Boris Zhukov

[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."

[0.0] "Finde das er eine absolute niete im Ring war und kaum was konnte. Man erinnert sich fast nur an das eine Segment und das kann ja wohl nicht sein. Solche nullnummern gab es leider viele in den 80er."

[8.0] "Ich find ihn gut^^ Volkoff find ich klasse, aber Zhukov ist für mich der bessere :D kann sich noch einer an die Dusche erinnern? Wie auch immer, ein durch und durch anständiger Mann. Auch wenn er manchmal etwas träge wirkte."

[3.0] "Habe ihn nur an der Seite von Volkoff erlebt und wirkte dort sogar noch langweiliger als sein Partner."

[5.0] "Guter Wrestler, der sowohl als Private Jim Nelson wie auch später als Boris Zhukov gute Leistungen zeigte."

[5.0] "@ Masked Kane: Seine Glanzzeit hatte er ganz klar in der AWA. Dort durfte er mehrfach um den AWA World Heavyweight Title gegen Rick Martel antreten. Und die Kämpfe waren keinesfalls schlecht, wenn auch nicht unbedingt erstklassig."

[5.0] "Natürlich kein Edeltechniker, aber Zhukov wusste in der Reihe der Russen-Heels schon zu gefallen."

[4.0] "Bei den Bolsheviks halt Kult, aber klar hinter Volkoff einzuordnen!"

[8.0] "Haha! Boris Zhukov - Bolsheviks! Ein cooles sehr unterhaltsames Tag Team der 80er/90er. Hatte aber nie den "Durchbruch" geschafft. Bei mir als witziges, unterhaltsames (Midcard) Tag Team in Erinnerung."