#Khosrow Vaziri

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RIP to Khosrow Vaziri -- the Iron Sheik -- the legendary pro (and amateur) wrestler and former WWE Champion, who was one of the most fascinating people I've ever met in my life. What an incredible, turbulent, interesting life that Sheik lived.

I wrote a piece back in 2011 about a couple of days that I had spent with and around him a few years earlier, and it's still one of my favorite things that I've ever written.

Khuda hafiz, Khosrow.

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W A T C H I N G

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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known as The Iron Sheik...

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RIP Khosrow Vasiri, The Iron Sheik

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RIP Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, aka The Iron Sheik, 

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RIP Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka The Iron Sheik.

Also, fuck Hulk Hogan. Then. Now. Forever.

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R.I.P. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, aka The Iron Shiek

1942-2023

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Noooo!! 😭😭😭

My only hope is that he got to tell Hulk Hogan to go fuck himself one last time

[deadpresidents]

Not about presidents but that article you posted about the iron Sheik was excellent and seemed like it should be in sports illustrated or something. TY for sharing!

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback!

As I mentioned yesterday, I wrote that article ("Camel Clutch") a long time ago -- probably 2010 or 2011, I think -- but it's one of my favorite things that I've ever written. And the Iron Sheik was such a fascinating human being that I'm fortunate to have had the experience of being around him for a couple of days.

I just wish I still remembered how to write like that. Or at all.

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The Iron Sheik Merges With the Infinite

Wrestler Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, known to generations of fans as the colorful character The Iron Sheik, has passed.  

The Iron Sheik was representative of WWF/ WWE's early smash success via playing out America's psychoses via avatars of various concepts in the zeitgeist appearing in the ring, often to battle the heroes of the WWF.  The Iron Sheik was, of course, the threat Americans saw of the Middle East and Saudi Arabia in the post-gas-crisis world.  

Vaziri was not, however, actually Saudi.  He was from Iran, and I have a very hard time figuring out when and how he came to the States, but it was in the early 70's and tied originally to Olympic wrestling.  I think.  That he would choose not to villainize Iran in his heel-turn of the 1980s is not a shock.

Like many kids of my generation, I liked the villains as much as the heroes of the WWE, and The Iron Sheik was a favorite.  With social media, he resurfaced, pounding out tweets in the broken dialect he employed as his character to cutting and hilarious effect.  I think I saw him tweeting just last week, so his passing is a bit of a surprise.

I'm aware of the brow-furrowing concern that media cops have put on wrestling then and now.  I get it.  But if I may... not once did I think The Iron Sheik was representative of anything but silliness and sweet wrestling moves, and while not fitting a rubric of acceptable, he's still a beloved figure of a certain era of my life.

Godspeed, you maniac.

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INDIES TOP 36 SHOW-WRESTLERS OF ALL TIME !

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 To all guys, who've spent some of their best free teenage times, the good old (very young) days, glued to Monday Night Raw, Smackdown, Wrestlemania, Summerslam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, etc etc. If there is one thing America is an absolute authority on, it is action cinema! (Ok ok also basketball) And what better more authentic yet safe action, than make-believe sport! - Ie SHOW-WRESTLING! And so, a small tribute to the entt millions like me have grown up watching, from an era that seems may sadly never come back, "WWE's (WWF then) ATTITUDE ERA" .... So top of the line was the action, yet equally importantly so mesmerizing & uplifting the scripting & acting, from legends of that era, will go down in history as a time when the supposed "Rung below Hollywood" convincingly beat the big boys at their own game, BIG TIME ! Here's a small Indie tribute to that magical 1.5-2 decades of American Show-Wrestling, incl entire 90's, YOU'LL LOVE! INDIE'S TOP 36 SHOW-WRESTLERS OF ALL TIME ! 

PS. Of course, this per Indie way, being an all-encompassing 'Historic' list, includes few legends from before the "Attitude era" too (and some from after it too, like our very own legend of legends "Khali"!!!!), who despite not being from the consciously spicier times, exhibited histrionics worthy of an all-time slot ! 

 And here it is !

 1. "The Ultimate Warrior" Jim Hellwig 

2. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels 

3. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 

4. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 

5. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper 

6. Bret "The Hitman" Hart

 7. "The Undertaker" Mark Calaway 

8. "The Iron Sheik" Khosrow Vaziri

 9. Andre "The Giant" Rene Roussimoff

 10. "Sycho" Sid Eudy 

11. "Mankind" "Cactus Jack" "Dude Love" Mick Foley 

12. Tony Norris "Ahmed Johnson" 

13. "Vader" Leon White 

14. "Sting" Steve Borden 

15. "Kane" Glenn Jacobs 

16. Owen Hart 

17. Dustin Rhodes "Goldust" 

18. Mr. T 

19. "The Great Khali" Dalip Singh Rana 

20. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes 

21. "Hulk Hogan" Terry Bollea 

22. "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith 

23. "One Man Gang" "Akeem" George Gray 

24. "Classie" Freddie Blassie 

25. "Bradshaw" John Layfield 

26. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka 

27. "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry 

28. "Bam Bam Bigelow" 

29. "Rey Mysterio" 

30. "Dino Bravo" Adolfo Bresciano 

31. "Yokozuna" 

32. "Val Venis" Sean Morley 

33. "World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock 

34. "Gangrel" David Heath 

35. "Molly Holly" Nora Greenwald 

36. Rob Van Dam .

And reliving these childhood thrills will stay incomplete, w/o acknowledging the 3 bts legends that brought this spectacle to brilliant light & full glory, day in & day out in front of the whole wide world - Jim Ross, Jerry "The King" Lawler & WWE Owner Vince McMahon! 

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WWE Legend Iron Sheik Died Of Cardiac Arrest

WWE legend The Iron Sheik died of cardiac arrest last month … this according to his death certificate, obtained by TMZ Sports. Officials said in the document that Sheik — real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri — also suffered from congestive… from TMZ.com https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/19/iron-sheik-died-of-cardiac-arrest/