The Iron Sheik

	Name: Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri	Preferred Name: The Iron Sheik
	Date Of Birth: Mar 14th 1943	Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
	Nationality: IRN	Gender: Male
	Matches: 172 (11 Pay Per View)
	Date Of Death: Jun 7th 2023	Cause of Death: natural causes
	Place of Death: Fayetteville, Georgia, United States
	Ring Name(s): Ali Vaziri, Colonel Mustafa, Hussein Arab, Khosrow Vaziri, Muhammad Farouk, The Great Hussein, The Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik

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WWF World Heavyweight Title

card/ date	match			match type	title(s)
WWF WrestleMania X-Seven Apr 1st 2001	The Iron Sheik	def.	Brother Love, Bushwhacker Butch, Bushwhacker Luke, Doink the Clown, Duke Droese, Earthquake, Hillbilly Jim, Jim Cornette, Kamala, Kim Chee, Michael Hayes, Nikolai Volkoff, One Man Gang, Repo Man, Sergeant Slaughter, The Gobbledy Gooker, The Goon, Tugboat	Gimmick battle royale
HOW Heroes Of Wrestling Oct 10th 1999	Bushwhacker Butch & Bushwhacker Luke	def. (pin)	Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik
WWF Royal Rumble '92 Jan 19th 1992	Ric Flair	def.	Big Boss Man, Colonel Mustafa, El Matador, Greg Valentine, Haku, Hercules, Hulk Hogan, Irwin R. Schyster, Jake Roberts, Jerry Sags, Jim Duggan, Jimmy Snuka, Nikolai Volkoff, Randy Savage, Repo Man, Rick Martel, Roddy Piper, Sergeant Slaughter, Shawn Michaels, Sid Justice, Skinner, Ted DiBiase, The Barbarian, The Berzerker, The British Bulldog, The Texas Tornado, The Undertaker, The Warlord, Virgil	30-man Royal Rumble	WWF World Heavyweight Title (title change)
WWF Survivor Series '91 Nov 27th 1991	El Matador & Jim Duggan & Sergeant Slaughter & The Texas Tornado	def. (pin)	Colonel Mustafa & Hercules & Skinner & The Berzerker	"Survivor Series"
WWF SummerSlam '91 Aug 26th 1991	Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior	def. (pin)	Colonel Mustafa & General Adnan & Sergeant Slaughter	referee: Sid Justice handicap tag
NWA The Great American Bash '90 Jul 7th 1990	Mike Rotunda	def. (pin)	The Iron Sheik
NWA WrestleWar '89 May 7th 1989	Sting (c)	def. (pin)	The Iron Sheik		NWA Television Title
WWF WrestleMania III Mar 29th 1987	Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik	def. (DQ)	B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
WWF WrestleMania 2 (IL) Apr 7th 1986	Andre the Giant	def.	B. Brian Blair, Big John Studd, Bill Fralic, Bret Hart, Bruno Sammartino, Danny Spivey, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Hillbilly Jim, Jim Brunzell, Jim Neidhart, Jimbo Covert, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, Russ Francis, Ted Arcidi, The Iron Sheik, Tony Atlas, William Perry	commentator: Ernie Ladd referee: Dick Butkus referee: Ed "Too Tall" Jones timekeeper: Clara Peller Battle Royal
WWF The Wrestling Classic Nov 7th 1985	Junkyard Dog	def. (pin)	The Iron Sheik
WWF WrestleMania Mar 31st 1985	Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik	def. (pin)	Barry Windham (c) & Mike Rotundo (c)		WWF Tag Team Titles (title change)

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