RIP Alexis Smirnoff

[Joe Neglia]

slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2019/01/05/22790661.html

Alexis was winding down his career as the '80s boom was kicking off (he retired at 40 in 1988), but had a pretty damn good career and a big name in Japan. Definitely one of the better "Russian heel" workers.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

link to match against Andre the Giant

I remember his from my early exposure to the WWF, great heel.

Rest in peace, sir.

[Deleted]

I remember if there was a show out west for either the WWF or AWA, he'd be there.

RIP, been reading a lot about his run in San Francisco.

[James Fabiano]

By the time I was watching, he was teaming with one of the bargain basement Russians in the AWA. RIP.