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Josip Peruzović

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1947-10-14

Deathday: 2018-07-29 (70 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 69

Movies 67

self 3

TV Shows 2

Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)

Josip Peruzović

Biography

Filmography

all 69

Movies 67

self 3

TV Shows 2

Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse (2021)

350 Days (2019)

WrestleMassacre (2018)

Cool As Hell 2 (2017)

Sweet Daddy Siki (2017)

The Sheik (2014)

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014)

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams (2009)

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008)

Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 (2007)

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 (2006)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 (2006)

Legends Never Die (2006)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 (2006)

World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion (2005)

WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005)

Wrestling Then and Now (2002)

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)

Heroes of Wrestling (1999)

WWE Raw (1993)

WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)

WWE The Main Event IV (1990)

WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)

WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990)

WWE SummerSlam Fever (1990)

WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)

WWF SuperTape (1990)

WWE Demolition (1989)

Hulk Hogan: Real American (1989)

WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988)

The Best of the WWF: volume 17 (1988)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 (1988)

WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 (1988)

WWE WrestleFest (1988)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 (1988)

WWE WrestleMania IV (1988)

WWE Royal Rumble (1988)

WWE Survivor Series 1987 (1987)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 (1987)

WWE WrestleMania III (1987)

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches (1987)

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 (1987)

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 (1986)

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 (1986)

The Best of the WWF: volume 9 (1986)

The British Bulldogs (1986)

WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)

The Best of the WWF: volume 7 (1986)

WWE Villains of The Squared Circle (1986)

WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 (1986)

WrestleMania II (1986)

Tag Team Champions (1986)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 (1985)

The Wrestling Classic (1985)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 (1985)

Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (1985)

WrestleMania (1985)

WWE War to Settle the Score (1985)

WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest (1985)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 (1984)

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 (1984)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 (1984)

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980)

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Information

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-10-14

Deathday

2018-07-29 (70 years old)

Birth Name

Josip Hrvoje Peruzović

Birth Place

Split, Croatia

Height

193-centimeter

Siblings

Luka Peruzović

Citizenships

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, United States

Also Known As

Nikolai Volkoff, Boris Breznikoff, Bepo Mongol

Awards

WWE Hall of Fame