Guys, I don't know if this was posted already but I just saw in the obits that pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff(real name Josip Peruzovic and yes I had to look it up) passed away last week at the age of 70. I remember his schtick as the USSR anthem singing heel on the old NWA and later the WWE wrestling shows. Everybody loved to hate the commie. From what I gather his coworkers really liked him. I miss the old days when these guys would come out in the most outrageous stereotypical costumes and personalities and give everybody a show for an hour or two of their day. We seem to lose these colourful old characters so often anymore. RIP.
RIP Nikolai Volkoff
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Another loss from the golden age of grappling.
May he rest in peace.
Big part of my childhood. Back when it was still wrestling. RIP good man.
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I remember him teaming up with the Iron Sheik.
RIP, fond memories of watching him and the Iron Sheik.
How bout the Bolsheviks?
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RIP, comrade.
Something about the pro wrestling life that takes them away from us all too early ... I'm glad he made it to 70.
Something about the pro wrestling life that takes them away from us all too early ... I'm glad he made it to 70.
Oh no. He and the Iron Shiek were staples of WWF.
And we lost Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart today as well.
I saw that, he actually went to my high school. I remember cracking up when I would see his plaques up around the gym & locker room for track & field accomplishments.
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Oh no Bob. Didn't see that. That's a name I hadn't heard in some time.
Your missing the von Erichs.RIP, comrade.
Something about the pro wrestling life that takes them away from us all too early ... I'm glad he made it to 70.
Only one of six brothers lived to see his 34th birthday. Kevin lived to become a grandfather. Jack Adkisson, Jr. died at 7 years of age.
That would be Kerry. He shot himself in the heart.
ahh, wasn't used to that name. Called them by name
Yeah, I think he only did that one for a short while.ahh, wasn't used to that name. Called them by name
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My friend almost got beaten up by Kerry in the mid 80s. My buddy is a pretty tough character, never one to back down. He came out of a bar in downtown Fort Worth, and some clown was sitting on his (and one day to become mine) bike, draped over the bars. My friend walked up and gave him a stout shove on the shoulders- enough to knock most men on their butts. This man, however, turned out to be Kerry Von Erich, and he barely moved. KVE stood up and started getting off the bike in a foul mood. Luckily a cop came by and told Kerry to get home before he had to take him in- he had a few sheets to the wind. My friend said it was the first time he ever worried about a fight. KVE was a solid piece of man.
Excellent memory right there my friend .
