10 Former WWE Stars Who Definitely Should Not Return For Brand Split 2016

10. Vladimir Kozlov

The name 'Vladimir Kozlov' is likely to illicit groans from World Wrestling Entertainment fans with long memories. The Ukrainian grappler ran the entire gamut of WWE monster story arcs, getting the big undefeated push to begin with before gradually moving down the card and eventually settling into a role as a slightly comedic foreign babyface. He was Nikolai Volkoff in 2010.

I doubt anyone has any desire to see Vladimir Kozlov inside a WWE ring in 2016. He was something of a bust in the first place, despite an impressive resume when it comes to grappling and martial arts skills. You can have all the judo and sambo skills in the world, it ain't gonna make you an engaging professional wrestling.

I do recommend checking out how he looks now however. If you remember his slightly pudgy appearance in WWE, you are in for a shock.

Authored by John Bills

Contributor

Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.

Posted On: 28th Jun 2016

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