Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzović, best known as the evil Russian who teamed up with The Iron Sheik to become a World Tag Team Champion, has died. He was 70. “WWE is saddened to learn ...

(WBFF) -- During the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, there was perhaps no more evil character in professional wrestling than Nikolai Volkoff. He was a 300 lbs., barrel chested Russian, who along ...

Nikolai Volkoff, the burly wrestler whose brash Soviet persona and physical embodiment of Communism made him one of the most hated figures in professional wrestling, has died at the age of 70, World ...

The parallels between Alison Brie’s “GLOW” character Zoya the Destroya and real-life WWE Hall of Famer Nikolai Volkoff are unmistakable. So when news broke that Volkoff died Sunday just as Netflix’s ...

Sunday was a sad day for fans of World Wrestling Entertainment as two of its former superstars, Nikolai Volkoff and Brian Lawler, died. WWE Hall of Famer Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai ...

Volkoff gained fame in the 1980s along with fellow foil to all-American heroes such Hulk Hogan, the Iron Sheik (WWE) Nikolai Volkoff brought joy to millions of US television viewers as the red-flag ...

Nikolai Volkoff, the burly wrestler whose brash Soviet persona and physical embodiment of Communism made him one of the most hated figures in professional wrestling, has died at the age of 70, World ...

Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, passed away Sunday morning at age 70, WWE has confirmed. Born in Croatia, Volkoff first worked for the New York territory -- then known as the World ...

The iconic wrestler was mourned by his former tag team partner The Iron Sheik on Twitter on Sunday morning. “MY BEST FRIEND. MY PARTNER. MY BROTHER.” he wrote. “WE GET MORE HEAT THAN ANYONE ON EARTH.