Paid Members Thunderplex Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 Nikolai Volkoff has passed away, aged 70. Â No doubt he will be advertised for the boardwalk beatdown soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted July 29, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2018 Sad to hear that, as I understand it he was a lovely bloke. Can’t say I’ve seen that many matches I loved but have always been fond of him just through his association with the golden era and the odd cameo appearance in video games and gimmick battle royals. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hearing Brian Christoper is in hospital or dead depending on reports, anyone seen anything concrete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) Seeing the rumours but not going to take anything from those kind of sites as fact.  OK, it’s on PWInsider now. Edited July 29, 2018 by The Dart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Ryan Satin has been reporting that he hanged himself in jail and was taken to hospital but can't confirm that he's actually died. Not sure how reliable he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 20 minutes ago, Thunderplex said: Nikolai Volkoff has passed away, aged 70.  No doubt he will be advertised for the boardwalk beatdown soon. Fun fact that oddly I seem to be the only one on earth who knew, Nikolai's brother is Luka Peruzović, a Croatian centre half and manager from the 70s and 80s. Won the UEFA Cup and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidzero Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 36 minutes ago, Thunderplex said: Nikolai Volkoff has passed away, aged 70.  No doubt he will be advertised for the boardwalk beatdown soon. Sad news I liked him with the iron sheik when when they had there run and he seemed a bit out of place when he was brought back in 94 with the million dollar man 16 minutes ago, Louch said: Hearing Brian Christoper is in hospital or dead depending on reports, anyone seen anything concrete? Very sad he's still only a young man he must be only in his mid 40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uklaw Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Regarding Brian Christopher, PWInsider’s current position (and that of a few sites now) is that he’s currently in hospital but is not expected to recover, and as such, family are gathering to say their goodbyes. And he’s 46. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 Fucking hell, how tragic. Massive shame to hear about Nic, I’m really unfamiliar with his work pre-WWE but he was bloody aweful during the late 80’s - early 90’s boom. Still had a massive soft spot for him. The news about Brian (if true by now) is just shit. Too Cool we’re really fun, especially early days with Rikishi, and I was fond of them as Too Much beforehand. Based on the stories we’ve heard about him he sounded like an utter turd in fairness, still it’s horrible that someone gets to the point of suicide, just aweful. Anyone know why he was in jail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 Brickhouse Brown died again as well. Volkoff, Christopher and Brickhouse all dead in the same day. Sad stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Kaz Hayashi said: Fucking hell, how tragic. Massive shame to hear about Nic, I’m really unfamiliar with his work pre-WWE but he was bloody aweful during the late 80’s - early 90’s boom. Still had a massive soft spot for him. The news about Brian (if true by now) is just shit. Too Cool we’re really fun, especially early days with Rikishi, and I was fond of them as Too Much beforehand. Based on the stories we’ve heard about him he sounded like an utter turd in fairness, still it’s horrible that someone gets to the point of suicide, just aweful. Anyone know why he was in jail? DUI and resisting arrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Sad sad day for the wrestling industry, Nikolai was great as a heel and lovable as a face, always loved that comeback he made in the early to mid 90s wearing a tuxedo design leotard Gutted at Lawler’s passing too, the guy has had some major demons that finally caught him up, thoughts are with the King at this time Can’t say I was too familiar with Brickhouse but it’s sad news non the less, cancer is a bitch in the worst possible way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 Meltzer has confirmed Brian Lawler has passed. I'm not going to sit and pretend he did anything other than his 2000-2001 Too Cool run but fuck me what a run. 17 years ago now but I have fonder memories of Too Cool than a lot of teams that came after the 2002 Ruthless Aggression Era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 What a weird post by Lance Storm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted July 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2018 Storm's got previous for shite tributes doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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