Posted January 16, 200817 yr comment_5427180 Nikita Koloff vs. Tully Blanchard (8/17/87)- Man, Tully Blanchard is awesome. He bumps like a pinball for Nikita's power moves. While Nikita has him in the resthols, Tully is constantly squirming, moving, trying to find ways to escape. Tully turns the tide after he ducks the Sickle and Nikita goes flying over the top rope. Cool visual. His control doesn't last long but JJ distracts the referee long enough for Tully to recover from a Sickle that connects. Nikita's eagerness to end it again costs him as Tully uses Nikita's momentum to toss him outside again. The end stretch was pretty great as Tully can never hit a move to take control but Nikita can't seem to find a way to put Tully away as he throws everything out there including a flying shoulder block and even a figure four. The end was helter skelter as Tully knocks Nikita out with some brass knux. Barry WIndham comes flying in to stop the count which leads to Arn Anderson coming out. This allows Nikita enough time to grab the Brass Knux and knock Tully out for the pin and the title. The crowd goes batshit for the win but they were pretty amped the entire time. This is just about as good as any Nikita singles match you'll ever find. Definite Nomination.(NWA TV 8/87 - 9/87 Disc 1)
June 17, 200916 yr comment_5440791 I don't know if who is on commentary on the TV version, but we have to use the Superbouts version with J.J. on commentary, he is absolutely hysterical, constantly justifying all of his cheating "Someone threw a cup into the ring, and I was just trying to remove it, someone could get hurt." Really fun match, I was shocked at how good Niktia was on the mat. Superbouts 7
December 30, 201113 yr comment_5491323 Easily one of Nikita's best matches ever. Thank you Tully Blanchard by making him look like a million bucks. I loved Nikita's headbutts to the arm. The whole match worked. A solid nomination.
June 2, 20169 yr comment_5755685 NWA World TV Title: Tully Blanchard © vs. "Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff (8/19/87)Nikit really works over Tully's left arm early and Tully is very good at selling everything going on. Tully was also bumping like crazy for Nikita as well which was what you needed to make Nikita look like a beast. Tully would get a huge break as he ducked a Russian Sickle and Nikita went flying over the top rope to the floor which allowed Tully to get some offense but Nikita caught him with another Sickle but Dillon had Earl Hebner distracted and he couldn't get there quick enough. Tully though would go back on offense and he has Nikita weakened but the fans are trying to will Nikita back up. Nikita fights back eventually and Tully is definitely reeling but he kicks at Nikita's knee which stops him a little althogh not enough as Nikita has Tully down but he can't put him away. Nikita would give Tully an atomic drop into Hebner then Dillon tries to get involved but Nikita took care of him. Nikita then picked up Tully for a backdrop suplex then he hit Hebner so Arn Anderson runs out and hands Tully a foreign object which he used to knock Nikita down but not out because Barry Windham runs out and tells Hebner that Arn gave him a weapon. Windham & Tully start fighting and Nikita hits Dillon & Tully with the object to win the title. The babyfaces ran out to celebrate with Nikita afterwards. Wild finish to a damn good match ahd this is a fairly easy nomination.
