10 "Foreign" Wrestlers Who Weren't Really Foreign At All
5. Krusher Khruschev
If you thought Umaga was unbelievable, meet Barry Darsow, aka one half of Demolition in Smash, aka Repo Man, aka The Blacktop Bully, aka "Mr Hole in One" Barry Darsow, aka Krusher Khruschev.
Darsow has a list of bad gimmicks that almost puts Brutus Beefcake to shame. However, it was before he swung between WWE and WCW in the 80s and 90s that he first established himself as Krusher Khruschev (originally Crusher Darsow), a turncoat American aligned with Soviet supporter Nikolai Volkoff.
Completely abandoning his American background, Khruschev sided with fellow Russian wannabes Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff, defending the NWA World Tag Team Championship under the Freebird Rule upon finding a home in Jim Crockett Promotions.
Speaking of Nikita Koloff...