The win by Ivan Koloff over longtime champion Bruno Sammartino was known as “the night the Garden went silent,” a seminal moment in professional wrestling ...

“I’m still a mark when it comes to Bruno,” said Koloff. “I loved working with Ivan,” echoed Sammartino ... Triple H beat Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE ...

WWE recently announced that wrestling legend Ivan Koloff would be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. The star is one of many legends earning their rightful place in the annals of wrestling ...

Oreal Donald Perras, wrestling as Ivan Koloff, became synonymous with the menacing Soviet villain. His career's defining moment arrived in 1971 when he ended Bruno Sammartino's lengthy WWWF ...

Three WWE legends are now Hall of Fame bound. The company named Kamala, Dory Funk Sr. and Ivan Koloff as the Legacy inductees for the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame class. They join a class that will be ...

That champion was Bruno Sammartino ... and the time would come when Sammartino would face his Waterloo. Ivan Koloff flies from the turnbuckle toward a dazed Sammartino. Seven years of globe ...

Ivan Koloff did the impossible. The Russian Bear beat Bruno Sammartino for the WWE Championship in 1971, a win that almost ...

Ivan Koloff holds a record that it's almost impossible to beat: he ended the 2,803 day WWE Championship reign of Bruno Sammartino. On January 18th, 1971 fans in Madison Square Garden were stunned ...

In the 1960s and early 1970s, people were convinced that Bruno ... forever. Ivan Koloff, known as The Russian Bear despite being born in Canada, had already made several attempts at Sammartino's ...

In May of 1963, Bruno Sammartino defeated Buddy Rogers to become just the second ever WWE Champion in history. From there, he would embark on what would be perhaps the greatest reign in professional ...

Wrestling: Bruno Sammartino In some ways ... He didn’t lose until Ivan Koloff beat him Jan. 18, 1971. When the ref’s hand slapped the mat a third time to signify the dastardly Russian ...