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Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), [4] [5] better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler from Yugoslavia, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he usually played a Soviet heel.
Nikolai Volkoff 1981 [165] Lawrence Pfohl: Lex Luger 1987–1988 [166] Michel Pigeon † Jos LeDuc 1982–1983 [167] Garfield Portz: Scott McGhee 1980–1981 1983 [168] James Prudhomme † Brute Bernard 1965 1969 1971–1980 [169] Harley Race † Harley Race 1973 1975 1977–1986 [170] James Raschke: Baron von Raschke 1977–1980 1983–1987 ...
On October 12, 1999, Sheik and Volkoff teamed up for the first time since 1987 at the Heroes of Wrestling pay-per-view event and would wrestle against and lose to The Bushwhackers. [13] Sheik and Volkoff appeared together when they were into inducted the WWE Hall of Fame on April 2, 2005, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California ...
Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Nikolai Volkoff in a Flag match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship [12] Saturday Night's Main Event III: October 31, 1985 Aired November 2, 1985: Hershey, Pennsylvania: Hersheypark Arena: Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant vs. King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd [12] Saturday Night's Main Event IV: December 19, 1985 Aired ...
Nikolai Volkoff began the year partnered with Boris Zhukov in a pro-Soviet tag team known as The Bolsheviks. After Lithuania, Volkoff's homeland, declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990, The Bolsheviks split up. Volkoff became pro-Western and was presented with an American flag by Jim Duggan.
This included the Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff who would now be managed by the "Doctor of Style". The Sheik was a participant in the 20-man invitational Battle royal in the Chicago portion of WrestleMania 2 which saw 14 WWF superstars in the ring with 6 National Football League (NFL) players.
On the March 10, 2008 episode of WWE RAW, U.S. Express made an appearance in a rematch from WrestleMania I against Volkoff & The Iron Sheik. [10] Before the match could begin, they were interrupted by diva Jillian Hall. She offered to sing "Born in the USA" for them before being given an airplane spin by Rotunda.
Dynamite Kid then faced Nikolai Volkoff (without manager Freddie Blassie); Dynamite Kid attacked Volkoff, who had just finished his customary singing of the Soviet national anthem, with a missile dropkick from the top turnbuckle and then quickly scored the pinfall in a match that lasted about six seconds (the official time given was nine ...