Nikita Koloff was a Soviet man-monster who took the NWA by storm in the mid-1980s, testing top babyfaces, for example, Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.a., and Ric Flair. Despite the fact that Koloff never fulfilled his extreme mission of turning into the NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, he scored a lot of people huge wins with his "uncle," previous WWWF Champion Ivan Koloff (Canadian) and Krusher Khruschev (American, and the Repo Man) by his side – including vanquishing Magnum to win the United States Championship in a best of seven arrangement. With the Soviet risk winding down later in the 80s and the NWA in need of a babyface after Magnum's profession finishing damage, Koloff ended up as an afterthought of the holy messengers. Collaborating with Rhodes as The Superpowers, Koloff kept on protecting the U.s. Title and even battled Flair to a twofold preclusion for the NWA Title at Starrcade '8