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

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

The 1980s changed the face of pro wrestling forever, with a handful of wrestlers being particularly influential and among the ...

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 ...

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 Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff had a lengthy 50-year career, appearing in such promotions as World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE), NWA, Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW), and many more.

Ivan Koloff, known as "the Russian Bear," was the third wrestler in history to hold the WWWF Championship. He debuted in 1963 and finally retired from the entertainment sport in 2013 ...

and Ivan Koloff will all be honored as part of the ... beating Bruno Sammartino for the WWE Championship. The Russian Bear's victory at Madison Square Garden in New York City astonished spectators ...

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 ...

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] ...

Then, after Ivan Koloff shocked the world by beating Sammartino for the world title, Morales was the one who stepped up and dethroned the hated "Russian Bear" to bring the title back home.