Khosrow Vaziri
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
102
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
WWF Wrestling Challenge
The Eric Andre Show
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Mid-South Wrestling
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
WWE World Tour 1992
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Naked News
WWE UK Rampage '92
The Sheik
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Savage
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
World Class Championship Wrestling
Biography: WWE Legends
Andre the Giant
The Greatest Stars of the 80's
Tuesday Night Titans
WWE WrestleMania 13
Hogan Knows Best
WWF All-Star Wrestling
WWF All-Star Wrestling
NWA World Championship Wrestling
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
We Will Rock You
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
The British Bulldogs
The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
Heroes of Wrestling
NWA WrestleWar 1989
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WCW WrestleWar 1989
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Iron Sheik: The Maim Event
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
WWE Hall of Fame
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87
WrestleMania
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Tag Team Champions
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWF Championship Wrestling
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE UK Rampage
WWE WrestleMania III
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
WrestleMania II
WrestleMania III
Alabama Outlaws - Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
WrestleMania 2
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Hulkamania 6
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
The Wrestling Classic
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
WWF Hulkamania 1
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
WWE Bashed in the USA
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Andre the Giant
Villains of the Squared Circle
Most Unusual Matches
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly
Ring Roasts I: A Comedic Tribute to The Iron Sheik
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
WWE The Brawl to End it All
The Old Boys
Mayday Z
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
WWF: Best of Hulkamania
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
YouShoot: The Iron Sheik
RFVideo Face Off Vol. 2: When Worlds Collide
