The Iron Sheik
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title:
The Iron Sheik
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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor. He was the first, and so far only, Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. This 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 t
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Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik
date created:
2003-11-11T04:25:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:05:11Z
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