Tag Archives: The Iron Sheik

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known to professional wrestling fans as The Iron Sheik, has passed away at the age of 81, with the news revealed on Sheik’s Twitter account, which is run by his management team, earlier today. Sheik, who was born in 1942 in the city of Damghan, Iran, credited his early interest  Continue Reading »

Kyle Klingman sent along the following: Iron Sheik to enter Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame WATERLOO, Iowa — One of professional wrestling’s most iconic figures will be inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Iron Sheik will be inducted into the 2016 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame during  Continue Reading »

Speaking through his official Twitter account, part-time WWE superstar Chris Jericho noted that WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik will be appearing as a guest on his “Talk is Jericho” podcast this Friday. This week on @TalkIsJericho- Wed- @TheOfficialA7X announce their NEW DRUMMER! #TIJExclusive Fri- @the_ironsheik! https://t.co/ipGLp6gKqx — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) November 3, 2015

ECW Press sent along the following: We regret to inform you that the publication of the book, The Iron Sheik: Listen Jabroni! has been cancelled. WWE and ECW Press will continue to partner on more titles in the future, including an autobiography of Pat Patterson, set to release in June 2016. Please accept our apologies  Continue Reading »

Steven Ashe sent along the following: Iron Sheik invades Kingston and Toronto on February 27/28 We are proud to announce that WWE Hall of fame, former WWE Heavyweight champion and SOCIAL MEDIA Icon The Iron Sheik will be screening his movie THE SHEIK and doing a Q and A this month! February 27th @ The  Continue Reading »

The following was sent into Wrestling-News.Net: Iron Sheik Documentary THE SHEIK Released TODAY Amid Toronto’s Hot Docs Headlines and Mayoral Uproar THE SHEIK Movie Launch Date Accelerates and is now available at www.sheikmovie.com powered by the Vimeo On Demand platform TRAILER: http://sheikmovie.com/trailer “I am the real! I am the legend! Everywhere I go I make  Continue Reading »

WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik is featured in an interview with TMZ noting that The Undertaker’s streak coming to an end was an off-the-cuff conspiracy, which was triggered due to The Undertaker being injured in his match against Brock Lesnar. You can check out the interview below: Unfortunately your browser does not support  Continue Reading »

Thirty years ago today, Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, to became the WWF Champion. That was the official start to the “Hulkamania Era” in the WWE, and the path of professional wrestling was changed forever. On the official website of the WWE, a portion of Hulk  Continue Reading »

– Eve Torres attended the WWE NXT facilities in Florida this week to meet with some of the talents, as well as the 10 developmental Diva prospects who were wrapping up a 4 week training program. The women were found through the company’s “Diva Search” competition in Los Angeles and other cities and recruited at  Continue Reading »

With CM Punk’s reign as WWE Champion currently standing at 408 days (as of today), the WWE Champion has broken more records with his historic reign. As previously mentioned on the website, Punk’s reign has beaten John Cena’s 380 day reign which started on September 17th, 2006 and ended on October 2nd, 2007 due to  Continue Reading »

In speaking to the Los Angeles Times ahead of being inducted into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame, legendary boxer Mike Tyson noted that he received a phone call from the WWE asking if he would like to be inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame class as they think he belongs in there and  Continue Reading »

Following the news via Rowdy Roddy Piper that he would be appearing at WrestleMania XXVIII and the reports that Nelson Frazier Jr, better known under the names of Viscera, Mabel and Big Daddy V would also be appearing at the event, it appears as if another name can be added to that list. The Iron  Continue Reading »

Bill Ares sent out the following: HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN TO CONDUCT BOOK SIGNING IN CORAL GABLES Contact: Bill Ames / 312-337-0747, ext. 326 / bames@ipgbook.com WHAT: Book signing with Hacksaw Jim Duggan WHERE: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Fla. 33134 WHEN: Monday, April 2, 2012 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET WHY: To sign  Continue Reading »

In an update on WWE’s prospective plans for the WWE Legends House launch, the company will not be waiting around to debut it on the WWE Network in the fall and are currently in discussions with SyFy officials about bringing the show to the network with a prospective launch date of April 17th, 2012. The  Continue Reading »

With the WWE going head-on into producing new programming for the WWE Network scheduled to launch later this year, the company will begin the taping of one of their shows, WWE Legends House in Rancho Mirage, at the historic home of the late comedian Harpo Marx at Tamarisk Country Club. WWE Hall of Famer, Mean  Continue Reading »

In an update to the WWE Legends House programme that will air on the WWE Network when it is launched later this year, WWE Hall of Famer, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper seemed to indicate that he was amongst the legends that will be in the house. Speaking via his Twitter account, Piper tweeted, “How can you  Continue Reading »