HALL OF FAME

Ivan Koloff

The Russian Bear

STATISTICS

  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight: 249 lbs.
  • From: Moscow, Russia
  • Years Pro: 1961-1994 / 2000-2013

OTHER RING NAMES

  • none

TRAINER

  • Don Koloff
  • Jack Wentworth

TAG TEAMS

  • none

FACTIONS

  • The House of Humperdink
  • Paul Jones' Army
  • The Russian Team

MANAGERS

  • Freddie Blassie
  • Gene Anderson
  • Lou Albano
  • Paul Jones
  • Tony Angelo

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Birth Name: Oreal Donald Perras
  • Date of Birth: 08.25.1942
  • Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Date of Death: 02.18.2017 (aged 74)
  • Place of Death: Winterville, North Carolina, USA
  • Known Relatives: none

CHAMPIONSHIPS WON

    • Montreal Heavyweight Championship

    05.23.1969 - 07.14.1969

    • WWWF World Championship

    01.18.1971 - 02.08.1971

    • IWA Tag Team Championship (with Mad Dog Vachon)

    04.18.1973 - 05.14.1973

    • NWA Television Championship

    05.10.1974 - 07.08.1974

    • NWA Television Championship

    10.30.1974 - 12.26.1974

    • Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship

    05.24.1977 - 09.27.1977

    • WWA Heavyweight Championship

    06.18.1977 - 11.12.1977

    • Florida Tag Team Championship (with Pat Patterson)

    06.20.1977 - 09.19.1977

    • Florida Tag Team Championship (with Mr. Saito)

    10.13.1977 - 11.11.1977

    • Florida Tag Team Championship (with Mr. Saito)

    12.06.1977 - 01.02.1978

    • Florida Tag Team Championship (with Mr. Saito)

    01.10.1978 - 01.24.1978

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Ole Anderson)

    06.07.1978 - 09.23.1978

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Ole Anderson)

    01.19.1979 - 04.23.1979

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Ole Anderson)

    06.08.1979 - 07.02.1979

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Ole Anderson)

    08.28.1979 - 09.21.1979

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Alexis Smirnoff)

    12.07.1979 - 04.06.1980

    • Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Alexis Smirnoff)

    04.26.1980 - 06.08.1980

    • Florida Tag Team Championship (with Nikolai Volkoff)

    08.07.1980 - 09.18.1980

    • NWA World Tag Team Championship (with Ray Stevens)

    03.01.1981 - 03.22.1981

    • Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

    04.16.1981 - 10.10.1981

    • NWA Television Championship

    11.03.1981 - 01.02.1982

    • Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

    12.14.1983 - 01.25.1984

    • Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

    03.18.1984 - 04.22.1984

    • Canadian Heavyweight Championship

    04.29.1984 - 06.10.1984

    • NWA World Tag Team Championship (with Don Kernodle)

    05.08.1984 - 10.20.1984

    • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (with Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff as The Russian Team)

    08.01.1984 - 05.17.1986

    • NWA World Tag Team Championship (with Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff as The Russian Team)

    03.18.1985 - 07.09.1985

    • NWA World Tag Team Championship (with Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff as The Russian Team)

    10.13.1985 - 11.28.1985

    • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (with Krusher Kruschev as The Russian Team)

    09.28.1986 - 12.09.1986

    • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (with Dick Murdoch)

    03.08.1987 - 04.04.1987

    • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (with The Powers of Pain)

    02.13.1988 - 07.02.1988

    • WWC Puerto Rico Championship

    07.15.1989 - 10.07.1989

    • CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (with Sean Powers)

    02.05.2005 - 03.19.2005

    • EWA Heavyweight Championship

    07.12.2008 - 11.19.2009