Iron Sheik

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian:حسین خسرو علی وزیری) (born 15 Mairch 1943) is a semi-retired Iranian professional wrestler an actor better kent bi his ring name The Iron Sheik. He is kent for endin the near sax-year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign o Bob Backlund, an for being the man Hulk Hogan defeatit for his first WWF Championship.

Cast as a heel in the 1980s, he later gained popularity on Opie and Anthony, Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, an on the internet due tae his shoot interviews an ootbursts on the wrestlin industry an the hatred he expressed for various wrestlers.

In wrestlin

• Finishing moves
  • Camel clutch

• Signature moves
  • Boston crab, sometimes while rockin the opponent back an fort
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Belly tae back
    • Belly tae belly
    • Gutwrench
  • Short-airm clothesline

• Managers
  • The Grand Wizard
  • Freddie Blassie
  • Jimmy Hart
  • Slick
  • Daryl Van Horne
  • General Adnan

Championships an accomplishments

• Century Wrestling Alliance
  • CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling
  • NWA National Television Championship (1 time)

• International Association of Wrestling
  • IAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • IAW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Brian Costello

• Maple Leaf Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (2 times)

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• NWA All-Star Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) – with The Texas Outlaw

• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)

• NWA New Zealand
  • NWA New Zealand British Commonwealth Championship (1 time)

• NWA 2000
  • NWA 2000 American Heritage Championship (1 time)

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bull Ramos

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #134 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
  • PWI ranked him #96 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with the Nikolai Volkoff in 2003

• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF Championship (1 time)
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nikolai Volkoff
  • Winner of Wrestlemania X-Seven Gimmick Battle Royal
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Most Underrated Wrestler (1980)

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