Khosrow Vaziri
Acting · Born 1942-03-15 · age 81 at death · Damghan, Semnan, Iran
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.
Titles
Raw
Naked News
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WrestleMania
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE WrestleMania III
WrestleMania II
WWE WrestleMania 13
Hogan Knows Best
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Biography: WWE Legends
The Wrestling Classic
WWE SummerSlam 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Andre the Giant
We Will Rock You
WWF Superstars
Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Tuesday Night Titans
The British Bulldogs
Most Unusual Matches
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
Heroes of Wrestling
WWE The Brawl to End it All
WCW WrestleWar 1989
WWE UK Rampage
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Hulkamania 6
WWF Championship Wrestling
Iron Sheik: The Maim Event
The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
Villains of the Squared Circle
Savage
Mayday Z
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 16 Around the World
The Old Boys
WWF Hulkamania 1
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
WWF: Best of Hulkamania