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Ivan Koloff Finally Honored, Too Late

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Jeff Quinton
May 03, 2025
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In the third part of his series on legendary wrestler Ivan Koloff, veteran wrestling writer Mike Mooneyham of The Post and Courier shines a spotlight on what many fans have long considered a glaring oversight: WWE’s decades-long failure to induct “The Russian Bear” into its Hall of Fame.

Koloff, who defeated Bruno Sammartino in 1971 to end the longest wo…

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