Nikolai Volkoff | |
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![]() Nikolai Volkoff in 2008. | |
Born | SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | October 14, 1947
Died | July 29, 2018 Glen Arm, Maryland, United States | (aged 70)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Nikolai Volkoff Bepo Mongol Boris Breznikoff |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Billed weight | 313 lb (142 kg) |
Billed from | Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Trained by | Stu Hart |
Debut | 1967 |
Josip Nikolai Peruzović (14 October 1947 – 29 July 2018) better known by his ring name, Nikolai Volkoff, was a Yugoslavian professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation. Although the character he played was portrayed as Russian, He actually came from Croatia and has a mixed background that was not entirely Russian. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 by Jim Ross.
Volkoff died on July 29, 2018 at the age of 70 just days after being released from a hospital in Glen Arm, Maryland where he had been treated for dehydration.[1]
Volkoff held many championships during his professional wrestling career: