Josip Peruzović
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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.
Known for
Credits
WWE WrestleMania III (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Sheik (2014)
as Self
WrestleMania II (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987 (1987)
as Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American (1989)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams (2009)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn (1989)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1 (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF The Main Event IV (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
Legends Never Die (2006)
Actor
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Cool As Hell 2 (2017)
as Nikolai
Sweet Daddy Siki (2017)
Actor
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys (1990)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 (2007)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMassacre (2018)
as Randy's Father
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
350 Days (2019)
as Self
Demolition: Witness the Power (1989)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling (1999)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 (2006)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 7 (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 (1984)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 (1984)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
as Count Zarkoff
Wrestling Then and Now (2002)
as Himself
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 (1988)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 (1987)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9 (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 (1985)
as Nikolai Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion (2005)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 (1984)
as Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980)
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 (1986)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse (2021)
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 (2006)
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 (2006)
as Nikoli Volkoff