Nikita Koloff: podcast appearances and interviews

Nikita Koloff, born Nelson Scott Simpson on March 9, 1959, is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his performances with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling, between 1984 and 1992. During his wrestling career, Koloff was billed from Russia and, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from Lithuania. He held several championships, including the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Championship, NWA World Television Championship, and UWF World Television Championship. His contributions to professional wrestling have been recognized with inductions into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2008.