The Iron Sheik
Iranian professional wrestler and actor
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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (born March 15, 1943, in Tehran, Iran) better known by his ring name, The Iron Sheik, is a semi-retired Iranian professional wrestler that is best known for wrestling for NWA and WCW under the ring name The Iron Sheik.
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Born | Tehran, Iran | March 15, 1942
Lives in | Fayetteville, Georgia |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Iron Sheik Col. Mustafa Great Hussein Arab Great Hossein Arab Ali Vasari Ryan Allen |
Billed height | 6 ft. 0 in. |
Billed from | Tehran, Iran |
Trained by | Verne Gagne Billy Robinson |
Debut | 1972 |
He is a one-time WWF Champion, three-time WWF Tag Team Championship with Nikolai Volkoff and was also inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 by Sgt. Slaughter.
He ended the near six year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund and was the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship. He is also known for his shoot interviews on The Howard Stern Show, Opie and Anthony and Kidd Chris and also the internet.
His finishing move was the Camel clutch.