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Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1992, where he was billed from Russia (and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Lithuania).
The tenth match was a steel cage match between The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) and the team of Ivan and Nikita Koloff for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. The match started back and forth. The Rock 'n' Roll Express had the advantage over Ivan after a dropkick from Gibson. The Koloffs fought back, and dominated Gibson.
The Starrcade show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Taylor then targeted Koloff's left arm and shoulder with the use of the ring post. Gilbert attacked Koloff's left knee with a steel chair, and Taylor applied the figure four leglock. After Taylor accidentally knocked Gilbert off the apron, Koloff performed a Russian Sickle, and pinned Taylor to unify the titles.
Ivan and Nikita Koloff would regain the NWA World Tag Team titles from Rhodes and Fernandez, then Nikita Koloff would begin a feud with Ric Flair over his NWA World Heavyweight title, culminating in a title match at the first Great American Bash in July 1985. Don Kernodle would no longer be in any title hunt, after his return from his (kayfabe ...
Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard defended the titles against Sting and Nikita Koloff. Sting and Koloff dominated the earlier action against Anderson and Blanchard. Sting and Koloff double-teamed Anderson and Blanchard for most of the match until Blanchard took the control of the match in his side by injuring Koloff and tagging in Anderson.
Wrestling will always be part of who he is, Koloff said, adding, “it put me on the map for who I am.” His career as a wrestler took him to 36 countries and every state in the United States.
Starrcade was a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view.It was originally held from 1983 to 2000, first by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 1983 to 1990, with the 1983–1987 events specifically held by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the NWA, and then held by World Championship Wrestling ...