Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1947-10-14
Day of Death
2018-07-29
Place of Birth
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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.
Filmography (71)
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021
350 Days
2019
WrestleMassacre
2018
Cool As Hell 2
2017
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
The Sheik
2014WWE: 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 2
2006
