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|name=Kola Kwariani |image=Kola Kwariani.jpg |names=Nick the Wrestler Nicholas Kwariani |weight={{convert|280|lb|kg|abbr=on}}[1][2] |birth_date= January 16, 1903 |death_date= February 1980 (aged 77) |birth_place=Kutaisi, Georgia |death_place=New York City, New York, U.S. }} Kola Kwariani ({{lang-ka|კოლა (კოლია) ქვარიანი}}) (January 16, 1903 – February 1980), known by the ring name Nicholas Kwariani or Nick the Wrestler, was a Georgian professional wrestler and chess player. Early lifeKwariani was born in Kutaisi, the son of Nestor and Caserines (née Kesaria) Kwariani. Professional wrestling careerKwariani had been a Greco-Roman champion in Europe before the war and a professional wrestler in the United States afterward.[1] He participated in many wrestling matches, but the most famous was with "Mr. America" Gene Stanlee,[2] which was featured as one of the top 10 matches of the wrestling Golden Era in America.[3][4] From 1959 to 1960, he coached Antonino Rocca. From 1959 to 1962, he closely worked with Bruno Sammartino. Chess careerKwariani was the only chess-playing professional wrestler in the United States according to Chess Review magazine.[7] In the 1950s, he was an active player at the Chess and Checker Club in New York City, also known as "The Flea House".[5] Other mediaKwariani had a role in Stanley Kubrick's 1956 film The Killing, in the role of a chess-playing wrestler named Maurice Oboukhoff, who is hired to start a fight and so create a diversion during a heist.[6][7] A picture of Kwariani, Kubrick, and Sterling Hayden appeared on the cover of Chess Review magazine in March 1956.[8] DeathIn February 1980, while entering the Chess and Checker Club, Kwariani was seriously injured after being assaulted by a group of teenagers. The incident was later described by Samuel Sloan: "Nick came in the downstairs entrance one evening when about five black youths were leaving. They bumped into each other. Words were exchanged. Nick never took any gruff from anybody and soon he was engaged in a fight with all five black kids at once. Nick probably could still have handled any one or two of them, but five were too many. Nick was beaten." He was then taken to a hospital, where he died at age 77.[9][5][10][11] Filmography
References1. ^{{cite news|title=Hard Lessons Learned in the Ring|author=Mamet, David|authorlink=David Mamet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/movies/27mame.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 27, 2008|accessdate=May 20, 2011}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/oldays.html|title=The Early Years of Televised Wrestling|author=Oliver, Earl|authorlink=Earl Oliver|year=2005|work=Solie's Classic Wrestling Images|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=September 14, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite video|people=National Wrestling Alliance|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/images/B0001MXU5Y|title=Wrestling's Greatest Heroes: The Golden Era|medium=VHS|location=United States|publisher=Goodtimes}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/videos/misc/miscgolden.html#heroes|title=Wrestling's Greatest Heroes: The Golden Era|date=June 14, 2011|work=Misc. Golden Age Tapes|publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.anusha.com/kwariani.htm|title=Kola Kwariani a/k/a "Nick the Wrestler", Chess Expert and Former World Champion Wrestler|publisher=Anusha.com|accessdate=May 6, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/kubrick.htm|title=Stanley Kubrick and Chess |author=Wall, Bill|year=2007|publisher=Bill Wall's Homepage|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028082843/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/kubrick.htm|archivedate=October 28, 2009|accessdate=June 13, 2011}} 7. ^{{tcmdb title|id=17624|title=The Killing}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter46.html#5571._Chess_and_wrestling_C.N._2819|title=Chess Review|editor=Winter, Edward|date=March 1956|work=Chess Notes by Edward Winter|publisher=ChessHistory.com|accessdate=May 7, 2011}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://linkgeorgia.com/2011/02/kola-nicholas-kwariani-1903-1980-famous.html|title=Kola (Nicholas) Kwariani (1903-1980): Famous Georgian wrestler and chess player|date=February 5, 2011|work=Republic of Georgia: Web Library of Links|publisher=LinkGeorgia.com|accessdate=May 6, 2011}} 10. ^SSN Death Index; retrieved June 11, 2011. 11. ^{{cite news|title=Mat Fans Find a Friend in Rocca; Wrestler Considers Himself Protector of Puerto Ricans Former Islanders Are Loudest Rooters at Exhibitions|author=Talese, Gay|authorlink=Gay Talese|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/09/16/archives/mat-fans-find-a-friend-in-rocca-wrestler-considers-himself.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 16, 1958|accessdate=May 7, 2011}} External links
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