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In August 2013, Iron Sheik's managers Page and Jian Magen [52] crowdsourced $40,441 to write, direct and produce a documentary, Iranian Legend: The Iron Sheik Story Originally, the documentary was scheduled for a 2008 release under the title Iron Sheik: From A to Z. [25] Sheik's documentary was released in 2014 under the title The Sheik.
The injury was a television story only; Backlund wrestled the Iron Sheik at least three times for the title at house shows (including once at the Boston Garden, winning by disqualification), and also wrestled the Magnificent Muraco for the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, also at a non-televised house show. [19]
The Iron Sheik appeared along with Nikolai Volkoff to face off against the U.S. Express in a rematch from the first WrestleMania. The match never started as Jillian Hall came out to interrupt Volkoff's singing so she could sing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.", which the U.S. Express used as their ring entrance music in 1984–85.
The Iron Sheik, a World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer from Iran, has died at 81, according to a statement on his social media accounts. The Iron Sheik, wrestling legend known for camel ...
Pro wrestling legend and pop culture fixture the Iron Sheik, who embraced his role as “one of the most notorious villains” in the entertainment genre’s history, has died, his team said ...
Okerlund was close friends with Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik and Bobby Heenan. [1] [4] Okerlund had been married to his wife Jeanne since March 27, 1964, and had two sons, Todd and Tor, along with three grandsons.
The U.S. Express (Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham) and Ricky Steamboat (with Lou Albano) defeated Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik, and George Steele (with Freddie Blassie) Six-man tag team match: 06:30: 2: Hulk Hogan (c) (with Mr. T) defeated Bob Orton (with Roddy Piper) by disqualification: Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight ...
In 1987, Duggan and The Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri) were pulled over by New Jersey State Police before a WWF event, suspecting Duggan of driving under the influence. After a search of the vehicle and the persons, police discovered that Duggan was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol, while Vaziri was high on cocaine. Small amounts of ...