Sheik na ƙarfe

**Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri** (Maris 15, 1942 - Yuni 7, 2023), wanda aka fi sani da sunansa na Iron Sheik, ya kasance ɗan gwagwarmayar Iran da Amurka, mai gwagwarmaya, da kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya zuwa yau shi ne kawai dan kasar Iran da aka haifa a tarihin WWE, bayan ya lashe gasar WWF World Heavyweight Championship a shekarar 1983.

Ayyukan Vaziri sun kai kololuwa a lokacin 1980s WWF wrestling boom, kuma kishiyarsa da Hulk Hogan ya juya Hogan ya zama daya daga cikin manyan jaruman talabijin na shekaru goma. Daga baya ya kafa Nikolai Volkoff">ƙungiyar tag tare da Nikolai Volkoff, wanda ya lashe WWF Tag Team Championship a taron WrestleMania na farko. A shekara ta 2005, an shigar da shi cikin WWE Hall of Fame .

A cikin shekarun 1980s, Sheik daga baya ya sami shahara a kan Kidd Chris show, The Howard Stern Show, *Opie da Anthony*, da Intanet saboda tambayoyin da ya yi, yaren lalata, da kuma rashin son wasu 'yan gwagwarmayarsa, musamman Hogan da Brian Blair; duk da haka, ainihin yanayin dangantakarsa da Hogan ya kasance batun muhawara.

## Rayuwa ta farko da gwagwarmayar mai son
An haifi Vaziri a shekara ta 1942,  a Damghan, Jihar Daular Iran, kuma ta girma a cikin iyalin ma'aikata waɗanda ba su da kuɗi kuma ba su da ruwa mai gudana. Kodayake fasfo dinsa ya karanta Maris 15, ya yi bikin ranar haihuwarsa a ranar 9 ga Satumba saboda iyalinsa suna sauyawa tsakanin Kalandar Gregorian da kalandar Solar Hijri .  A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, ya bauta wa Gholamreza Takhti, zakaran gwagwarmayar Olympics na Iran, kuma daga baya ya yi wa kansa suna a matsayin mai gwagwarmaya. Ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Daular Iran, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron gida ga Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi da iyalinsa na shekaru da yawa.

Vaziri ta yi gasa don wani wuri a cikin ƙungiyar kokawa ta Girka da Romawa ta Iran don Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1968 a Birnin Mexico .  Bayan da aka sami Takhti ya mutu a shekarar 1968, Vaziri ya fara jin tsoron tsaronsa kuma ya yanke shawarar yin hijira zuwa Amurka don ci gaba da aikinsa. A shekara ta 1971, ya kasance zakaran kokawa na AAU Greco-Roman a 180.5 fam (81.9 .  Daga baya ya zama mataimakin kocin tawagar Amurka a Wasannin Olympics na 1972 a Munich . [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**&#x5D;

## Ayyukan gwagwarmaya na sana'a

### Farkon aiki (1972-1979)
In 1972, Vaziri was invited to become a professional wrestler by promoter Verne Gagne. Vaziri trained in the same class as Ric Flair at Gagne's wrestling camp under trainer Billy Robinson and then wrestled for Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA). He also worked as a trainer, teaching Ricky Steamboat, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell. Vaziri first wrestled as a face in preliminary matches before a promoter suggested that he adopt a heel gimmick similar to that of the notorious Sheik.

Vaziri ya tilasta kuma ya karɓi abin da ya zama sa hannu sa: Ya aske kansa gemu, ya girma da gemu na gargajiya "buffo" kuma ya kara takalma na kokawa tare da yatsan da aka ɗora - alamar asalin kabilanci, wanda, a cewar Vaziri, ra'ayi ne daga Jimmy Snuka. Ya kuma gabatar da *Kungiyoyin Farisa*, wasanni a asalinsa Iran, kuma ya kalubalanci masu kokawa su yi sauye-sauye da yawa kamar shi. Ayyukansa na Iran sun sami kulawa saboda abubuwan da suka faru na Juyin Juya Halin Iran. Da yake ɗaukar sunan The Great Hossein Arab, ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko, Canadian Tag Team Championship, tare da abokin tarayya Texas Outlaw . Ya yi gwagwarmaya a Japan da irin su Steve Day da Antonio Inoki a shekarar 1978. &nbsp;

### Ƙungiyar Wrestling ta Duniya (1979-1980)
A shekara ta 1979, Vaziri ya fara fitowa a cikin World Wrestling Federation (WWF) a matsayin Babban Hossein Arab kuma ya lashe gasar Battle Royal ta farko a Madison Square Garden, Birnin New York . Wannan ya ba shi lambar yabo a kan zakara na lokacin Bob Backlund, wanda ya sanya shi daga baya a wannan dare a cikin yakin minti 30. Daga baya ya yi jayayya da Cif Jay Strongbow da Bruno Sammartino kafin ya bar a shekarar 1980. 

### Jim Crockett Promotions (1980-1981)
A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1980, Vaziri ya fara gwagwarmaya don Jim Crockett Promotions na Charlotte, Arewacin Carolina. Ya yi gwagwarmaya da yawa a matsayin "Hussein Arab" kafin ya zauna a kan "The Iron Sheik". Halinsa mai banƙyama ya taka rawar gani a kan abubuwan da suka faru kamar rikicin masu garkuwa da Iran. Da sauri ya fara fada da Jim Brunzell a kan NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, inda ya doke shi a gasar a watan Mayu 1980. Ya samu nasarar kare gasar a wasanni tare da abokan adawar ciki har da Brunzell, Sweet Ebony Diamond, da Johnny Weaver kafin ya sha kashi a hannun Ricky Steamboat a cikin faɗuwar faɗuwa a ko'ina a watan Nuwamba 1980.  A watan Fabrairun 1981, Vaziri ya fara fada da Blackjack Mulligan . Mutanen biyu sun fuskanci juna a cikin jerin fadace-fadace ciki har da wasannin cage da fadace-cance na titin Texas har zuwa Mayu 1981. A watan Yulin 1981, Vaziri ya kalubalanci Dusty Rhodes ba tare da nasara ba don NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Vaziri ya bar Jim Crockett Promotions a watan Agustan 1981.