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The Iron Sheik rematched Backlund indecisively at house shows and primarily defended the title against Chief Jay Strongbow, as well as Pat Patterson and Salvatore Bellomo. On national TV, he defeated only jobbers, but wrestled Tito Santana on a live PRISM broadcast from The Spectrum in Philadelphia on January 21, 1984.
WWE legend Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, aka “The Iron Sheik,” passed away Wednesday, he was 81 years old. ... Vaziri’s drug use worsened after the murder of his daughter, Marissa, in 2003.
The authorities did not reveal to her family where she was, fearing that her mother or siblings may try to kill her. [4] Almaleki was put in a coma. [2] Pesta wrote "police records indicate that her family tried to help her father flee abroad." [4] Faleh drove to Mexico, left his car in the city of Nogales, and boarded a flight to London from ...
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 ...
At around 11:40 a.m. on June 1, 1998, Ritter died in a single-car accident on Interstate 20 near Forest, Mississippi. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] He was returning home from his daughter LaToya's high school graduation in Wadesboro , North Carolina when his car rolled three times after he fell asleep at the wheel.
The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died ...
The Iron Sheik, an iconic wrestling heel of the 1980s, has died at age 81.The death of the Iranian wrestler -- born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri -- was announced in a statement on his social media ...
Youmans performed as hip hop artist 'Iron Sheik' [2] from 2000 - 2006, and released Camel Clutch 2003 and Yet We Remain. Part of the Palestinian hip hop movement, much of his music related to the historical plight of Palestinians. Iron Sheik was featured in the BBC, CNN, The New York Times, and the French edition of Rolling Stone.