"The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff began embellishing his evil Cold War persona, and after a show in Canada, he was recommended ...

Ivan Koloff, knowing among wrestling fans as "The Russian Bear," has died. He was 74 Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Pro wrestling legend "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff has died at age 74, the WWE confirmed Saturday. He had reportedly been battling liver cancer. As Cold War tensions ran high in the 1980s ...

I interviewed and he just called out to the WWE to please put him in the Hall of Fame that never happened, was the Russian Bear, Ivan Koloff. He is so good, deserves to be in there." [12:42 onwards] ...

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 ...

The professional wrestler known as the bearded nefarious character “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff is dead. He was 74. The news was confirmed in a statement released by the WWE: “WWE is ...