The Iron Sheik

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (March 15, 1943), better known by his ring name, The Iron Sheik, was an Iranian professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling for NWA and WCW. He was born in Damghan, Iran.

He was 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 faced against 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.

Vaziri died on June 7, 2023 in Fayetteville, Georgia at the age of 81. His cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by congestive heart failure and hypertension.

References

Other websites
The Iron Sheik's Official website
The Iron Sheik's WWE Hall of Fame profile  at WWE.com

Category:1943 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:Deaths from hypertension
Category:Former WWE wrestlers
Category:Professional wrestling managers and valets
Category:Sportspeople from Tehran
Category:Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:WWE Hall of Fame