Loved him as a heel, but when he walked out with Dusty after Magnum went down, how could you not like him, lol. I also thought that he looked a little bit smaller as he turned Babyface.
I met Nikita Koloff when I was a kid at the Wal-Mart on Ablemarle Rd in Charlotte, NC. It was probably around '91-'92. I don't remember him using the accent when I met him. All I remember is playing hide and seek with him through the aisles for a few minutes.
I met Nakita at a Christian youth convention called Acquire the Fire in Indianapolis back in 2001. They had a segment with him, Sting and Ted Dibiase. All 3 very good down to Earth Christian men. Nakita took the stage with his chains draped over his head and with the CCCP singlet, told us a story in his Russian accent about how he was the Russian Nightmare and then dropped the accent to say but I'm really from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ted is a DAMN grifter of the highest level! Sorry, nobody accidentally steals MILLIONS of dollars from HOMELESS/CHILDRENS charities 🧐🧐🧐 Lose me with the Teds a good man 🥱
@@timbow1356more importantly, Christian and good are two different things entirely. You can be good and Christian at the same time, but there's no correlation between the two whatsoever.
No he doesn't. I hate when people say it like it's a right. Nikita was never in the WWF, and was only in wrestling for a few years. I loved Nikita, and have spoken with him in the past, but he doesn't "deserve" it.
I met Nikita Koloff about 17 years ago, around 2002ish. He seemed like a real good guy. He talked normal and even joked about his Russian character. I think he was in the process of becoming or was already a Christian minister.
Nikita was so over as a heel and babyface from 85-87. When he came back in 88 at 235-240 pounds he was just another guy and the fans didn't care anymore. I remember another comeback he had in 92 where Vader just beat the ever loving shit out of him , and it was stiff as fuck. Never seen Nikita in a ring ever again after that.
Nikita was that perfect combination of having the right look, living the gimmick, being booked really well, and coming along at exactly the right time. When those things started to change, his fortunes waned. 1985 was a high point in East/West tension, so a Russian coming over and kicking the crap out of Americans really didn't sit right with people. A Russian who looks like a completely invincible monster even less. But then Gorbechev came along and things started to cool off. That's right around when Dusty had the masterstroke of Nikita's face turn-glasnost right there in a wrestling ring. And if some of the fans weren't ready to forgive everything Nikita did, having Dick Murdoch give him the brainbuster on the floor soon fixed that. Getting his ass kicked might have been deserved, but getting paralyzed? That was way too much. Then Nikita wrestled in the neck brace and got to look courageous, and all the heels had something they could target and look like the sadistic dastards that they were! Nikita really did get a lot better in the ring, and it probably hurt him a little because he forgot when to stop chain wrestling and when to be the killer Russian cyborg the fans knew him to be. It also didn't help that by that point the top babyfaces were Sting and Luger, who had a lot more to offer. When he came back in 1991-92 he had a much better idea of who he should be, and the layoff helped a lot because it gave people that 5 years that you need to be nostalgic about something. Shame about that herniated disc, but I'm not going to fault anyone for getting injured and having the good goddamned sense to get out of the wrestling ring.
I always thought Nikita was probably the biggest influence on Goldberg's presentation. The poses and tongue out and whatnot, but luckily for Bill, WCW needed babyfaces rather than monster heels at that time.
Yeah, Scott Simpson. Played football with Rick Rude in high school. The same that produced Barry Darsow, and the Road Warriors. Tom Zenk had a lot of the old photos on his site.
I met Nikita & Ivan Koloff years ago before Ivan passed away.......They were such gentlemen & literary had a half hour convo with them. Still remember it like it was yesterday.
He came back at the time of Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union. His new persona was all about becoming a more open and modern Soviet man because of Glasnost and Perestroika how can you all not remember that?
During that era on WCW Jesse Ventura was the color commentator and everytime Tony Schivone would refer to Nikita as the Russian, Ventura would correct him by saying "Lithuanian"
@@owensterry29 no, that was in 1991 as the Soviet Union was literally falling. I think the OP is referring to 1988 with the buzzcut and less mass. Nikita was still billed from the Soviet Union and Ventura was still in the WWF.
Scott Simpson trained with The Road Warriors, Rick Rude, and Barry Darsow under Ed Sharkey. However, he suffered a severe arm injury which delayed his debut. When he was cleared, he was given the "Nikita Koloff" persona. The backstory was that he was on the 1984 Soviet Olympic wrestling team that boycotted the Olympics. I look at it as him being promoted like the AWA's Brad Rheingans. His story was that he was on the 1980 team that boycotted the Olympics in Russia.
Easy for Arn to say " it's just us on the plane", but Arn, Tully,& co. just had to be themselves. Nikita had to portray the symbol of America's COLD WAR RIVAL....MOTHER RUSSIA!. ANY pro wrestler in those years who was Russian, or Arabic was greeted with REAL hostility from fans. Like any good actor... he embraced his role to the fullest. Great segment 👍!!!!
@@84slaughter At the first SuperBrawl in 1991, Luger and Sting faced the Steiner Brothers and Nikita interfered with his Russian chain which he intended to hit Luger and accidentally struck Sting. So a feud between Nikita and Sting started while WCW was prepping Luger for his World title shot against Flair at the GAB.
@@84slaughter Well that's why WCW was always second fiddle to WWF. Luger was set to win the World Title so they had to place Nikita with someone else. NWA was better until Magnum's accident, which was their true downfall.
When Metallica and Motley Crue cleaned up, for example, their music was never the same. Saints of Los Angeles sounded like a second rate Wild Side, as if it was originally a rejected track from the pre-Dr Feel-good era.
I still remember when I met Nikita & Ivan Koloff years ago at a Meet & Greet, Nikita was actually talking to me not in character, no accent at all. It actually threw me off in the beginning of our conversation. They were both awesome to talk to.......
About the only thing Jake Roberts said that I believe is that when he roomed with Nikita and Animal that they were both keyed up and roid raging all the time. Look at them back then..
This is classic Corny hypocrisy: If Nikita had been nicer to Corny, he'd be everything Corny loved. Nikita protected kayfabe, looked amazing, and I'm sorry as a worker he was a quick study because he more than held his own with Dusty, Flair, Magnum, Tully, etc...but he wasn't nice, so he's a joke to be mocked. It's the same with modern talent. If you're nice, he ignores your flaws...and if you're not nice, you've killed the business...
It literally sounds like the time before and after he became a babyface. No more or less complicated than that. I actually respect wrestlers that essentially went method actor to protect kayfabe. That's what's so funny about these interviews. You see guys get criticized for not protecting the business. Then you have a guy that totally sells the business like Nikita...and they criticize him. I dont get it. But yeah, his heel years when he was massive and might Russian sickle David Crockett (his true face turn lol), he was scary AF.
Kayfab being dead isn't all terrible but you go look at the 80s and guys have to still live the Gimmick AND theirs national exposure means we'll never see another period in the wrestling business like it again. It's why the 50s were so big too.
As a kid watching wrestling, Nikita was the first wrestler that actually scared me. I actually thought if he found me in an alley somewhere, he would kill me, and eat my innards!
After Magnum TA Car accident in Oct 1986. Nikita Koloff became Magnum TA replacement for American Dream Dusty Rhodes. They both created the super powers.
When he came in Dusty said he looked like a big gorilla so Dusty gets a guy (Ron Garvin) to dress up in a gorilla suit to be his partner against Ivan and Nikita. Does anybody remember that?
JCP first came around here in Philly in late 1984 and I remember they had Nikita standing with his arms crossed with this massive chain around his neck while Ivan and Barry "Krusher Kruschev" Darsow would insult America during interviews and squash matches. Also, when they did allow Nikita to wrestle, his matches would all be under a minute squashes!
I loved watching wrestling in the 80,s ,my brother and I broke a lot of furniture in the house after a good wrestling match, my dad threatened to not let us watch it anymore but he didn't
I'm surprised Corny didn't love Nikita. The guy was so dedicated to his gimmick that he legally changed his name to Nikita Koloff. He even ordered Russian language magazines to his house so that his mailman would believe he's Russian.
I first saw Nikita Koloff in a "Inside Wrestling" from '85 ( "The Wrestler & Pro Wrestling Illustrated were the other 2 big time mags) l thought he was good long live the "Russian Sickle" 👅💪 he had good snap to his moves.
Peter Gozinya me too Peter, back then everything was territorial on tv & I was in Winnipeg so all the southern stuff ( WCCW, CWF, Memphis, Even Mid- Atlantic & Georgia) was not on in Winnipeg. I got WWF & AWA, UWF & Stampede the most often, which was cool but seeing all those rankings made me want too see all the others........ Big time! I didn't see much NWA/WCW until TSN (🇨🇦sports Channel)finally broadcasted it on a national level in like '90-'91ish.
I had no clue he wasn’t Russian until the late 90’s well after I was smarten up. Never was into the internet wrestling world back then just TV and magazines. Me and my Dad were watching wrestling on ESPN and he just randomly goes you know he’s not Russian right 🤯🤯🤯
Nikita sounds like a guy who was really interested in learning the biz. His wife’s death was hard on him. Understandable! Sounds like it kind of sapped his passion for wrestling too.
Nikita koloff to russian nightmare back in the eighties 8485 this guy was huge his shoulders were huge it took up the whole TV screen one of my favorite matches nikita ivan koloff against the road warrior strap match usually when you see the road warriors who can't take your eyes off the road warriors but when he saw makita he can go toe-to-toe with the road warriors size-wise he was a dominant force in the 80s as they would say in the eighth is he was totally awesome missed matches between him and ric flair there was a rumor that he was supposed to go against hogan WrestleMania 2
Say what you want about him, but the dude is still living off the money he made wrestling. He's a super smart investor.
Exactly.
That's what Steve Austin said about koloff as well
Smart man.
So is your mom
Always loved watching Nikita Koloff wrestle..In his prime he was awesome!
You figure Jim Cornette would appreciate a guy going to great lengths to protect the gimmick
I would've thought so, Mr. Falcetta👍
I loved his promos when he said, "Maga TA!"😂
You go down Russian Sickle!!
SHIT-TOA-TAHHHH
or Ron Garba
I thought he said Maggot T.A.
@@chucktownboi2488 HA. I used to run around as a kid screaming that at my parents.
I remember the Nikita vs Magnum T.A. fued was heat.
Sentence doesn't make sense. Please reread the mark handbook..
@@davey3884I got some of what he said.....just some😂😂
Remember when clothes lined David Crockett!!!!
Haha! Ya, that was GREAT! Gonna go rewatch it right now. Thanks for reminding me!
That was his face turn for me lmao
That shit looked stiff as hell.
Beautiful. Couldn't stand David Crockett.
"...are u calling me coward"
The smoking dungeon workouts with the Big Ass Russian Flag in the background were 80’s wrasslin Gold !
Loved him as a heel, but when he walked out with Dusty after Magnum went down, how could you not like him, lol. I also thought that he looked a little bit smaller as he turned Babyface.
Dennis LeBourdais I hated that moment I loved heel Nikita koloff
Nikita turning face in the cage with Dusty and the Horsemen is my favorite crowd pop of all time.
That pop was humongous, long and massive
"I take great pride and pleasure in giving this to you." [bashes Luger in the head with the US title belt]
Easily my favorite Nikita moment.
I met Nikita Koloff when I was a kid at the Wal-Mart on Ablemarle Rd in Charlotte, NC. It was probably around '91-'92. I don't remember him using the accent when I met him. All I remember is playing hide and seek with him through the aisles for a few minutes.
I loved the Russian Sickle lol
Fr they managed to successfully sell a fundamental wrestling move
I met Nakita at a Christian youth convention called Acquire the Fire in Indianapolis back in 2001. They had a segment with him, Sting and Ted Dibiase. All 3 very good down to Earth Christian men. Nakita took the stage with his chains draped over his head and with the CCCP singlet, told us a story in his Russian accent about how he was the Russian Nightmare and then dropped the accent to say but I'm really from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ted is a DAMN grifter of the highest level!
Sorry, nobody accidentally steals MILLIONS of dollars from HOMELESS/CHILDRENS charities 🧐🧐🧐
Lose me with the Teds a good man 🥱
@@timbow1356more importantly, Christian and good are two different things entirely. You can be good and Christian at the same time, but there's no correlation between the two whatsoever.
Dibiase is ALL about the money. Will only speak at Christian events if he is paid handsomely.
I was a big Nikita fan as a kid. Dude was a beast. He's one of the main reasons I started lifting weights as a teenager
Bullshit
Who does these drawings? They're outstanding!
The famous Travis Heckel! He does all the drawings for pretty much all of Brian Last's podcast clips on RUclips....He's incredibly talented.
Nikita Koloff deserves to be in the WWE HOF
So does Ivan.
Was he ever in WWF?
@@merleshand2442 no. But WWE has put guys from AWA, WCW in the HOF
No he doesn't. I hate when people say it like it's a right. Nikita was never in the WWF, and was only in wrestling for a few years. I loved Nikita, and have spoken with him in the past, but he doesn't "deserve" it.
@@jeffpatton2866 Now Ivan deserves it. If Koko is in, the former WWWF champion should have been in before his passing.
Nikita came back with a full head of hair after his wife Mandy passed away from Cancer.
What a pisser.
I had a membership at Nikita's Gym for a time and got to hear him speak in his normal voice. It was a little shocking at the time.
Keith Dean that's what the KGB wants you to think
I met Nikita Koloff about 17 years ago, around 2002ish. He seemed like a real good guy. He talked normal and even joked about his Russian character. I think he was in the process of becoming or was already a Christian minister.
Nikita was so over as a heel and babyface from 85-87. When he came back in 88 at 235-240 pounds he was just another guy and the fans didn't care anymore. I remember another comeback he had in 92 where Vader just beat the ever loving shit out of him , and it was stiff as fuck. Never seen Nikita in a ring ever again after that.
He was injured in a match with vader
I can believe it
Nikita keeping the gimmick whilst cashing checks sounds like the greatest thing ever.
Man! Nikita was a lot like Goldberg,putting a lot of butts in the seats and hardly any experience.
Nikita was that perfect combination of having the right look, living the gimmick, being booked really well, and coming along at exactly the right time. When those things started to change, his fortunes waned. 1985 was a high point in East/West tension, so a Russian coming over and kicking the crap out of Americans really didn't sit right with people. A Russian who looks like a completely invincible monster even less. But then Gorbechev came along and things started to cool off. That's right around when Dusty had the masterstroke of Nikita's face turn-glasnost right there in a wrestling ring. And if some of the fans weren't ready to forgive everything Nikita did, having Dick Murdoch give him the brainbuster on the floor soon fixed that. Getting his ass kicked might have been deserved, but getting paralyzed? That was way too much. Then Nikita wrestled in the neck brace and got to look courageous, and all the heels had something they could target and look like the sadistic dastards that they were!
Nikita really did get a lot better in the ring, and it probably hurt him a little because he forgot when to stop chain wrestling and when to be the killer Russian cyborg the fans knew him to be. It also didn't help that by that point the top babyfaces were Sting and Luger, who had a lot more to offer. When he came back in 1991-92 he had a much better idea of who he should be, and the layoff helped a lot because it gave people that 5 years that you need to be nostalgic about something. Shame about that herniated disc, but I'm not going to fault anyone for getting injured and having the good goddamned sense to get out of the wrestling ring.
Nikita Koloff was a Russian Stone Cold Steve Austin. He was my favorite Russian heel, more than Stalin.
I always viewed him as more of a Russian "Road Warrior."
What about the dude from rocky???
@@BRNarmy that was Dolph Lundgren who is actually Swedish in real life, although he portrayed the Soviet Drago very well
LOL
I always thought Nikita was probably the biggest influence on Goldberg's presentation. The poses and tongue out and whatnot, but luckily for Bill, WCW needed babyfaces rather than monster heels at that time.
Now Jim wishes wrestlers today were half as dedicated to keeping Kayfabe as Nikita was back then.
Only around the fans...
As a kid I thought he was a real Russian. Lol. He did have some good matches.
I am blown away I mean I am 41 years old and I had no idea Nikita Koloff was from Minnesota and he was not Russian.
Yeah, Scott Simpson. Played football with Rick Rude in high school. The same that produced Barry Darsow, and the Road Warriors. Tom Zenk had a lot of the old photos on his site.
I met Nikita & Ivan Koloff years ago before Ivan passed away.......They were such gentlemen & literary had a half hour convo with them.
Still remember it like it was yesterday.
You sure you met Ivan before he passed away and not after? Lol.
He came back at the time of Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union. His new persona was all about becoming a more open and modern Soviet man because of Glasnost and Perestroika how can you all not remember that?
During that era on WCW Jesse Ventura was the color commentator and everytime Tony Schivone would refer to Nikita as the Russian, Ventura would correct him by saying "Lithuanian"
@@owensterry29 no, that was in 1991 as the Soviet Union was literally falling. I think the OP is referring to 1988 with the buzzcut and less mass. Nikita was still billed from the Soviet Union and Ventura was still in the WWF.
Scott Simpson trained with The Road Warriors, Rick Rude, and Barry Darsow under Ed Sharkey. However, he suffered a severe arm injury which delayed his debut. When he was cleared, he was given the "Nikita Koloff" persona. The backstory was that he was on the 1984 Soviet Olympic wrestling team that boycotted the Olympics. I look at it as him being promoted like the AWA's Brad Rheingans. His story was that he was on the 1980 team that boycotted the Olympics in Russia.
Easy for Arn to say " it's just us on the plane", but Arn, Tully,& co. just had to be themselves. Nikita had to portray the symbol of America's COLD WAR RIVAL....MOTHER RUSSIA!. ANY pro wrestler in those years who was Russian, or Arabic was greeted with REAL hostility from fans. Like any good actor... he embraced his role to the fullest. Great segment 👍!!!!
Every question begins like this:
Brian asks question
Jim: heh, ahh
Was just thinking the same thing. Seems like a bad habit of his.
that's how you answer fuckin' questions!
It was also the combination of Magnum TA accident and teaming with Dusty Rhodes to be the super powers that hurt his run
Yes it did!
cbfbmc spot on
Yeah I'd say his wife dying
Really wanted Nikita to take Luger's U.S. Belt in '91 and gain some revenge after the '87 Bash.
Yeah That Feud Could Have Been Great! It Just Randomly Stopped?
@@84slaughter At the first SuperBrawl in 1991, Luger and Sting faced the Steiner Brothers and Nikita interfered with his Russian chain which he intended to hit Luger and accidentally struck Sting. So a feud between Nikita and Sting started while WCW was prepping Luger for his World title shot against Flair at the GAB.
I Know How It Went Down But That Feud Would Have Been Money And Lasted A Few PPV's! Wish It Happened...
@@84slaughter Well that's why WCW was always second fiddle to WWF. Luger was set to win the World Title so they had to place Nikita with someone else. NWA was better until Magnum's accident, which was their true downfall.
I Started Doing That On eBay Back In 2002 Or So When Leaving Feedback, Just Stuck With Me. No Reason Really...
His Grandfather was from Sweden and his Father grew up in Holden, Nebraska.
When Metallica and Motley Crue cleaned up, for example, their music was never the same. Saints of Los Angeles sounded like a second rate Wild Side, as if it was originally a rejected track from the pre-Dr Feel-good era.
I'm sure Corny will be glad to hear that...
I still remember when I met Nikita & Ivan Koloff years ago at a Meet & Greet, Nikita was actually talking to me not in character, no accent at all. It actually threw me off in the beginning of our conversation. They were both awesome to talk to.......
About the only thing Jake Roberts said that I believe is that when he roomed with Nikita and Animal that they were both keyed up and roid raging all the time. Look at them back then..
Thumbs up just for a full set of hair! 😂😂😂
As they said in Rocky 3, he got too civilized.
I was a kid when he came in Mid Atlantic. I was thinking damn once he gets the title, he'll keep it forever.
This is classic Corny hypocrisy: If Nikita had been nicer to Corny, he'd be everything Corny loved. Nikita protected kayfabe, looked amazing, and I'm sorry as a worker he was a quick study because he more than held his own with Dusty, Flair, Magnum, Tully, etc...but he wasn't nice, so he's a joke to be mocked.
It's the same with modern talent. If you're nice, he ignores your flaws...and if you're not nice, you've killed the business...
Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍
It literally sounds like the time before and after he became a babyface. No more or less complicated than that. I actually respect wrestlers that essentially went method actor to protect kayfabe. That's what's so funny about these interviews. You see guys get criticized for not protecting the business. Then you have a guy that totally sells the business like Nikita...and they criticize him. I dont get it. But yeah, his heel years when he was massive and might Russian sickle David Crockett (his true face turn lol), he was scary AF.
Man we have so many common interests, it's scary. I see you everywhere!
Nelson Scott Nikita Simpson was over with fans he definitely was one my favorites along Muta growing up as kid.
I am 37 years old. I started watching wrestling sometime around 1988. I had no clue he was not Russian before today.
“AIDS infected hypodermic needles” lmao!
Ray Trailer was a job guy before he got the Bubba gimmick
Nikita:Eehh,ghesh-sho-a-tah, Cornette: what's that he's speakin, French?
It's zhe to eta, it means your time is coming in Russian.
Kayfab being dead isn't all terrible but you go look at the 80s and guys have to still live the Gimmick AND theirs national exposure means we'll never see another period in the wrestling business like it again. It's why the 50s were so big too.
As a kid watching wrestling, Nikita was the first wrestler that actually scared me. I actually thought if he found me in an alley somewhere, he would kill me, and eat my innards!
Didn't Nikita try to make Jim Cornette move and give up his seat once on Crocketts plane?
Nikita had charisma
I miss kayfabe
RIP, Jim Crockett Jr.
Tag Team Dream Match:
Nikita Koloff & Big Van Vader vs. The Ultimate Warrior & Phyco Sid Vicious.
I do remember Russian Mare Nikita Koloff in 1984 year. He and uncle Ivan Koloff wrestle in NWA under Jim Crockett Wrestling Promotions.
After Magnum TA Car accident in Oct 1986. Nikita Koloff became Magnum TA replacement for American Dream Dusty Rhodes. They both created the super powers.
Your channel is awesome jim
Nikita saved his money like Bruiser Brody, Perhaps it Frank Goodish(Bruiser Brody) who gave him advice on that
Nikita Koloff used to scare me to death! He did great with the Russian gimmick.
What a great quote to end it on lol
As a kid I saw him slap a reporter so hard he flew 20 feet away- the dude was scary
I believe at 2:25 Jim’s Macho Man impersonation makes an appearance doing a Nikita impersonation.
He was married to Miss Alabama. That's why he started spending the money... she told him he needed to dress better.
When he came in Dusty said he looked like a big gorilla so Dusty gets a guy (Ron Garvin) to dress up in a gorilla suit to be his partner against Ivan and Nikita. Does anybody remember that?
Dick Slater
I thought it was Dick Slater, who had the Gorilla suit...
Nikita was awesome back in the day!
Nikita vs Goldberg would have been money
That's a dream match for sure in both of their primes!
You mean Nikita is not a real Russian. Why am I just finding that out now?
sounds like Jim is a bit jealous
JCP first came around here in Philly in late 1984 and I remember they had Nikita standing with his arms crossed with this massive chain around his neck while Ivan and Barry "Krusher Kruschev" Darsow would insult America during interviews and squash matches. Also, when they did allow Nikita to wrestle, his matches would all be under a minute squashes!
I loved watching wrestling in the 80,s ,my brother and I broke a lot of furniture in the house after a good wrestling match, my dad threatened to not let us watch it anymore but he didn't
I'm surprised Corny didn't love Nikita. The guy was so dedicated to his gimmick that he legally changed his name to Nikita Koloff. He even ordered Russian language magazines to his house so that his mailman would believe he's Russian.
Nikita was the best promo guy !!!! Loved him!!!
Didn't like the flat top or defection to the United States
Nikita vs. Magnum was top
As much as I love Dolph Lundgren, I would have loved to have seen Nikita as Ivan Drago.
I first saw Nikita Koloff in a "Inside Wrestling" from '85 ( "The Wrestler & Pro Wrestling Illustrated were the other 2 big time mags) l thought he was good long live the "Russian Sickle" 👅💪 he had good snap to his moves.
I loved those mags! Seeing all the territory rankings of promotions i couldn't see drove me crazy.
Peter Gozinya me too Peter, back then everything was territorial on tv & I was in Winnipeg so all the southern stuff ( WCCW, CWF, Memphis, Even Mid- Atlantic & Georgia) was not on in Winnipeg. I got WWF & AWA, UWF & Stampede the most often, which was cool but seeing all those rankings made me want too see all the others........ Big time! I didn't see much NWA/WCW until TSN (🇨🇦sports Channel)finally broadcasted it on a national level in like '90-'91ish.
Was his GQ era during the time when he clothes line David Crockett on TV...
The good old Civic Arena.
The shits? All his stuff looked good, tight, and real to me.
I also noticed that when Nikita came back His trapezius muscles were almost gone (Non Existent).
I had no clue he wasn’t Russian until the late 90’s well after I was smarten up. Never was into the internet wrestling world back then just TV and magazines. Me and my Dad were watching wrestling on ESPN and he just randomly goes you know he’s not Russian right 🤯🤯🤯
I believe the full head of hair was because of the movie red heat
Him and Ivan were great as heels Ivan dont enough credit he could draw the heat
No, no, no
Was this when he came back and they made him a heel and booked him against Sting?
No. This was 1988. His heel run was 1991
Which is funny since he turned heel on Luger right? By "giving" him the US title and waffling him with it as Bobby Heenan would say.
@@chrischar9428 Okay. I guess I don't remember this run.
Dusty was a much better Booker than Flair
Nikita was just incredible in the ring a combination of strength move in the ring quick had the best clothesline in wrestling THE RUSSIAN SICKLE
So, he lost the eye of the tiger, man.
Nakita looked better when he was jacked not when he came back body looking like a jobber
Person should had being fired for making him a babyface
Dusty could build monster heels who clumsily knocked out referees.
0:27 - 0:32 Jim 'Dave Meltzer' Cornette
Nikita was 1 of my favorite wrestlers of all time, love ya Nikita
Scotty Simpson from Minnesotr
Old school cool
I liked "hair Nikita" but that's just me.
nikita one scary guy back in the day
Nikita sounds like a guy who was really interested in learning the biz. His wife’s death was hard on him. Understandable! Sounds like it kind of sapped his passion for wrestling too.
It was nakita who kept me watching NWA....but the writer is right...the hair didn't work for his character....love the Russian Nightmare....
Yeah he grew it after he lost the TV title
Nikita koloff to russian nightmare back in the eighties 8485 this guy was huge his shoulders were huge it took up the whole TV screen one of my favorite matches nikita ivan koloff against the road warrior strap match usually when you see the road warriors who can't take your eyes off the road warriors but when he saw makita he can go toe-to-toe with the road warriors size-wise he was a dominant force in the 80s as they would say in the eighth is he was totally awesome missed matches between him and ric flair there was a rumor that he was supposed to go against hogan WrestleMania 2