Khosrow Vaziri

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: March 15, 1942 – June 6, 2023
From: Damghan, Semnan, Iran

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.

Works

79 films

Andre the Giant

20187.3

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

20108.3

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

20018.8

WWF Hulkamania 1

1985

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

20057.8

WWE Survivor Series 1991

19917.4

WWE WrestleMania 13

19977.5

The Sheik

20147.4

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

20067.9

WWE WrestleMania III

19877.3

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

199410.0

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

1991

WrestleMania II

19866.4

WWE UK Rampage

19925.0

WCW WrestleWar 1989

19897.0

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

200610.0

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

198510.0

WWE World Tour 1992

1992

WrestleMania

19856.6

The Wrestling Classic

19856.0

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

1987

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

199710.0

WWE SummerSlam 1991

19917.7

Villains of the Squared Circle

1986

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

20139.2

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

19907.7

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

19926.9

WWE Survivor Series 1996

19967.4

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

Savage

1977

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

1986

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

2010

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

1986

WWE Bashed in the USA

1993

Andre the Giant

19857.0

Tag Team Champions

1986

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

201410.0

Most Unusual Matches

19859.0

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

19856.0

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

20097.1

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85

1985

WWE Detroit Wrestling '86

1986

Mayday Z

2026

WWE UK Rampage '92

1992

The Hulkster Hulk Hogan

1985

Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1

2006

WWF: Best of Hulkamania

1992

WWE The Brawl to End it All

198410.0

The British Bulldogs

19864.0

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World

1988

Iron Sheik: The Maim Event

2014

WWE Hall of Fame 2005

20058.5

The Old Boys

2015

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

1984

Heroes of Wrestling

19991.0

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

1989

WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón

1988

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

1986

We Will Rock You

20113.4

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84

1984

YouShoot: The Iron Sheik

2026

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84

1984

Hulkamania 6

199110.0

Alabama Outlaws - Wrestling on the Indie Circuit

2002

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87

198710.0

WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik

2010

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87

1987

RFVideo Face Off Vol. 2: When Worlds Collide

2026

Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit

20028.0

Ring Roasts I: A Comedic Tribute to The Iron Sheik

2008

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2

2006

Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly

20097.4

NOWRUZ: Lost & Found

2015

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1

2006