The Daily: 1985 O-Pee-Chee Pro Wrestling Stars Series 2 Nikolai Volkoff
The Card: 1985 O-Pee-Chee Pro Wrestling Stars Series 2 Nikolai Volkoff #1
The wrestling world lost of the greatest villains of the 1970 and ’80s yesterday with the passing of Nikolai Volkoff.
For more than 20 years, Volkoff, whose real name was Josip Peruzovic, battled wrestling’s top stars, usually as the heel. As a singles wrestler, Volkoff headlined alongside Bruno Sammartino, selling out Madison Square Garden and breaking gate records.
In addition to this card, Volkoff appears on three other cards in the set, all subset cards with the legendary Iron Shiek.
Volkoff’s first mainstream American card didn’t come until 1995 Action Packed WWE. He does appear in a melee on a 1987 Topps WWF card (#74), but he’s part of the background and not very prominent.
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I think we should all stand for the singing of the Soviet national anthem. RIP