different wrestlers and Nikita Koloff was by far the most professional. Legendary announcer Tony Schiavone described it as the loudest pop he had ever heard during his career. Nikita Koloff discusses his career as a professional wrestler and what has been going on with him since he left the business. You can keep up with all your wrestling news right here on eWrestlingNews.com. 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. And I look back, of course back in the days with magazines before the internet and all that, they were touting the Hulk Hogan vs. Nikita Koloff WrestleMania, 'what would happen if?' Further education would come from other greats that he shared a ring with, including Ricky Steamboat, Baron Von Raschke, and even Ric Flair. He still has the UWF belt as a trophy from that night. Wrestling stories are entertaining, ministry discussions are sincere and informative. Tully on Tully (Melbourne) "Quiet Company" LIVE at the AU review's 6th Birthday Party in Brisbane. AtWrestleWaron May 17, 1992, Koloff teamed with Sting,Ricky Steamboat,Barry Windham, andDustin Rhodesto face The Dangerous Alliance in a WarGames match. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Today Nikita speaks with gospel group Sunday Drive for another great episode of questions and answers. Jim Crockett, Jr., the promoter of the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, renamed him "Nikita Koloff", the Russian Nightmare, and teamed him with "uncle" Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle, a turncoat American. When my minds made up, that's what I'm going to do. Listen as he shares his passion and God's providence. Koloff said the entire ordeal had a significant impact on him. 3 Competed In The First War Games Now a babyface and comrade of Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff found himself feuding with the top heel group and Dusty's greatest enemies, the Four Horsemen. February 24, 1985 - NWA/AWA Star Wars: The Russians (Ivan and Nikita) defeated Steve Keirn and Jimmy Valiant. With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning. His improvement negated the need for Kernodle to continue teaming with Ivan and, shortly thereafter, the Russians turned on the American turncoat. Losing Allen as a wrestler prompted NWA booker Dusty Rhodes to turn Nikita Koloff, Allen's last rival prior to his wreck, into a babyface. Lots of guests who tell their personal stories of faith. The title was also won after Georgia Championship Wrestling was purchased by Jim Crockett Promotions. Rotunda and Williams were disqualified for attacking Koloff, and later stripped of the titles. 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. While injuries would stall his college football exploits, by the mid-1980s he was still pursuing football when his old Laurinaitis, now well-established as Animal, invited him to become a wrestler himself. 25 years (May 14, 1996) Kolby Koloff/Age http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/NikitaKoloff. Koloff, born Scott Simpson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, broke into professional wrestling portraying a bald-headed menace from the then-Soviet Union. With Kernodle out of the picture, Uncle Ivan Koloff introduced a new comrade namedKrusher Khruschev. His last name is slightly easier to pronounce than it looks. The Koloffs went on to regain the WCW World Tag Team Titles from the Rock 'N' Roll Express three months later, on October 13, but lost it to the same opponents on November 28 atStarrcade 1985in asteel cage match. Nikita married his first wife, Mandy Smithson, on September 20, 1988, who died from Hodgkin's disease on June 14, 1989. Koloff lost the NWA TV Title to Mike Rotunda of The Varsity Club on January 30, 1988. v1.0: Stats/Moveset/Logic ported from the Lord Worm FPR Edit . "I was committed to my goals," Koloff answered adamantly. Nikita Koloff The Brevity of Life It's Time to Man Up! During aWorld Championship Wrestling broadcast, Taylor and Gilbert jumped Koloff again, beating him unconscious, and draping his version of the TV title across his limp body. 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. Nikita is a member of a religious group called Fellowship of the Sword and serves as an East Coast representative. The first, 2002s Breaking the Chains, is entirely concerned about advice about living as a good Christian, as he became a Born Again in 1993. Moonshame. He then lost toBarry Windhamin the finals of the tournament for the vacant WCW United States Championship, before beginning a feud withAl Perezand teaming withStingto feud with the Four Horsemen. Today, Nikita speaks with Bill Janosik for another great episode of questions and answers. Part two will air on this Friday's The Wrestling Inc. Daily. Koloff now admits it was a character he was playing, but still has people expecting him. Phone: (405) 377-5243 In the fall of 1987, Jim Crockett Promotions acquired Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Ivan Koloff was one of the most fearsome wrestlers of the 1970s and 1980s. When you emerge from a time of solitude like this, people will recognize you having the qualities of an authentic . Nikita Koloff's stated motivation was out of a newfound respect for Magnum TA. Love this podcast. Smash of Demolition. [1] Today, Nikita speaks with Paige Loudermilk about her son's experience at Man Camp. The tour began and ended with two revolutionary matches known asWarGames: The Match Beyond. Koloff stated that even though he and Magnum T. A. had a bitter rivalry, T.A. 80. Every day we present the best quotes! Of course, part of that story was, 'We're gonna take all the . The idea of head booker Dusty Rhodes was for Koloff to reignite his feud with Magnum T. A. the following year. Once the WWE's Russian Nightmare, now the DEVIL'S worst nightmare - Nikita Koloff! Former NWA and WCW wrestler Nikita Koloff recently sat down for an interview with Wrestling Inc.'s Drew Rice. After graduating high school, Koloff -- continued his football career in college, playing for Golden Valley Lutheran College in St. Paul, Minnesota. During one bout, Koloff sustained a cut to the arm when an audience member threw a spark plug at him.[8]. 4:39. Koloff and T.A. A tell tell sign that Sting is talking, even if you can't see him, is that he doesn't cuss. Kevin Sorbo- From Hercules to Mere Mortal. "My wife had been diagnosed with cancer at the age of 24. On July 11, 1987, Koloff faced Luger in asteel cagematch and was defeated after being hit with a chair. The closest he comes are "hell" and "pissed off". While Nikita Koloff is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW between 1984 and 1992, Koloff hasnt wrestled for over three decades following his retirement from the ring in late 1992. Changing his name to Nikita Koloff and acting as the nephew of Ivan Koloff, Scott took on on a whole new persona. This caused Koloff to become a face againstThe Four Horsemen. You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. Lots of guests who tell their personal stories of faith. [20] At her funeral he met Mandys longtime friend and his future wife, Victoria. Koloff would battle Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and was seriously considered to be the man to take the title. She had Hodgkin's and she went through a series of chemotherapy and radiation but it ended up coming back with more vengeance. HR2X, He learned Russian and refused to come out of character, even when away from the ring. Koloff defeated Flair by disqualification so the title was retained by Flair. He made a few appearances for NWA:TNA in 2003 as a masked man called "Mr. Wrestling IV" who attacked Dusty Rhodes. The war between the two sides was getting white hot until TA tragically lost his career and nearly his life in a horrific automobile accident. Nikita Koloff Overcoming Adversity It's Time to Man Up! Also during The War Games, Flair and Blanchard reaggravated Koloff's neck injury by delivering two spike piledrivers. Im very humbled by that.. But it was during this time that Nikita Koloff became a champion of his faith. Choose to believe something good can happen. 2 Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the title with the NWA World Television Championship. 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. The history of wrestling is full of evil Russian or Soviet heels, with notable ones including former WWE Champion Ivan Koloff, Nikolai Volkoff, Vladimir Kozlov, and Rusev. Ivan and Krusher lost the titles toThe Rock 'n' Roll Express(Ricky MortonandRobert Gibson) on July 9. Statistics and information about the 1283 matches fought by Nikita Koloff in our events database. Praise God for this podcast Its time to man up. On November 26, Koloff and Taylor battled in what would be the only NWA/UWF unification bout at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Rhodes needed a partner to take on Ole Anderson and J. J. Dillon in a cage match. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Mike Schmitz), The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. You might say [like] a Wayne Gretzky, theres only a few guys who walked away at the top of their career, and retired. And the legendary Nikita Koloff was right there, in the middle of it all. 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. The feud came to an end in August 1991 when Koloff left WCW. In late-1992, he began feuding with Big Van Vader, with the two men facing one other at Halloween Havoc on October 25. was stripped of his title. During the interview Koloff addressed why he had stepped away from WCW in the late 1980's. Koloff became a born-again Christian in 1993. The feud came to an abortive end in August 1991 when Koloff left WCW to focus on running his gym, "Nikita's Fortress of Fitness," in Concord, North Carolina. After Ivan Koloff 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. The Eblen Charities is a not-for-profit business that helps families that are battlilng illnesses and disabilities. Among the various Russian bad guys in the sport, one that fans should definitely know about is Nikita Koloff, who made his debut in WCW in the mid-1980s and ended up becoming a surprisingly popular babyface after a couple of years. Nikita Koloff in action Saturday Night Aug 31st, 1985 Monsoon Classic 12.8K subscribers Subscribe 17K views 8 months ago Don't miss out Get 1 week of 100+ live channels on us. Nikita Koloff was a professional wrestling from 1984 to 1992. This persisted even when "Asshole" became a common Crowd Chant. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place. The AU Review. He attacked Lex Luger, claiming he had "stolen" the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from him in 1987 and that he wanted it back. 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. He explained on WCW's syndicated shows that he had seen the error of attacking Sting. RELATED: 10 Things Fans Should Know About Wrestling Legend Ivan Koloff. At SuperBrawl I on May 19, 1991, Koloff accidentally hit Sting with a chain while interfering in a tag team match between Sting and Lex Luger and The Steiner Brothers. As much as he evolved as a character? Then tragedy would strike. The couple had two daughters together, Kendra, who was born in June 1992, and Kolby, who was born in May 1996, while Victoria had two daughters (Teryn and Tawni) from her previous relationship. He enrolled in Golden Valley Lutheran College where he played college football alongside fellow future wrestler Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis. NIKITA KOLOFF Welcome to the official home page of the "Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff. Koloff also wrestled briefly in Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation, in no way affiliated with the original UWF of Bill Watts, where he reignited a feud with 'Uncle' Ivan. Later, he went from a superstar to a man of God. Koloff was booked in very short matches upon his debut. Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. [18][16], Koloff had an "evil" appearance with a black singlet, shaved head, and goatee. This evening established Koloff as one of the top faces in WCW. He also wrote a book about Christian Wrestlers: Wrestling with God, 2001, by Chad Bonham. Published March 22, 1998. Flair's Four Horsemen comrades bailed him out almost every time. During this time, it became notable that Nikita stayed constantly in character, even speaking with a thick Russian accent when in public. The full audio and video from part one his interview can be found below. Huffman is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment under his first name. wrestled all summer, ending up tied after six matches with one no contest. He's probably still in my top 20. A big brawl during a contract signing resulted in the belt being vacated and the two rivals meeting in a best of seven series to determine a new US Champion. Ivan invoked theFreebird rulewhich dictated that any two of the three could defend the titles. NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff, NWA Tag Team Titles (Steel Cage Match): The Rock n' Roll Express vs. The worked injury set up the pretext for dropping the US Title to Lex Luger. Koloff has written two books: Breaking the Chains (ISBN 1-57090-107-4) in 2000, which is a Christian Living guide and Wrestling with Success (ISBN -471-48732-5) in 2004 along with Jeffrey Gitomer, which is a guide to positive thinking in life situations. It's the first step towards attaining your destiny. The year 1986 brought a major singles feud for Nikita Koloff when he challenged fast-rising babyface Magnum TA for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. 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. On July 11, 1987 Koloff faced Luger in a steel cage match and was defeated after being hit with a chair. Three months later, on March 18, 1985, Koloff and Ivan defeated Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez to win the NWA World tag team title. Since Simpson had very little wrestling training to speak of . 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 . Koloff said, I probably could. During this time, he looked like The Russian Nightmare of old, still crushing opponents with his intense power. Unable to fulfill that dream, he turned again to weights and became an obsessive trainer, putting in extremely long hours at the gym. I think he would have done well in the WWF in the 80's had he made the decision to jump. 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. Koloff returned to WCW on February 24, 1991 at WrestleWar. By Drew Rice / June 24, 2021 7:30 am EST. He stepped away from active competition in 1992 to become an ordained minister. He suffered an injury playing football but rehabbed to play for Minnesota State University Moorhead where he suffered another injury. Theworkedinjury set up the pretext for dropping the U.S. 13.06.1992. 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. No baloney, just real authentic God stuff. Expecting it to happen energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum. During this period he had rivalries with Lex Luger, Sting, and Rick Rude, often for his old United States Heavyweight Championship. All Rights Reserved. As a result, long-term plans for Magnum to capture the World Title were dashed, as were plans for Nikita Koloff to rekindle their rivalry with even bigger stakes. Check here, Be the first one to comment on this story. NIKITA KOLOFF! During the interview Koloff shared his . [17] To enhance the verisimilitude of his character, Koloff learned to speak Russian. As his wrestling ability and speaking skills grew, the length of his matches and interviews grew as well. 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. He would go on to say that it was that experience that really taught him the shortness and brevity of life. He gives his time to motivating others, living a Christian life and talking about character and development. In the midst of the Cold War, many patriotic heroes battled foreign invaders inside the squared circle. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts Koloff's departure resulted in the Junkyard Dog substituting for him as Ivan's partner. I'm in the main event. You can tell that some people are only taking peoples money and doing a cameo while they eat, or drive in their car. Three months later, on March 18, 1985, Koloff and Ivan defeatedDusty RhodesandManny Fernandezto win theWCW Tag Team Championships. The promotion was in its twilight and given Nikita's stature, Gagne positioned Nikita to challenge then-AWA World Heavyweight ChampionLarry Zbyszkoalmost immediately. 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. He now runs a ministry. [9] As of the beginning of October, Rhodes had not decided whether to give Koloff the title at some point during the feud. 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