One of Ivan Koloff's favorite territories was the Charlotte-based Crockett Promotions, where he was one of the top draws ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The bearded grappler became a notorious villain, and fan favorite, in the wrestling world during the 1970s and 1980s. By Patrick Shanley Ivan Koloff, who rose to fame as the villainous “Russian ...

Ivan Koloff – who wrestled as the villainous “Russian Bear” – has died at age 74, capping off a sad string of losses for the wrestling world. How did Kloff die? The cause of death was ...

WWE announced Wednesday that three pro wrestling legends will be part of the WWE Hall of Fame's class of 2025 as Legacy inductees. Kamala, Dory Funk Sr. and Ivan Koloff will all be honored as part ...

Ivan Koloff, knowing among wrestling fans as “The Russian Bear,” has died. He was 74. Koloff had been battling liver cancer and was in need of “urgent medical care,” according to a Go Fund ...

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 ...

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 ...