, Markoff began his career in the Minneapolis-based
American Wrestling Association in the mid-1960s. Managed by Professor Steve Druk, he feuded with
The Crusher. In the mid-1960s, Markoff began wrestling for the
Indianapolis, Indiana–based
World Wrestling Association, where he formed a
tag team with
Angelo Poffo called "The Devil's Duo". Markoff and Poffo won the
WWA World Tag Team Championship in 1966 and again in 1967. In the late 1960s, Markoff began competing for
Championship Wrestling from Florida. He won the
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship in 1969 and again in 1972. In 1969, Markoff wrestled for the
Los Angeles, California–based promotion
NWA Hollywood Wrestling. Over the course of the year, he won the
NWA Americas Tag Team Championship with Bronko Lubich, the
NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship, and the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship
(Los Angeles version) three times. In 1978, Markoff wrestled in New Zealand for All Star Pro Wrestling, briefly holding the
NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship. In the same year, he wrestled in
Hawaii for
50th State Big Time Wrestling, holding the
NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship with
Steve Strong. In 1981, Markoff joined the
Charlotte, North Carolina–based
Jim Crockett Promotions, where he formed a tag team with
Nikolai Volkoff called "The Imperial Russians". Managed by
Lord Alfred Hayes, the duo won the
NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship later that year. By 1985 Markoff was back in the AWA as the manager and occasional tag team partner of
Boris Zhukov. ==Death==