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Carl Brantley was a professional wrestler better known as Vladimir Koloff.

Career

Carl R. Brantley started wrestling in 1990 as Vladimir Koloff in a tag team with Oreal Perras|Ivan Koloff. Brantley was billed as a relative of the Koloffs, Ivan and Nikita Koloff. He was supposed to be Ivan's nephew and Nikita's brother. They teamed together in South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, the IWA and Atlantic Coast Wrestling. They feuded with the Thunderfoots.

Brantley was used by World Wrestling Federation & World Championship Wrestling under his Koloff ring name however was relegated to house shows.

Later that year, he and Ivan teamed up again briefly for Extreme Championship Wrestling|Eastern Championship Wrestling, which evolved into Extreme Championship Wrestling|ECW the next year.

In late 1993, Brantley wrestled in Asia and feuded with Kevin Vaughn|The Fabulous Lance (AKA Lance Von Erich).

In 1994 he wrestled Jim Duggan|Hacksaw Jim Duggan in an Atlantic Coast Wrestling match on a supercard they promoted called WrestleBash '94. He lost the no disqualification match to Duggan.

In 1995, he wrestled for Southern Championship Wrestling where he feuded with Chris Stephenson and was managed by Count Grog. He continued in the independents through 1998 and feuded with Curtis Thompson, Giant Warrior, David Sheldon|The Russian Assassin, Del Wilkes|The Patriot and Ricky Morton, whom he traded the UCW Heavyweight Title with a couple of times.

In 1997, he briefly formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff called "The Red Guard" in Ultimate Championship Wrestling with Ivan Koloff as their manager. Brantley retired in 1998 to promote wrestling cards in the midwest and to breed cattle.

Profile

Height: 6 ft 2 in
Weight: 290 lb
Hometown: Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Trainer: Ivan Koloff, Bobby Fulton, Jackie Fulton, Andre' The Giant
Debut: 1990
Managers: Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff, The Big Cheese Sal Corrente
Finisher: Russian Suplex

Championships, Professional & Amatuer Accomplishments

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
*PWI ranked him # 453 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI 100 Years" in 2003.
*PWI ranked him # 120 of the top 500 wrestler of 1993.
*PWI crowned him as runner-up 1991 Rookie of the Year, behind Diamond Dallas Paige.
Other Titles
*2-Time ACW Tag Team Champion with Ivan Koloff
*1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
*3-Time IWA North American Champion
*5-Time UCW Heavyweight Champion
*1-Tiem Cavender Cup Champion, Mumbai, India
*3-Time NCHSAA All State Wrestler
*4-Time Conference, All Conference, Sectional and Regional Champion, 1 time NCHSAA State Wresting Runner-up
*1981 & 1982 Gold Medalist United States National Elite Greco-Roman Wrestling Team that competed in the countries of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and France. Competed @ 98 kg/198 lb and 100 kg/220 lb.
*1981-1982 United States "Olympic 200" Team Member 192 lb. Colorado Springs, CO.
*1981-1982 Bronze Medalist, National Sports Festival, Syracuse, NY, and Indianapolis, IN.
*1982 Silver Medalist, AAU Grand National Greco-Roman Championships, Lincoln, NE
*Numerous time throughout the 1990's he participated in and for the;

"Child Abuse Prevention Association" Golf Tournament, Hilton Head, SC; "Brenner's Children's Hospital" Golf Classic, Winston Salem, NC; "MDI" Celebrity Classic, Hickory, NC. "Children's Miracle Network" "Help Fill a Dream" "D.A.R.E." (Buncumbe, Burke, Cleveland Counties Sheriff's Offices) Brantley, Carl

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