Titans of Wrestling #34: Interview with "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff

[JerryvonKramer]

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-34-interview-with-the-russian-bear-ivan-koloff/

 

 

 

Parv, Pete and Kelly interview Ivan Koloff about his long career, covering everything from his early days in Canada, beating Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF title, working in New York, AWA, IWA, WWA, Florida, Georgia, and Jim Crockett Promotions.

 

Ivan had a legitimately great career, and even though the interivew is almost two hours, we only scratch the surface. If you are interested in knowing more head over to Kickstarter and help fund the planned documentary by Michael Elliott: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1244526869/ivan-koloff-the-russian-bear

 

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[Bigelow34]

Here is your PTBN link!

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-34-interview-with-the-russian-bear-ivan-koloff/

[Superstar Sleeze]

NO. FUCKIN. WAY. Skipping all shows and going right to this!

[Johnny Sorrow]

Parv, Pete, and Kelly get to interview Uncle Ivan while Im scraping mouse shit outta bait stations. Sheesh.

[shoe]

Ist off Ivan was a pleasure to interview. 2ndly Johnny someone's got to work on a Tuesday from the Titans of Wrestling.

[rovert]

This is a real brainwave by whomever thought of interviewing him for this show.

[Johnny Sorrow]

This is a real brainwave by whomever thought of interviewing for this show.

We honestly don't have any idea what you're getting at here. if it's a compliment then Thanks!

[El Boricua]

Parv, Pete, and Kelly get to interview Uncle Ivan while Im scraping mouse shit outta bait stations. Sheesh.

You still have your appearance on Japanese tv Johnny.

 

Great interview guys, it must have been quite the experience.

[rovert]

 

This is a real brainwave by whomever thought of interviewing him for this show.

We honestly don't have any idea what you're getting at here. if it's a compliment then Thanks!

 

IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, JOHNNY

[Johnny Sorrow]

 

 

This is a real brainwave by whomever thought of interviewing him for this show.

We honestly don't have any idea what you're getting at here. if it's a compliment then Thanks!

IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, JOHNNY

See, was that hard?

 

 

 

And thanks.

And huge praise to my Titans colleagues on a great interview and show . Ivan was great and you guys nailed it.

[shoe]

I gotta say Ivan does a great Dick the Bruiser.

[jpchicago23]

Great interview and fits perfect into the context of the show. Im surprised Parv didn't go apeshit at the mention of Dibiase. Way to to stay professional

[shoe]

Great interview and fits perfect into the context of the show. Im surprised Parv didn't go apeshit at the mention of Dibiase. Way to to stay professional

Thanks a lot. Ivan was a great guest with tons of great stories.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I gotta say Ivan does a great Dick the Bruiser.

His Jim Barnett is nothing to sneeze at, either.

[Lust Hogan]

Great job guys!!!

[shoe]

Appreciate it. Ivan was a great interview.

[Johnny Sorrow]

And again, if you dug the show, throw some bucks at the kick starter for the flick. If you plan on torrenting it if comes out, then do the right thing and toss in for it.

And if you haven't listened to this show, get on it, it's great shit.

[bradhindsight]

Wanted to follow up on this - first, fantastic interview, great questions, good pacing and you guys were all pros. The Kickstarter was funded so the project is a go.

[shoe]

Thanks Brad.Ivan was an easy guy to interview. The Ivan doc has been getting worked on. The cover looks amazing. They just finished up interviewing Bruno for the doc.

 

We have another interview set up for next week. I don't want to disclose who it is with in case it falls through. Just everyone keep on the look out for it. We feel it will be another fun one.

[bradhindsight]

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the WWE has been talking to him about the Hall of Fame - or at least he really alluded to that. The question about Bruno finally accepting and paving the way was a really apt one. I think it would be a fantastic honor to let him in and you could tell how much it would mean to him.

[shoe]

It would mean a lot to him. In a funny moment before the show we weren't going to ask him about the WWE HOF feeling he gets the question a lot. Well he brought it up immediately and we then asked follow up questions.