I remember Ivan spending a lot of time in the old Mid Atlantic area before he went north for good.
He was a great heel, made the faces look like angels.
He teamed for awhile with Nikita Kollof and they were HUGE draws. Especially when they held the tag titles and Nikita held the US title.
Man, everybody was hatin on the russkies!
Good times.
Different times
Met him at the Asbury Park YMCA in the days before gyms the only place that had Olympic weights.great guy nothing like his wrestling character.One strong sob.