Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (born March 15, 1943)[2] is a retired Iranian professional wrestler, actor and Wrestling legend better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik. He is known for ending the near six year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund and for being the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship, setting off the "Golden Age" of professional wrestling.
Typecast as a heel in the 1980s, he later gained additional popularity on The Howard Stern Show due to his infamous outbursts on the wrestling industry and the hatred he expressed for various wrestlers while in character.
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