Ivan Koloff ended Bruno Sammartino’s record 7½-year run as WWWF heavyweight champion in New York City at Madison Square ...

By Patrick Shanley Ivan Koloff, who rose to fame as the villainous “Russian Bear” in the WWWF during the 1970s and 1980s, has died of liver cancer, according to a statement from World ...

Ivan Koloff — the "Russian Bear" whom pro wrestling fans loved to hate as the Cold War stand-in for the Soviet Union — has died at 74, his daughter and World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed.

It is said that horrible things arrive in sets of three and that phenomenon struck the wrestling world on Saturday morning. After news broke earlier this week that both George “The Animal ...

Professional wrestler Ivan Koloff, who died in 2017, started his career as Red McNulty before becoming 'hated Russian' Ivan Koloff, a WWE Hall of Famer ...

Ivan Koloff, the former WWE wrestler known as “The Russian Bear,” died on Saturday after battling liver cancer. He was 74. “WWE is saddened to learn that Ivan Koloff, best known to the WWE ...

Former WWE champion Ivan Koloff has died following a battle with liver cancer. He was 74. WWE confirmed the news on Saturday via Twitter. Known as “The Russian Bear,” Koloff (Oreal Perras ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Ivan Koloff, the Canadian professional wrestler known as “The Russian Bear” in the ring, has died after fighting liver cancer. He was 74. Koloff’s daughter, Rachel ...

“The Russian Bear” left behind one of the most decorated careers of all time. But while he might be recognized as a legend now, during his heyday, he was remembered for one thing: Ivan Koloff ...

Eight years ago, Ivan Koloff passed away. He was known in the professional wrestling world as "The Russian Bear" who really wasn't from Russia, as Scott Mason explains. Eight years ago ...