The Bolsheviks
| The Bolsheviks | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members |
Nikolai Volkoff Boris Zhukov |
| Name(s) | The Bolsheviks |
| Heights | Volkoff: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Zhukov: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Combined weight |
604 lb (274 kg) |
| Billed from | The Soviet Union |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Disbanded | 1990 |
| Years active | 1987–1990 |
| Promotions | WWF |
The Bolsheviks were a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation from late 1987 until the spring of 1990. The team was composed of Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov portraying a pair of Russian Communist bad guys. Volkoff was born Josip Peruzovic on October 14, 1947. Although he portrayed a Russian as a wrestler, he was, in fact, from Croatia. Zhukov was an American named Jim Harrel, who had spent the previous few years of his wrestling career portraying a Russian.
Zhukov was brought in as Volkoff's partner in 1987 after Volkoff's regular partner The Iron Sheik was fired. The team made their debut in a 10-man battle royal on an episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling on Oct 31st, 1987. The team was managed by Slick. The pair made their first pay-per-view (PPV) appearance together in the 10 team elimination match at the inaugural Survivor Series in 1987. The pair had little success and were the first team eliminated from the match.
They then made an appearance in the 20 man battle royal held at WrestleMania IV in Atlantic City. They appeared on a WWF coliseum VHS cassette called Best of the WWF volume 17 and scored a major win when they defeated The British Bulldogs in short time. The duo lost to the Powers of Pain at SummerSlam '88. They were once again a part of the 10 team elimination match held at Survivor Series '88 and during the match Zuhkov pinned Jim Powers thus eliminating The Young Stallions, but they were also eliminated shortly after by The Rockers.
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