Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری) better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. He is the only Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. His villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. He later formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, which won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. A heel throughout the 1980s, Sheik later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and on the internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and his intense dislike for some of his fellow professional wrestlers, particularly Hulk Hogan.

Filmography

• Biography: WWE Legends
• 2015The Old Boys — The Iron Sheik
• 2014Iron Sheik: The Maim Event
• 2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 — Colonel Mustafa
• 2013WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden — Iron Sheik
• 2011We Will Rock You — Abdul Hassan Omar Kassan Margud
• 2010WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Andre the Giant and Iron Sheik
• 2010WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time — The Iron Sheik
• 2009Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly — The Iron Sheik
• 2009WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams — Iron Sheik
• 2009WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event — Iron Sheik
• 2008Ring Roasts I: A Comedic Tribute to The Iron Sheik — The Iron Sheik
• 2006Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 — Iron Sheik
• 2006Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 — Iron Sheik
• 2006Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 — Iron Sheik
• 2006WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology — The Iron Sheik
• 2006WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship — Iron Sheik
• Hogan Knows Best
• Naked News
• 2005WWE Hall of Fame 2005 — Iron Sheik
• 2002Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit — Iron Sheik
• 2001WWE WrestleMania X-Seven — The Iron Sheik
• 1999Heroes of Wrestling — The Iron Sheik
• 1997WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker — Manager
• 1997WWE WrestleMania 13 — Iron Sheik (Manager)
• 1996WWE Survivor Series 1996 — The Iron Sheik (Manager)
• 1994The Life And Times of Paul Boesch — The Iron Sheik (archive footage)
• Raw — The Iron Sheik
• 1993WWE Bashed in the USA — Col. Mustafa
• 1992WWE Royal Rumble 1992 — Col. Mustafa
• 1992WWE UK Rampage — Col. Mustafa
• 1992WWE UK Rampage '92 — Col. Mustafa
• 1992WWE World Tour 1992 — Col. Mustafa
• 1992WWF: Best of Hulkamania — Iron Sheik
• 1992WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits — The Iron Sheik
• 1991Hulkamania 6 — Colonel Mustafa
• 1991WWE SummerSlam 1991 — Col. Mustafa
• 1991WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 — Col. Mustafa (Ringside)
• 1991WWE Survivor Series 1991 — Col. Mustafa
• 1990WCW The Great American Bash 1990 — The Iron Sheik
• 1989NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun — The Iron Sheik
• 1989WCW WrestleWar 1989 — The Iron Sheik
• Clash of the Champions — The Iron Sheik
• 1988The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World — The Iron Sheik
• 1988WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón — The Iron Sheik
• 1987Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports — The Iron Sheik
• 1987The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches — The Iron Sheik
• 1987WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87 — The Iron Sheik
• 1987WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87 — The Iron Sheik
• 1987WWE WrestleMania III — The Iron Sheik
• 1987WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 — The Iron Sheik
• 1986Tag Team Champions — The Iron Sheik
• 1986The Best of the WWF: volume 7 — The Iron Sheik
• 1986The Best of the WWF: volume 9 — The Iron Sheik
• 1986The British Bulldogs — The Iron Sheik
• 1986Villains of the Squared Circle — The Iron Sheik
• 1986WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 — The Iron Sheik
• 1986WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 — The Iron Sheik
• 1986WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 — The Iron Sheik
• WWF Superstars — The Iron Sheik, Wrestler (Colonel Mustafa)
• WWF Wrestling Challenge — The Iron Sheik
• 1986WrestleMania II — The Iron Sheik
• 1985Andre the Giant — The Iron Sheik (Archive footage)
• 1985Hulkamania 1 — The Iron Sheik
• 1985Most Unusual Matches — The Iron Sheik
• NWA World Championship Wrestling — The Iron Sheik
• 1985The Hulkster Hulk Hogan — The Iron Sheik
• 1985The WWF's Amazing Managers — The Iron Sheik
• 1985The Wrestling Classic — The Iron Sheik
• 1985WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 — The Iron Sheik
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event — The Iron Sheik, Colonel Mustafa
• WWF Prime Time Wrestling — The Iron Sheik
• 1985WrestleMania — The Iron Sheik
• 1985Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! — The Iron Sheik
• 1985Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams — The Iron Sheik
• Tuesday Night Titans — The Iron Sheik
• 1984WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 — The Iron Sheik
• 1984WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 — The Iron Sheik
• 1984WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84 — The Iron Sheik
• 1984WWE The Brawl to End it All — The Iron Sheik
• 1984WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 — The Iron Sheik
• World Class Championship Wrestling — The Iron Sheik
• Mid-South Wrestling — The Iron Sheik
• WWF Championship Wrestling — Great Hossein Arab
• 1977Savage — The Iron Sheik
• WWF All-Star Wrestling — The Great Hussein Arab, The Iron Sheik
• WWE Old School — The Iron Sheik, Colonel Mustafa
• Mayday Z — Iron Sheik

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2018Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)
• 2015NOWRUZ: Lost & Found — Self
• 2014The Sheik — Self - The Iron Sheik
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• 2010Chris Benoit: The Aftermath — Himself
• 2005The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s — Self
• WWE Hall of Fame — Self
• 2002Alabama Outlaws - Wrestling on the Indie Circuit — Himself
• RFVideo Face Off Vol. 2: When Worlds Collide — Himself
• YouShoot: The Iron Sheik — Himself