Khosrow Vaziri
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-03-15
Day of death
2023-06-06 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Damghan, Semnan, Iran
Khosrow Vaziri
Biography
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.
Known For
Raw
World Class Championship Wrestling
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
The Eric Andre Show
Andre the Giant
Mid-South Wrestling
The WWF's Amazing Managers
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87
Biography: WWE Legends
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Tuesday Night Titans
Naked News
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
Hogan Knows Best
Hulkamania 6
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
We Will Rock You
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
WrestleMania III
WrestleMania 2
NWA WrestleWar 1989
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
WrestleMania
WrestleMania
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Heroes of Wrestling
WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
The Sheik
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
The British Bulldogs
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
RFVideo Face Off Vol. 2: When Worlds Collide
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
Mayday Z
Ring Roasts I: A Comedic Tribute to The Iron Sheik
The Hulkster: Hulk Hogan
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Savage
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWF Championship Wrestling
Iron Sheik: The Maim Event
WWF: Best of Hulkamania
WWF Hulkamania 1
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Tag Team Champions
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
The Old Boys
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
WWE UK Rampage
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WrestleMania II
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
WWE Survivor Series 1991
The Wrestling Classic
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
WWF Bashed in the USA
WWE SummerSlam 1991
WWE The Brawl to End it All
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
WWE WrestleMania III
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Andre the Giant
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
YouShoot: The Iron Sheik
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly
Alabama Outlaws - Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
