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Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler.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 dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania).
After the Assassins attacked Nikita and put him out of action (in reality so he could tend to his unwell wife Mandy), Ivan replaced him as a tag partner with former rival Junkyard Dog. The Assassins would defeat Ivan and Dog at Starrcade '88 and one Assassin would lose to Michael Hayes at the Chi-Town Rumble early the next year.
Nikita Koloff would take a sabbatical due to the illness of his wife Mandy (who would pass away in 1989) and miss a match at Starrcade with his kayfabe uncle Ivan Koloff in his feud with Paul Jones and the Russian Assassins.
Meanwhile, Nikita Koloff lost his NWA World TV Title to Mike Rotunda in January 1988. He subsequently began to fade from the spotlight and appeared less frequently on TV as he dealt with personal challenges, including his wife Mandy's illness.
Nikita Koloff would go on to lose the NWA World TV Title to Mike Rotunda of the Varsity Club and would hold the title for over a year, then Koloff began to gradually step away from wrestling when his then-wife Mandy fell ill.
As a wrestler, Koloff said he achieved some of his greatest success, but he was unfulfilled in doing so. He retired from wrestling at the age of 33. “I recognized that something was missing ...
Koloff and Rhodes defeated Dillon and Anderson in minutes and The Super Powers were born. Rhodes and Koloff participated in the 1987 Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament . They received a bye into the second round before defeating the teams of Bill Dundee and The Barbarian , Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez , and The Midnight Express ...
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