Former WWE Wrestler Nikolai Volkoff Passes Away

— WWE confirmed that Nikolai Volkoff, a former WWE tag team champion, passed away at age 70. He had recently been ill and hospitalized due to dehydration according to pwinsider.com but was released and went home. Dave Meltzer reports that Volkoff had a heart attack not that long ago, was told he needed surgery but refused.

WWE is saddened to learn that Josip Nikolai Peruzović, known to WWE fans as Nikolai Volkoff, has passed away at age 70.