Khosrow Vaziri

Known for ActingBorn 1942-03-15Died 2023-06-06Damghan, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

Hulkamania 6

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

WWE The Brawl to End it All

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

Most Unusual Matches

Tuesday Night Titans

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWF Prime Time Wrestling

WWE Hall of Fame 2005

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit

The Eric Andre Show

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWF Superstars

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

WWE SummerSlam 1991

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

The Sheik

Andre the Giant

WWE WrestleMania 13

Biography: WWE Legends

Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly

WWE Survivor Series 1996

WWE Hall of Fame

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE WrestleMania III

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams

WCW WrestleWar 1989

Andre the Giant

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Raw

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WrestleMania

WrestleMania II

The Wrestling Classic

Naked News

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

WWF Championship Wrestling

Hogan Knows Best

WWE UK Rampage

The British Bulldogs