26 Facts About Alex Koslov

1.

From 2003 until 2006 Alex Koslov worked exclusively on the west coast of the United States, making appearances for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Empire Wrestling Federation and local National Wrestling Alliance affiliated groups.

2.

From 2005 and forward Alex Koslov began working in Mexico and later on started making appearances all over the United States.

3.

On June 11,2006, Alex Koslov won the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship in Santa Monica, California from Karl Anderson, less than a month later he lost the title to Justin White.

4.

In 2008 Alex Koslov participated in the annual ECWA Super 8 tournament working with other young "high flyers".

5.

Alex Koslov did not win the tournament but he stole the show, working as a villain he riled up the crowd enough for one audience member to threaten him with a chair.

6.

Alex Koslov was the first Russian to ever wrestle in Arena Coliseo in its 70-year history.

7.

Shortly after starting with CMLL, Alex Koslov participated in their annual Leyenda de Plata tournament, losing to Mistico in the quarter-final.

8.

Alex Koslov participated in the 2006 Leyenda de Azul tournament defeating Hirooki Goto in the first round but losing to Dr Wagner Jr.

9.

In November, 2006 Alex Koslov won an 8-man torneo cibernetico to earn a shot at the World Middleweight Championship, but lost against champion Averno.

10.

In May 2007, Alex Koslov unsuccessfully challenged NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis for the title.

11.

Alex Koslov was part of Team International along with Canadian Tyson Dux, Brit Doug Williams, and Iranian American Daivari.

12.

Alex Koslov made a couple of "pre-tournament" appearances defeating Curry Man one week and losing to Team USA captain Kaz.

13.

In tournament action Alex Koslov lost to fellow CMLL worker Rey Bucanero representing Team Mexico.

14.

Alex Koslov eliminated another fellow CMLL worker Ultimo Guerrero and Chris Sabin from the match, before tapping out to Masato Yoshino in the second to last elimination of the match.

15.

Alex Koslov helped found the stable "D-Generation Mex" together with Sean Waltman and Rocky Romero.

16.

Alex Koslov's run with the Cruiserweight title only lasted 23 days as he lost to Extreme Tiger at Triplemania XVII on June 13,2009.

17.

Alex Koslov confirmed on his Twitter page that he was done with the company.

18.

Alex Koslov returned to ROH in December 2009, losing to The Briscoe Brothers and Rocky Romero in a six-man tag team match, where he teamed with Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, on the 18 and to Romero in a singles match on the 19 at Final Battle 2009, ROH's first live pay-per-view.

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Sherman made his first post-WWE appearance on March 4,2012, when he, performing as Alex Koslov, defeated SoCal Crazy at an Empire Wrestling Federation event in Covina, California.

20.

From January 24 to 25,2015, Alex Koslov participated in the Alternative Wrestling Show's Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament with Romero.

21.

Alex Koslov returned to New Japan in early 2013, and on February 10 at The New Beginning, he and Romero unsuccessfully challenged the Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

22.

From late May to early June, Alex Koslov took part in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors, where he won four of his eight matches with a loss to Brian Kendrick in his final round-robin match on June 6 costing him a spot in the semifinals.

23.

Later in the month, Alex Koslov was scheduled to take part in the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors, but after dislocating his left shoulder in his first match, he was forced to pull out of the tournament.

24.

On January 9, Alex Koslov announced he was taking an "indefinite sabbatical" from professional wrestling until 2022.

25.

Sherman is actually living in California, and currently owns a YouTube channel "The Alex Koslov Show" where he posts prank videos and his best moments as a professional wrestler.

26.

Alex Koslov is very private about his personal life, but it's known that he has a brother and he is very close with his mother.