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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian:حسین خسرو علي وزیری) (born March 15, 1942)〔http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1732808-after-addiction-and-tragedy-the-iron-sheik-gets-back-up-off-the-mat "His passport reads March 15, 1942."〕 is an Iranian former professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik. Vaziri is a one-time world champion, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. He was what is referred to as a transitional champion, which saw him end the nearly seven-year reign of Bob Backlund as champion only to lose the belt four weeks later to Hulk Hogan, who began a four-plus year reign himself. He would later form a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, with whom he won the WWF (World) Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. A heel throughout the 1980s, he later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, ''The Howard Stern Show'', and on the internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and his lack of respect for other professional wrestlers. == Early life and amateur wrestling == Khosrow was born in Tehran, Iran. He made a name for himself as an amateur wrestler, and also worked as a bodyguard for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family for several years. Khosrow competed to become part of the Iranian Olympic Greco Roman team for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico.〔 After this, he moved to the United States and became the assistant coach of two U.S. Olympic squads in the 1970s. In 1971, he was the Amateur Athletic Union Greco-Roman wrestling champion at 180.5 pounds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AAU - Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc. )〕 He was assistant coach to the USA team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Iron Sheik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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