Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 14, 1947
Died
Jul 29, 2018
Place of Birth
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Credits
81 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
350 Days
Self
WrestleMassacre
Randy's Father
Cool As Hell 2
Nikolai
Sweet Daddy Siki
The Sheik
Self
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Count Zarkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Nikoli Volkoff
Legends Never Die
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Nikolai Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame
Self
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Then and Now
Himself
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
Nikolai Volkoff
Raw
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE The Main Event IV
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Nikolai Volkoff