Josip Peruzović
Acting
Born 1947-10-14
Died 2018-07-29
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
81 credits
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Josip Hrvoje Peruzović better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler who was best known for his performances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although the Volkoff character was often portrayed as a villainous Russian, Peruzović originated from Yugoslavia. In the 1970s, he was Bepo of the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. In the 1980s, he was known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and later with Boris Zhukov as The Bolsheviks. In 1990, he turned face and embraced America, briefly feuding with Zhukov and newly-turned Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Slaughter. In 1994, after a hiatus, he returned as a destitute and desperate character, exploited by Ted DiBiase as the first member of his Million Dollar Corporation.
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Filmography
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Raw
WWF Superstars
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Mid-South Wrestling
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
WWE Old School
Tuesday Night Titans
WWE Hall of Fame
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE WrestleMania IV
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
The Sheik
WWE Survivor Series 1990
WWE WrestleMania III
WWE Survivor Series 1987
WWE WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania II
WWE Survivor Series 1988
WrestleMania
The Wrestling Classic
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Sweet Daddy Siki
Villains of the Squared Circle
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Hulk Hogan: Real American
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
WWE WrestleFest
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Legends Never Die
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
Tag Team Champions
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
The Brains Behind the Brawn
WrestleMassacre
WWE War to Settle the Score
Cool As Hell 2
350 Days
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
The British Bulldogs
Demolition: Witness the Power
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