Khosrow Vaziri
Acting
Born 1942-03-15
Died 2023-06-06
Damghan, Semnan, Iran
97 credits
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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری) better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. He is the only Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. His villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. He later formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, which won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. A heel throughout the 1980s, Sheik later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and on the internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and his intense dislike for some of his fellow professional wrestlers, particularly Hulk Hogan.
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Raw
WWF Superstars
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Mid-South Wrestling
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
World Class Championship Wrestling
The Eric Andre Show
Clash of the Champions
WWF Championship Wrestling
NWA World Championship Wrestling
WWE Old School
Tuesday Night Titans
Biography: WWE Legends
WWE Hall of Fame
Naked News
Hogan Knows Best
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
Andre the Giant
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWF Hulkamania 1
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
WWE Survivor Series 1991
WWE WrestleMania 13
The Sheik
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE WrestleMania III
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
WrestleMania II
WWE UK Rampage
WCW WrestleWar 1989
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
WWE World Tour 1992
WrestleMania
The Wrestling Classic
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Villains of the Squared Circle
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Savage
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
WWE Bashed in the USA
Andre the Giant
Tag Team Champions
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Most Unusual Matches
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
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