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: 175 (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

WWF matches wrestled by The Iron Sheik

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WWF World Heavyweight Title

card/ date	match			match type	title(s)
WWF MSG Show (Mar '84) Mar 25th 1984	The Iron Sheik	def.	Ivan Putski
WWF MSG Show (Feb '84) Feb 20th 1984	The Iron Sheik	def. (sub)	Eddie Gilbert
WWF MSG Show (Jan '84) Jan 23rd 1984	Hulk Hogan	def. (pin)	The Iron Sheik (c)		WWF World Heavyweight Title (title change)
WWF MSG Show (Dec '83) Dec 26th 1983	The Iron Sheik	def.	Bob Backlund (c)		WWF World Heavyweight Title (title change)
WWF MSG Show (Nov '83) Nov 21st 1983	The Iron Sheik	def.	Tony Garea
WWF MSG Show (Feb '80) Feb 18th 1980	Tony Atlas	def.	Hussein Arab
WWF MSG Show (Jan '80) Jan 21st 1980	Larry Zbyszko	def. (DQ)	Hussein Arab
WWF MSG Show (Dec '79) Dec 17th 1979	Antonio Inoki	def. (pin)	Hussein Arab
WWF MSG Show (Nov '79) Nov 19th 1979	Hussein Arab	def.	Chief Jay Strongbow
WWF MSG Show (Oct '79) Oct 22nd 1979	Hussein Arab	def. (CO)	Dominic DeNucci

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