Ivan Koloff

Ivan Koloff, born Oreal Donald Perras in 1942, was a Canadian professional wrestler who performed as "The Russian Bear". He was billed as being from Russia and, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from Ukraine. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship, and he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2025. His career bridged the territorial era of American professional wrestling and the later national promotions, and he died in 2017 at the age of 74.