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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Zhukov The Other Wiki]].
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James Kirk Harrell (b. January 29, 1959) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who competed for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance as Pvt. Jim Nelson and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Boris Zhukov. He debuted in 1978 and worked for various territories before catching on in 1982 in Jim Crockett Promotions as Nelson, part of Wrestling/SgtSlaughter's Cobra Corps. He arrived in the AWA as Zhukov, a [[FakeRussian "Russian"]] gimmick. He switched to WWE in 1987 and teamed with Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff as The Bolsheviks until Volkoff turned face in 1990. He left in 1991 and resurfaced in the independents many years later.

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James Kirk Harrell (b. (born January 29, 1959) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who competed for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance as Pvt. Jim Nelson and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Boris Zhukov. He debuted in 1978 and worked for various territories before catching on in 1982 in Jim Crockett Promotions as Nelson, part of Wrestling/SgtSlaughter's Cobra Corps. He arrived in the AWA as Zhukov, a [[FakeRussian "Russian"]] gimmick. He switched to WWE in 1987 and teamed with Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff as The Bolsheviks until Volkoff turned face in 1990. He left in 1991 and resurfaced in the independents many years later.




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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].

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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].duh.

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* ArchEnemy:
** (as Pvt. Nelson): Wrestling/RickySteamboat, Jay Youngblood
** (as Boris Zhukov): Wrestling/RickMartel, Sgt. Slaughter



* BashBrothers: With [[Wrestling/JohnNord Nord The Barbarian]], Nikolai Volkoff



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* CueTheFlyingPigs: He actually got a DQ victory over [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]] ''Nick Bockwinkel'' on October 4, 1986.



* DirtyCommunists: His gimmick.

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* DirtyCommunists: DirtyCommunists[=/=]HuskyRusskie[=/=]MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: His gimmick.
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* BaldOfEvil: Under his hat.


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* DemotedToExtra: Following the breakup of The Bolsheviks.
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James Kirk Harrell (b. January 29, 1959) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who competed for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance as Pvt. Jim Nelson and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Boris Zhukov. He debuted in 1978 and worked for various territories before catching on in 1982 in Jim Crockett Promotions as Nelson, part of Wrestling/SgtSlaughter's Cobra Corps. He arrived in the AWA as Zhukov, a [[FakeRussian "Russian"]] gimmick. He switched to WWE in 1987 and teamed with Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff as The Bolsheviks until Volkoff turned face in 1990. He left in 1991 and resurfaced in the independents many years later.

Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/al-h.html NWA Alabama Heavyweight Champion]] (listed as Boris ''Zurchov''), a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion]] as Pvt. Jim Nelson with Pvt. Don Kernodle, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/on/nwa/can-tv.html NWA Canadian (Toronto) Television Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with Soldat Ustinov.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Zhukov The Other Wiki]].


!!!"Bolshevik Tropes":
* BearHug: Used it as a FinishingMove
* BeardOfEvil: As Zhukov.
* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: WWE brought him in after Wrestling/TheIronSheik was fired for his and Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan's drug bust.
* DirtyCommunists: His gimmick.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Well, duh.
* {{Jobber}}: In WWE.
** MundaneMadeAwesome: In a [[https://thesmartmarks.com/old_site/artman/publish/article_500.shtml shoot interview]], Wrestling/TheBushwhackers said that the secret to The Bolsheviks was that they were jobbers, but all they had to do was raise the flag and sing the anthem and they had their heat back.
* PowerStable:
**(in the NWA): The Cobra Corps
**(in the AWA): The Sheik's Army
* TagTeam:
**(in the NWA): The Privates
**(in WWE): The Bolsheviks

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