Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzović, best known as the evil Russian who teamed up with The Iron Sheik to become a World Tag Team Champion, has died. He was 70. “WWE is saddened to learn ...

Nikolai Volkoff, the burly wrestler whose brash Soviet persona and physical embodiment of Communism made him one of the most hated figures in professional wrestling, has died at the age of 70, World ...

Sunday was a sad day for fans of World Wrestling Entertainment as two of its former superstars, Nikolai Volkoff and Brian Lawler, died. WWE Hall of Famer Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai ...

Nikolai Volkoff, the WWE star known for playing a flamboyant Soviet/Russian character from the 1960s through the '90s, has died at age 70. His death came just days after being released from a hospital ...

World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed that two of its former stars died Sunday in separate incidents. Brian Christopher Lawler, known as Grandmaster Sexay, died at age 46, and former wrestler Josip ...

Nikolai Volkoff has certainly stood the test of time. Although Volkoff is probably best known as the evil Russian who teamed up with The Iron Sheik to become a World Tag Team Champion, he actually had ...

The iconic wrestler was mourned by his former tag team partner The Iron Sheik on Twitter on Sunday morning. “MY BEST FRIEND. MY PARTNER. MY BROTHER.” he wrote. “WE GET MORE HEAT THAN ANYONE ON EARTH.

Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, passed away Sunday morning at age 70, WWE has confirmed. Born in Croatia, Volkoff first worked for the New York territory -- then known as the World ...