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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wore a red MartialArtsUniform.

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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wore a red MartialArtsUniform.martial arts uniform.
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* AmazonChaser: Once got DistractedByTheSexy with Wrestling/BethPhoenix.

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* AmazonChaser: Once got DistractedByTheSexy with Wrestling/BethPhoenix.Wrestling/BethPhoenix as a result of receiving a kiss from her while UnderTheMistletoe.
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* CoDragons: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson. This has some basis in real life, where he also teamed with Jackson to help Wrestling/WilliamRegal.

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* CoDragons: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson.Jackson (the other set being Orton's teammates from Legacy, Wrestling/CodyRhodes and Ted Dibaise Jr.). This has some basis in real life, where he also teamed with Jackson to help Wrestling/WilliamRegal.



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kozlov The Other Wiki]].
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* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Wrestling/SantinoMarella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Wrestling/MarkHenry.

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* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] entertaining Tag-Team reign with Wrestling/SantinoMarella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Wrestling/MarkHenry.
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* TheBigGuy: As a Face.
* TheBrute: As a Heel.

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* %%* TheBigGuy: As a Face.
* %%* TheBrute: As a Heel.



* DistractedByTheSexy: Once during a backstage skit. But then, it ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' Wrestling/BethPhoenix, after all.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Once during a backstage skit. But then, it ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' ''was'' Wrestling/BethPhoenix, after all.



* StraightMan: To Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wrestling/SantinoMarella.

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* %%* StraightMan: To Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
* %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
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* IKnowKarate: Subverted. Prudius has a background in Wrestling/{{Sambo}} and submission wrestling (2005 USA open heavyweight champion and USKBA international heavyweight grappling champion), but although Kozlov's in-ring style was stoic and hard-hitting, he was never presented as a shooter nor used any recognizable martial arts technique. This changed when he was drafted to ECW, as he started the custom to wear boxing robes to the ring, but he never became a full-fledged shooter.

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* IKnowKarate: Subverted. Prudius has a background in Wrestling/{{Sambo}} UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and submission wrestling (2005 USA open heavyweight champion and USKBA international heavyweight grappling champion), but although Kozlov's in-ring style was stoic and hard-hitting, he was never presented as a shooter nor used any recognizable martial arts technique. This changed when he was drafted to ECW, as he started the custom to wear boxing robes to the ring, but he never became a full-fledged shooter.
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* IKnowKarate: Subverted. Prudius has a background in sambo and submission wrestling (2005 USA open heavyweight champion and USKBA international heavyweight grappling champion), but although Kozlov's in-ring style was stoic and hard-hitting, he was never presented as a shooter nor used any recognizable martial arts technique. This changed when he was drafted to ECW, as he started the custom to wear boxing robes to the ring, but he never became a full-fledged shooter.

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* IKnowKarate: Subverted. Prudius has a background in sambo Wrestling/{{Sambo}} and submission wrestling (2005 USA open heavyweight champion and USKBA international heavyweight grappling champion), but although Kozlov's in-ring style was stoic and hard-hitting, he was never presented as a shooter nor used any recognizable martial arts technique. This changed when he was drafted to ECW, as he started the custom to wear boxing robes to the ring, but he never became a full-fledged shooter.

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Those Two Bad Guys is replaced by Bumbling Henchmen Duo with a slightly different definition, as per this thread. This one fits Co Dragons better.


* CoDragons: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson. This has some basis in real life, where he also teamed with Jackson to help Wrestling/WilliamRegal.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson. This has some basis in real life, where he also teamed with Jackson to help Wrestling/WilliamRegal.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson.

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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson. This has some basis in real life, where he also teamed with Jackson to help Wrestling/WilliamRegal.

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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: At Santa Barbara City College.

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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball:
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* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Wrestling/SantinoMarella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Wrestling/MarkHenry.

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* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Wrestling/SantinoMarella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Wrestling/MarkHenry.Wrestling/MarkHenry.
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* HiddenDepths: Who knew Kozlov could dance?
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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: At Santa Barbara City College

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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: At Santa Barbara City CollegeCollege.



* OddFriendship: With comedic moron Santino Marella. This friendship has a shocking amount of subtext, though: in real life, both Kozlov and Santino are accomplished martial artists, and Santino even used to play a Russian fighter character similar to Kozlov's own gimmick.

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* OddFriendship: With comedic moron Santino Marella.Wrestling/SantinoMarella. This friendship has a shocking amount of subtext, though: in real life, both Kozlov and Santino are accomplished martial artists, and Santino even used to play a Russian fighter character similar to Kozlov's own gimmick.



* StraightMan: To Santino.

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* StraightMan: To Santino.Wrestling/SantinoMarella.



* ThoseTwoGuys: With Santino Marella.
* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Santino Marella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Mark Henry.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Santino Marella.
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* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Santino Marella) Wrestling/SantinoMarella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Mark Henry.Wrestling/MarkHenry.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In the 2011 edition of the Smackdown vs Raw game, he becomes one of a set of two CoDragons to Wrestling/RandyOrton with Ezekiel Jackson.
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'''Oleg Prudius''' (b. 1979) is a UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] martial artist, {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and actor best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2009 as '''Vladimir Kozlov'''. After making some appearances in the crowd where he would be interviewed and finish by saying, "I love Double Double E," he was sent down to WWE's developmental programs at Deep South Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he would become a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/ovw/ovw-h.html OVW Heavyweight Champion]]. He made his official WWE TV in-ring debut in 2008. He would feud with Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/JeffHardy, Wrestling/{{Christian}}, and JTG of Cryme Tyme. He is a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]] with Wrestling/SantinoMarella. He currently competes for the Inoki Genome Federation in Japan.

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'''Oleg Prudius''' (b. Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius (born April 27, 1979) is a UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] martial artist, {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and actor best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2009 as '''Vladimir Kozlov'''. After making some appearances in the crowd where he would be interviewed and finish by saying, "I love Double Double E," he was sent down to WWE's developmental programs at Deep South Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he would become a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/ovw/ovw-h.html OVW Heavyweight Champion]]. He made his official WWE TV in-ring debut in 2008. He would feud with Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/JeffHardy, Wrestling/{{Christian}}, and JTG of Cryme Tyme. He is a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]] with Wrestling/SantinoMarella. He currently competes for the Inoki Genome Federation in Japan.

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* AmazonChaser: Once got DistractedByTheSexy with Wrestling/BethPhoenix.



* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: In 2005, he became the USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion. He also is a United States Kick-Boxing Association International Heavyweight Grappling Champion.

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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: In 2005, IKnowKarate: Subverted. Prudius has a background in sambo and submission wrestling (2005 USA open heavyweight champion and USKBA international heavyweight grappling champion), but although Kozlov's in-ring style was stoic and hard-hitting, he was never presented as a shooter nor used any recognizable martial arts technique. This changed when he was drafted to ECW, as he started the custom to wear boxing robes to the ring, but he never became the USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion. He also is a United States Kick-Boxing Association International Heavyweight Grappling Champion. full-fledged shooter.



->"Worst of all, you are from a state devoid of class or integrity. The single most depressing place on Earth, New Jersey. I cannot wait for my fellow Russian to buy your pathetic NBA franchise, The Nets, and move it out of this horrible state forever."

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->"Worst -->"Worst of all, you are from a state devoid of class or integrity. The single most depressing place on Earth, New Jersey. I cannot wait for my fellow Russian to buy your pathetic NBA franchise, The Nets, and move it out of this horrible state forever."


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* OddFriendship: With comedic moron Santino Marella. This friendship has a shocking amount of subtext, though: in real life, both Kozlov and Santino are accomplished martial artists, and Santino even used to play a Russian fighter character similar to Kozlov's own gimmick.
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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: From the Ukraine, billed from the Soviet Union, and used the hammer-and-sickle logo, even though [[HistoryOfTheUSSR the Soviet Union was dissolved at the end of 1991.]]

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* ForeignWrestlingHeel: From the Ukraine, billed from the Soviet Union, and used the hammer-and-sickle logo, even though [[HistoryOfTheUSSR [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheUSSR the Soviet Union was dissolved at the end of 1991.]]
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* FinishingMove: "The IronCurtain," a leg-trap chokeslam into a spinebuster. As Alexander Kozlov in IGF, he uses a crossface he calls the "[=Kozlock=]."

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* FinishingMove: "The IronCurtain," UsefulNotes/IronCurtain," a leg-trap chokeslam into a spinebuster. As Alexander Kozlov in IGF, he uses a crossface he calls the "[=Kozlock=]."
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->"Worst of all, you are from a state devoid of class or integrity. The single most depressing place on Earth, new Jersey. I cannot wait for my fellow Russian to buy your pathetic NBA franchise, The Nets, and move it out of this horrible state forever."

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->"Worst of all, you are from a state devoid of class or integrity. The single most depressing place on Earth, new New Jersey. I cannot wait for my fellow Russian to buy your pathetic NBA franchise, The Nets, and move it out of this horrible state forever."
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "You are physically inferior, therefore you are weak!"


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* {{Joisey}}: {{Discussed| trope}} the trope for some {{cheap heat}}.
->"Worst of all, you are from a state devoid of class or integrity. The single most depressing place on Earth, new Jersey. I cannot wait for my fellow Russian to buy your pathetic NBA franchise, The Nets, and move it out of this horrible state forever."
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Don\'t know how I missed that.


* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: In 2005, he became the USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion. He also is a United States Kick-Boxing Association International Heavyweight Grappling Association.

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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: In 2005, he became the USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion. He also is a United States Kick-Boxing Association International Heavyweight Grappling Association.Champion.
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* RedBaron: "The Moscow Mauler," "The Soviet {{Cyborg}}", "The Soviet War Machine"

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* TheQuietOne: He didn't talk much at first, partially due to [[TheUnintelligible he wasn't easy to understand]] when he did talk.

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* TheQuietOne: He didn't talk much at first, partially due to the fact that [[TheUnintelligible he wasn't easy to understand]] when he did talk.talk.
* SquashMatch: He's been on both ends of this. His first several wins on ''[=SmackDown!=]'' qualify, as they were often three minutes long or less. At ''[=IGF=] [=Genome17=]'', September 3, 2011, however, Eric Hammer defeated him in a mere 2:44.

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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: At Santa Barbara City College
** UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball: Well, it was in the Ukraine, but, he did play for the National Team.



* HuskyRusskie



* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: In {{Kayfabe}}, as he's actually Ukrainian.

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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong[=/=]HuskyRusskie: In {{Kayfabe}}, as he's actually Ukrainian.
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* CelebrityResemblance: At ''Judgment Day 2009'', Wrestling/SantinoMarella said that he looks like [[Franchise/TheMuppets Sam the Eagle]].

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* CelebrityResemblance: At ''Judgment Day 2009'', Wrestling/SantinoMarella Santino said that he looks like [[Franchise/TheMuppets Sam the Eagle]].

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* ForeignWrestlingHeel
DistractedByTheSexy: Once during a backstage skit. But then, it ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' Wrestling/BethPhoenix, after all.
* HardHeadFinishingMove: "The IronCurtain," a leg-trap chokeslam into a spinebuster. As Alexander Kozlov in IGF, he uses a crossface he calls the "[=Kozlock=]."
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: From the Ukraine, billed from the Soviet Union, and used the hammer-and-sickle logo, even though [[HistoryOfTheUSSR the Soviet Union was dissolved at the end of 1991.]]
* HardHead: He used a BatteringRam headbutt as one of his {{Finishing Move}}s.



* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong

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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong[[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: In 2005, he became the USA Open Heavyweight Sambo Champion. He also is a United States Kick-Boxing Association International Heavyweight Grappling Association.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wore a red MartialArtsUniform.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: In {{Kayfabe}}, as he's actually Ukrainian.



* TheQuietOne

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* TheQuietOneTheQuietOne: He didn't talk much at first, partially due to [[TheUnintelligible he wasn't easy to understand]] when he did talk.



* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
* UnderwearOfPower

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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
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\n\n\n'''Oleg Prudius''' (b. 1979) is a UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] martial artist, {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and actor best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2009 as '''Vladimir Kozlov'''. After making some appearances in the crowd where he would be interviewed and finish by saying, "I love Double Double E," he was sent down to WWE's developmental programs at Deep South Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he would become a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/ovw/ovw-h.html OVW Heavyweight Champion]]. He made his official WWE TV in-ring debut in 2008. He would feud with Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/JeffHardy, Wrestling/{{Christian}}, and JTG of Cryme Tyme. He is a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]] with Wrestling/SantinoMarella. He currently competes for the Inoki Genome Federation in Japan.

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



* FakeNationality: He was born in the Soviet Union, but he's Ukrainian, not Russian.


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!!! "Mauling Tropes":
* TheBigGuy: As a Face.
* TheBrute: As a Heel.
* CelebrityResemblance: At ''Judgment Day 2009'', Wrestling/SantinoMarella said that he looks like [[Franchise/TheMuppets Sam the Eagle]].
* FakeNationality: He was born in the Soviet Union, but he's Ukrainian, not Russian.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel
* HardHead
* HuskyRusskie
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong
* PutOnABus: One of the victims of having his leg broken by Wrestling/MarkHenry after the latter took to the habit of folding people's ankles into chairs then body-splashing them. He never returned to TV after that and was released by the WWE not long afterward.
* TheQuietOne
* StraightMan: To Santino.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wrestling/SantinoMarella.
* UnderwearOfPower
* {{Unperson}}: Surprisingly averted. After his release, his name has been invoked a fair few times for a guy that (save for a lengthy and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments fairly entertaining]] Tag-Team reign with Santino Marella) was mainly a mid-carder, usually to put over Mark Henry.

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