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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian-American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. Vaziri is the first-and-only Iranian world champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. Coming off the Iranian hostage crisis, The Iron Sheik is considered to be one of the greatest heels of all time. 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 would later form a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal | Self (Archival Footage) | 2024 |
Tales from the Territories | Self | 2022 |
Biography: WWE Legends | Self / The Iron Sheik | 2021 |
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures | Self - The Iron Sheik / Self / The Iron Sheik | 2021 |
Dark Side of the Ring | Self | 2019 |
Andre the Giant | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
Killing Hasselhoff | Khosrow Vaziri | 2017 |
WWE Royal Rumble | Iron Sheik | 2015 |
The Sheik | The Iron Sheik / Himself/The Iron Sheik | 2014 |
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment | Self | 2013 |
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