Josip Peruzović
Acting · Born 1947-10-14 · age 70 at death · Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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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Raw
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WrestleMania
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE WrestleMania III
WrestleMania II
WWE WrestleMania IV
WWE WrestleMania VI
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1987
The Wrestling Classic
WWE Survivor Series 1990
WWE Survivor Series 1988
WWE SummerSlam 1990
WWE SummerSlam 1988
WWF Superstars
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WrestleMassacre
WWE War to Settle the Score
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Cool As Hell 2
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Tuesday Night Titans
The British Bulldogs
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Sweet Daddy Siki
WWE WrestleFest
Heroes of Wrestling
Hulk Hogan: Real American
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Demolition: Witness the Power
Villains of the Squared Circle
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Tag Team Champions
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
The WWF's Amazing Managers
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Wrestling Tough Guys
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWE Old School
Mid-South Wrestling
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
WWE Pay Per View