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| Ring Name: |
The Iron Sheik |
| Real Name: |
Khosrow Vaziri |
| Birthdate: |
March 15 |
| Hometown: |
Tehran, Iran |
| Marital Status: |
-- |
| Height & Weight: |
6'0" - 262 lbs. |
| Trained by: |
Verne Gagne |
| Debut: |
1972 |
| Other
Gimmicks: |
Hossein Arab
Ali Vaziri
Col. Mustafa |
| Finishing Move: |
The Camel Clutch |
Notable Feuds:
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Jim Duggan
Sgt. Slaughter
Dick Murdoch
Bob Backlund
Hulk Hogan
The Killer Bees |
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Title History
NWA British
Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (w/Bull Ramos)
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (w/The Texas Outlaw)
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
NWA National Television Championship
WWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWF World Tag Team Championship (w/Nikolai Volkoff)
CWA Heavyweight Championship
NWA 2000 American Heritage Heavyweight Championship |
The Beginning
1968: Ali Vaziri was an amateur wrestler, winning a
medal at the Olympic Games for his native Iran.
1972: Ali Vaziri defected to the United States, becoming an assistant
wrestling coach for the U.S. Olympic Team. Vaziri caught the eye of Verne
Gagne at one of the training sessions, and later was brought to the American
Wrestling Association.
1977: Defeated Rick Martel to win the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth
Heavyweight Championship. Ali Vaziri lost the title later in the year to
Tommy Seigler.
April 18, 1978: Ali Vaziri and Bull Ramos defeated Jesse Ventura and
Jerry Oates to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship.
June 10, 1978: Ali Vaziri and Bull Ramos lost the NWA Pacific Northwest
Tag Team Championship to Dutch Savage and Jimmy Snuka.
July 24, 1978: Ali Vaziri and The Texas Outlaw defeated Don Leo Jonathan
and Jake Roberts in the finals of a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
tournament to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
October 9, 1978: Ali Vaziri and The Texas Outlaw lost the NWA Canadian
Tag Team Championship to Salvatore Martino and Mike Sharpe in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.
1979: Ali Vaziri signed with the World Wide Wrestling Federation,
wrestling as "The Great Hossein Arab" and managed by Freddie Blassie.
1980: Hossein Arab departs the WWWF to tour the Southern territories.
May 11, 1980: Defeated Jim Brunzell in Charlotte, North Carolina to win
the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship.
May 25, 1980: Defeated Dewey Robertson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to win
the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.
July 20, 1980: Lost the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship to Angelo
Mosca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
November 1, 1980: Lost the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship to
Ricky Steamboat.
May 28, 1983: Defeated Ron Garvin in the finals of an Atlanta, Georgia
tournament to win the NWA National Television Championship.
July 17, 1983: Lost the NWA National Television Championship to Ron
Garvin in Atlanta, Georgia.
World Wrestling Federation
1983: Signed with the World Wrestling Federation, known as "The Iron
Sheik".
December 26, 1983: Defeated Bob Backlund in New York, New York to win the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
January 23, 1984: Lost the WWF World Heavyweight Championship to Hulk
Hogan in New York, New York. According to rumor, AWA promoter Verne Gagne
offered The Iron Sheik $100,000 to legitimately break Hogan's leg during the
match.
1984: The Iron Sheik engaged in a bloody feud with Sgt. Slaughter that
spanned across the country.
March 31, 1985: The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff defeated Mike Rotundo
and Barry Windham at WrestleMania in New York, New York to win the WWF World Tag
Team Championship.
June 17, 1985: The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff lost the WWF World Tag
Team Championship to The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) in
Poughkeepsie, New York.
May 26, 1987: The Iron Sheik and Jim Duggan were arrested by New Jersey
police. The Sheik was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine and
recieved one year probation. On television, the two were feuding with each
other, and this incident exposed the business.
1988: The Iron Sheik leaves the WWF, making brief appearances in the AWA
and NWA.
Bouncing Back And Forth
1991: Returns to the WWF as Col. Mustafa, an Iraqi sympathizer aligned
with Sgt. Slaughter and Gen. Adnan. Later in the year, Mustafa and Adnan
would turn on Slaughter and rekindle the feud between the two.
March 21, 1993: Defeated Tommy Dreamer in Burlington, Vermont to win the
CWA Heavyweight Championship.
October 23, 1993: Lost the CWA Heavyweight Championship to Vic Steamboat
in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
February 1997: Returned to the WWF to manage The Sultan.
December 27, 1997: Defeated Timber in Fayetteville, North Carolina to win
the NWA 2000 American Heritage Heavyweight Championship.
March 7, 1998: Lost the NWA 2000 American Heritage Heavyweight
Championship to Eddie Brown in Hope Mills, North Carolina.
April 1, 2001: Won the Gimmick Battle Royal at WWF WrestleMania X-Seven,
reigniting his feud with Sgt. Slaughter in the process. |
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