Boris Zhukov

[2.0] "Crazy to think that Boris had a 30-year career. I only saw a couple of those years in of course WWF, and really he didn't seem to move the needle for me at all. I am at least impressed that he was an American, because I would have never guessed that - so at least the gimmick was over lol. The fact that he lost 64% of his career matches is surprising to me, in that he won 31%!"

[4.0] "Never saw Zhukov until he was in WWE. In WWE he seemed to mainly be there to give a bigger star in Volkoff a partner so he could stick around. Zhukov never impressed me in the ring. Never stood out on the mic with Volkoff doing most of the talking. Had some good matches but was very rarely the focus"

[2.0] "Pretty much only existed to give Volkoff something to do since Volkoff was never going to be a singles guy. Pretty much just an aping of everything that worked about Volkoff, with an even worse in ring performance. Never sold, offence looked weak, just a lame tag team partner."

[5.0] "Boris Zhukov, imo, had a lot of potential that he just never fully realized. He came into wrestling as Private Jim Nelson, I think, as part of Sgt. Slaughter's Cobra Corps. He then jumped around promotions before joining the AWA in the mid-80s, being partnered with Soldat Ustinov as a couple of Evil Russians. He was probably best utilized in the AWA before he jumped to the WWF to team with Nikolai Volkoff as The Bolsheviks once Iron Sheik got fired and Nikolai needed a new partner. He never amounted to much in the WWF, but he was a decent hand, though not known for having great matches."

[3.0] "WWF jobber through and through, he was usually the one eating the pin fall and frequently got beaten in mere seconds/minutes. Really just there to give Nikolai a new tag team partner after Iron Sheik got fired for drugs."

[5.0] "The big ponderous Russian who's cranial mass was the butt end of every commentator's joke. Just a big burley body for baby faces to out maneuver, out wit and out class. Played the role perfectly, but also wasn't that remarkable. Smooth enough to work with anyone, but not good enough to bring out anyone's best. Adequate and credible enough. At house shows he was the designated heel tag substitute and maintained employment by that method alone for a nice long time. Also gotta mention his Private Nelson gimmick just never really clicked, it was a wise personal investment to reinvent himself as an evil foreigner."

[5.0] "Boris Zhukov was ok in the ring. But he played his gimmick well. Was good in AWA with Soldat Ustinov. In WWE he was a mid carder."

[6.0] "Zhukov was kind of just "there" as far as I was concerned. Nowhere near as effective as Volkoff and he emerged near the tail end of even Volkoff's effectiveness."