FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, IVAN KOLOFF DIES AT THE AGE OF 74!!

BACK TO BACK SAD DAYS IN THE WRESTLING WORLD!  YESTERDAY WITH THE PASSING OF GEORGE STEELE AND TODAY WITH THE PASSING OF IVAN KOLOFF!   IVAN DEFEATED BRUNO SAMMARTINO IN 1971 TO END BRUNO'S 7 YEAR REIGN AS WWWF CHAMPION!  KOLOFF WOULD HOLD ONTO THE TITLE FOR 21 DAYS TIL PEDRO MORALES BEAT HIM FOR THE TITLE!  A TRANSITIONAL CHAMPION AS IT WAS CALLED BACK IN THE DAY!  IN 2005, I MET IVAN AT WRESTLE REUNION AT THE VALLEY FORGE CONVENTION CENTER NEAR PHILDELPHIA, PA!  IVAN WAS  A DEEP MAN OF FAITH AS I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT COMING TO OUR CHURCH TO SPEAK!  THE CHURCH TURNED DOWN THE REQUEST, BUT WE SPOKE FOR OVER 1 HOUR ABOUT FAITH AND WRESTLING!  I MOMENT I WILL NOT FORGET!  REST IN PEACE TO IVAN'S WIFE AND FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:  IVAN KOLOFF!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM IVAN KOLOFF!  BY THE WAY, IVAN IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE WWE HALL OF FAME!