Nikita Koloff on Ric Flair 

I've heard on other shoot interviews that when he was on top and they said ( Arn Anderson &Jim Corrnete) he was a DICK when he was on the juice .

Ditto I wish nikita stayed in wrestling longer he was awesome

Steve Smith Yes he was a monster heel back then with Ivan, then later 80's teaming with Dusty and the Road Warriors still tough and mean but after that he wasn't quite the same but who is after years? Still my all time favorite wrestler, loved him and Ivan and Krusher Krushev from the time period that you said!

Definitely at his most monstrous. Really green though.

The heel Nikita was better! lol I miss those days! Barry Darsow is a super guy.

Steve Smith Thanks for mentioning Darsow (Krusher Kruschev); I looked him up and ... how did I not know he was also the Smash half of Demolition? I learn something new every day browsing YT.

His series with Magnum TA was awesome

Watch his best of seven series against Magnum TA for the US Heavyweight title. One of the classics of the sport.

After his wife died he did return briefly to Crockett but left a short while later. He also worked in the AWA until they folded. His last run was in WCW but he left a short time later.

You probably was watching starcade ‘86

Yep. We here in So Cal didn't get Crockett until 1985 just as Nikita was starting his rise up the card. Unfortunately, channel 56 stopped showing it until around March of 86 when Nikita was firmly established as a monster.

Yeah, it would have been a great angle. It would have been where Ivan Koloff interferes in the match and Nikita wins by cheating of course, but the follow-up match where Flair would win it back in a cage would have been great.

Brett Heart was the master of making it look real. He sold everything.

Ric was the booker at the time, so yes he could have put the belt on Nikita

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Well.. booze has really pickled Ric’s mind so there’s that

Ric Flair and Jim Cornette DESTROY Nikita Koloff or something like that. According to Flair Nikita was "bullying" Cornette and he stood up for him. Or so he says....

Ric Flair is my favorite wrestler but Nikita Koloff is the bigger man here.

Both good, but it's interesting that Hogan and Austin drew more. I know everyone has different opinions, but I missed the Michaels era, because it wasn't believable to me - to have a little guy running around winning titles from big guys. I got enough guys flying around from Savage and Snooka. It's interesting at first, but then not believable when it's just going on all the time and nobody puts a boot up in the are so that the jumper runs his face into it. The post-steroid era in the '90s was bad, and I didn't have much love for austin and didn't watch much wrestling then. Bret hart caught my eye, though. Less high flying, more solid wrestling. I'd put bret above Flair and Michaels. On the side of drawing, Andre, hogan, austin, and I hate to say it, but I don't know if anyone ever got a bigger pop than a young ultimate warrior. When he press slammed heenan, I was in heaven.

Guys from the south will probably have a different opinion about draws (maybe dusty, flair, etc), but those guys didn't draw much up here. I know Ric is mad that vince always put hogan above him, but vince knew that ratings would go down if ric had the belt for long.

David W You cant mention drawing and not talk about The Rock. Surprised you didn't.

lewis morrison That’s funny; I’ve just read it back and I definitely wrote GOAT.

I am assuming at Starrcade '86. Plans were to put the title on Magnum T.A. and for him to have a huge babyface run. The title run would have been a tribute to Magnum.

@@wpreston86 Nikita said that was talked about when he came back after his wife died, she died in 1989 so it would've been after then.

Les Schoenberger Didn’t she die in the same year as T.A.’s car accident (1986)?

@@DeeEllEff She died 6/14/1989, Google it and you'll see.

Because he was on steroids and Flair didn't think that he was a legit tough guy, thought it was all from the roids, that's why.

@@lesschoenberger3070 thanks Les. I kind of figured, but wasn’t sure with the word tadpole. It’s hard to picture Nikita not being a tough guy, but maybe Flair knows.

@@ronthompson95 I think he was tough!

@@lesschoenberger3070 he was a beast. I would imagine he is, but who knows. Obviously Flair has an itch about him.

@@ronthompson95 I think Flair and Arn Anderson were a bit put off by the big push that Nikita got, he never wrestled before and they had done so for years so maybe there was a bit of jealousy or it was tough for them to swallow seeing him come right in there without paying his dues like they did and be a huge success, just my thoughts on that.