Nikita defeated T.A. Twelfth seed Baron Von Raschke found himself in a battle with #21 Greg The Hammer Valentine. Nikita would powder out and take a break on the floor while Steiner regained some strength himself. Koloff would use this early advantage to control the match from the outset grounding Steiner and keeping the Dog-Faced Gremlin at bey. Ivan invoked the Freebird rule which dictated that any two of the three could defend the titles. As the 1987 Great American Bash tour got under way, the feud between Koloff, Rhodes, The Road Warriors, and Paul Ellering versus The Four Horsemen and J.J. Dillon was booked as the centerpiece.

He was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame of 2008. Winner – Dusty Rhodes by submission (8:17). He also runs his own small wrestling promotion, the Universal Wrestling Alliance UWA as an outreach of his ministry. In late 1989, Koloff wrestling with Verne Gagne's AWA (as a part of a talent share with the NWA) in his native Minnesota. He went on to become a very successful businessman, motivational speaker and preacher.

Steamboat, suffering in the submission move was able to get a rope break and caught the over-confident Steiner off guard and rolled him up in a sunset flip for the 3-count. The first round votes have been tallied and the bracket updated.

Muta sprayed Badd with the Green Mist at the outset of the match and delivered a Shining Wizard for a quick pinfall victory over Mero and an opening-round record :26 second win. He attacked Lex Luger, claiming he had "stolen" the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from him in 1987 and that he wanted it back.

[6], In 1984, Simpson was going to try out for the USFL when Road Warrior Animal, a professional wrestler from the Minnesota area, called him to ask him to become a professional wrestler. After reentering the ring Koloff went back to work, with a shoulder tackle of his own, a belly to back suplex by Steiner temporarily slowed the Soviet Strongman before Steiner attempted a 2nd-rope axhandle blow, Koloff cut him off and forced Steiner to the top rope setting up an avalanche suplex and a 2-count. Nikita was brought into the National Wrestling Alliance by his "Uncle" Ivan to prove Soviet superiority. Koloff was briefly trained by Eddie Sharkey. The following month, Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel to unify his US Title with Wahoo's NWA National Heavyweight Championship on September 28. would begin a long program with Koloff that ran through The Great American Bash Tour of 1987.

In the most evenly matched contest, on paper, of the round things seemed to be in control for Koloff as he applied his signature bear hug at 6:06 and seemed to have the match won.
Eventually, Koloff eased back into the business part-time. After Ivan himself turned face when manager Paul Jones went against him, Koloff helped Ivan briefly against Jones' henchmen, the masked Russian Assassins, and then he took a sabbatical on November 27. had a bitter rivalry, T.A. His improvement negated the need for Kernodle to continue teaming with Ivan and, shortly thereafter, the Russians turned on the American turncoat. Nikita is a member of a religious group called Fellowship of the Sword and serves as an East Coast representative.

Finally injuries took their toll and Nikita Koloff bowed out in the early 90s.

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