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Birthday
March 15, 1942
Day of Death
2023-06-06
(81 years old)
Place of Birth
Damghan, Semnan, Iran
Also Known As
The Iron Sheik
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri
حسین خسرو علي وزیری
Col. Mustafa
Hussein Arab
Ali Vasari
Great Hossein Arab
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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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
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WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87
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WWE WrestleMania III
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WrestleMania III
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The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
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Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
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WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
as The Iron Sheik
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
as The Iron Sheik
The British Bulldogs
as The Iron Sheik
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
as The Iron Sheik
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
as The Iron Sheik
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
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WrestleMania 2
as The Iron Sheik
WrestleMania II
as The Iron Sheik
Tag Team Champions
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1985
The Wrestling Classic
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
as The Iron Sheik
WrestleMania
as The Iron Sheik
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
as The Iron Sheik
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
as The Iron Sheik
The Hulkster: Hulk Hogan
as The Iron Sheik
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
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WWF Hulkamania 1
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