The Russians – The NWA’s Cold War Facton

The Russians in Jim Crockett Promotions and the NWA worked because they were simple, visual, and effective: Ivan Koloff as the veteran enforcer, Nikita Koloff as the explosive second-generation threat, and later additions like Krusher Khruschev and Vladimir Petrov to keep the act fresh as the territory expanded. Their run stretched from the mid-1980s until [...]