Ivan Koloff
Koloff, c. 1973 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Oreal Donald Perras August 25, 1942 Montreal, Canada |
| Died | February 18, 2017 (aged 74) |
| Cause of death | Liver cancer |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ivan Koloff Jim Parris Orwell Paris Red McNulty |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Billed weight | 298 lb (135 kg) |
| Billed from | Moscow, Russia Ukraine Ireland (Red McNulty) |
| Trained by | Jack Wentworth Dan Koloff |
| Debut | February 15, 1963 |
| Retired | November 16, 2013 |
Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, under which name he was billed as being from Russia and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship. In April 2025, Koloff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.