Josip Peruzović
Biography
Josip Hrvoje Peruzović better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler who was best known for his performances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although the Volkoff character was often portrayed as a villainous Russian, Peruzović originated from Yugoslavia. In the 1970s, he was Bepo of the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. In the 1980s, he was known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and later with Boris Zhukov as The Bolsheviks. In 1990, he turned face and embraced America, briefly feuding with Zhukov and newly-turned Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Slaughter. In 1994, after a hiatus, he returned as a destitute and desperate character, exploited by Ted DiBiase as the first member of his Million Dollar Corporation.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-10-14
Place of birth
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Images
Cast
WrestleMania
1985
6.70
WrestleMania II
1986
6.38
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
7.50
The British Bulldogs
1986
4.00
WWF SuperTape
1990
0.00
WWE Demolition
1989
0.00
The Wrestling Classic
1985
6.10
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
8.40
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
8.00
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
8.20
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
6.40
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
10.00
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
0.00
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
8.80
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986
0.00
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986
0.00
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
0.00
Wrestling Then and Now
2002
4.00
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990
0.00
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
0.00
WWE The Main Event IV
1990
0.00
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
7.00
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
6.00
The Sheik
2014
7.35
350 Days
2019
5.40
Legends Never Die
2006
0.00
WrestleMassacre
2018
2.00
Tag Team Champions
1986
0.00
WWE Royal Rumble
1988
6.47
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
7.43
Cool As Hell 2
2017
2.50
WWE WrestleFest
1988
5.00
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
1.00
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
7.20
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980
0.00
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
8.54
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
6.80
WrestleMania
1985
0.00
WrestleMania 2
1986
8.00
WrestleMania III
1987
8.50
WrestleMania IV
1988
0.00