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  Khosrow Vaziri - Pro Wrestling - a Wikia wiki
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری), (born March 15 1943) is a retired Iranian-American professional wrestler better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik.
Vaziri would return to the WWF in 1983 as the Iron Sheik and challenged Backlund once again, defeating him on December 26, 1983 for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship; Sheik also injured Bob Backlund during a Persian club challenge prior to this title match.
On May 5, 2003 Iron Sheik's daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri age 27, was found strangled to death, in her apartment.
prowrestling.wikia.com /wiki/Khosrow_Vaziri   (1328 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Khosrow Vaziri
Hossein Khosrow Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Persian), better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik (born on March 15, 1943 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional wrestler.
On May 5, 2003, his oldest daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, was found strangled to death at 27 years old.
Her live-in boyfriend, Charles Warren Reynolds, 38, confessed to the crime and was charged with murder.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Khosrow_Vaziri   (511 words)

  
 Dave's Wrestling Archives
Vaziri caught the eye of Verne Gagne at one of the training sessions, and later was brought to the American Wrestling Association.
July 24, 1978: Ali Vaziri and The Texas Outlaw defeated Don Leo Jonathan and Jake Roberts in the finals of a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tournament to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
October 9, 1978: Ali Vaziri and The Texas Outlaw lost the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship to Salvatore Martino and Mike Sharpe in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
members.fortunecity.com /bowler_dav/wwe/superstars/iron_sheik.html   (670 words)

  
  Khosrow Vaziri   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hossein Khosrow Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Persian), better known as The Iron Sheik (born on March 15, 1943 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional wrestler.
On May 5th, 2003, his oldest daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, was found strangled to death at 27 years old.
Her live-in boyfriend, Charles Warren Reynolds, 38, confessed to the crime and was charged with murder.
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 NEWSBOARD - Georgia Newspaper Reporting Daughter Of Iron Shiek Murdered   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Clayton County police found the body of Marissa Jeanne Vaziri in a bed at the Riverdale-area apartment she shared with Charles Warren Reynolds, 38.
Vaziri did not work in the wrestling business, said her mother, Caryl Vaziri.
The victim was the oldest daughter of Hossein Khosrow Vaziri, 60, whose wrestling name was the Iron Sheik.
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 Iran Daily - Panorama - 02/04/06   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Khosrow Palace situated in the north of the city is located near Charqapi Fire Temple.
Vaziri Moqaddam known as the pioneer of modern art said he would take up his painting career despite the loss of eyesight due to old age.
At the ceremony, Vaziri Moqaddam said that during his several years of stay in Italy, he had received various awards from Italian officials, but that he considered this award as one of the best he had ever received.
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 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Khosrow Vaziri started out as an amature wrestler and even won a medel at the 1968 Olympic Games, representing Iran..
~~~Khosrow Vaziri was a two-time AAU Champion and also a United States Olympic Greco Wrestling Coach..
May 5, 2003: Iron Sheik's daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri age 27, was found strangled to death, in her apartment..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/i/iron-sheik.php   (1109 words)

  
 Making the world humble! (The Legend of the Iron Sheik) - Grey Dog Software
Now, Khosrow Vaziri had built up a formal reputation within the boundaries of the professional wrestling world and the World Wrestling Federation, for whom he had worked for before, caught him again and soon he had signed a contract.
Now he was Khosrow Vaziri and The Iron Sheik would have to wait until sunday.
Khosrow entered his appartment, with hope that the coming tuesday, he would recieve a singles match.
www.greydogsoftware.com /forum/showthread.php?t=16236   (1284 words)

  
 Khosrow Vaziri - Definition, explanation
Hossein Khosrow Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Persian), better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik (born on March 15, 1943 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional wrestler.
One of the greatest legitimate wrestlers to ever hold a world title, Vaziri dropped the belt just four weeks later to Hulk Hogan and went on to team with Nikolai Volkoff as the "Foreign Legion", and win the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania I.
On May 5, 2003, his oldest daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, was found strangled to death at 27 years old.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/kh/khosrow_vaziri.php   (482 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Khosrow Vaziri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (born on March 15 1943) is a retired Iranian professional wrestler better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik.
He was stuck in prelims because of his size, and because of that and him being a legit amateur, was cast as a babyface.
Vaziri would return to the WWF in 1983 as the Iron Sheik and challenged Backlund once again, defeating him on December 26, 1983 for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship.
en.pediax.org /The_Iron_Sheik   (2330 words)

  
 Khosrow Vaziri   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Farsi) (born on March 15, 1943) is a retired Iranian professional wrestler better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik.
Vaziri would return to the WWF in 1983 as the Iron Sheik and challenged Backlund once again, defeating him on December 26, 1983 for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship.
During his title reign, Vaziri held memorable bouts against Backlund, Chief Jay Strongbow, Pat Patterson, and Tito Santana before dropping the belt just four weeks later to Hulk Hogan.
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 Khosrow Vaziri
Hossein Khosrow Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Persian), better known as The Iron Sheik (born on March 15, 1943 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional wrestler.
He went on to wrestle in various independent promotions to age 60, and is now retired.
On May 5th, 2003, his oldest daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, was found strangled to death at 27 years old.
www.xasa.biz /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/kh/khosrow_vaziri.html   (261 words)

  
 Iron Sheik's daughter murdered, boyfriend confesses   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, the 27 year old daughter of the Iron Sheik (a/k/a Hossein Khosrow Vaziri), was murdered over the weekend in Clayton County, Georgia.
Vaziri was strangled to death in her apartment, and police have arrested her 38 year old boyfriend Charles Warren Reynolds, who confessed to the murder.
Vaziri did not work in the wrestling business.
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 Khosrow Vaziri Career professional wrestler Politics Olympic AWA WWF May 5 Jimmy Hart Roddy Piper NWA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Khosrow Vaziri Career professional wrestler Politics Olympic AWA WWF May 5 Jimmy Hart Roddy Piper NWA
One of the greatest legitimate wrestlers to ever hold a world title, Vaziri dropped the belt just four weeks later to Hulk Hogan and went on to team with Nikolai Volkoff as the "Foreign Legion", and win the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania I.
I vividly recall that Riddle when paired with Khosrow Vaziri, later known as The Iron Sheik, would find the two wrestling their hearts out.
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 Boyfriend Arrested in Death of Wrestler's Daughter - News Story - WSB Atlanta
Clayton County police found the body of Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, 27, strangled in a bed Sunday at the Riverdale-area apartment she shared with Charles Warren Reynolds, 38.
Vaziri was the oldest daughter of Hossein Khosrow Vaziri, 60, who as "The Iron Sheik," held a World Wrestling Federation championship title in the 1980s.
Vaziri was the second local woman linked to pro wrestling to die in a week.
www.wsbtv.com /news/2182493/detail.html   (390 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Wrestler's daughter slain
Media outlets in Georgia are reporting that the eldest daughter of wrestling star The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Vaziri) was found strangled last weekend.
Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, 37, was found dead in the apartment she rented with her boyfriend, Charles Warren Reynolds, 38.
Vaziri had no affiliation with the pro wrestling business.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2003/05/06/80985.html   (267 words)

  
 Hulk Hogan
For blue collar America this was compounded by the raising rate of unemployment and the take over or disappearance of many US companies in the face of foreign competitors.
had installed as WWF champion 'The Iron Sheik' (Khosrow Vaziri) a former Iranian Olympic wrestler whose character complete with traditional Arab head dress and curled up pointy toed shoes raised heat right across the USA via cable and in the stadiums.
The Iron Sheik not only beat his American opponents, he humiliated them and their country including desecrating the holy of holies the US flag.
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 Sheik Adnan-Al Kaissie - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
No knock on the Iron Sheik's career, but from 1981 to 1984, he was a hated Iranian heel in Georgia, Mid-Atlantic and some others.
Khosrow Vaziri did the job quite well, but the Middle Eastern heel character was far from his creation, and definitely not the first to have great success in that role.
Many folks will recall that Vaziri worked as Iron Sheik in the AWA in 1978-79 prior to his WWWF run as the Great Hussein Arab.
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 Hossein Khosrow Vaziri Photos - Hossein Khosrow Vaziri News - Hossein Khosrow Vaziri Information
Hossein Khosrow Vaziri Photos - Hossein Khosrow Vaziri News - Hossein Khosrow Vaziri Information
Khosrow Vaziri better known as The Iron Sheik is a former professional wrestler.
Tell the world what you think of Hossein Khosrow Vaziri, write a review for this person.
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 Khosrow Vaziri - Biography
His ring attire included wrestling boots with curled up toes like The Sheik's, and even used The Sheik's famous finishing hold, "The Camel Clutch." For his ring moniker he called himself "The Iron Sheik." Unlike other such ethnic "heels," he was actually from his alleged origin, Iran.
Vaziri was also part of Reza Pahvlavi, the former Shah of Iran's personal bodyguard staff.
Most of his favorite wrestlers have an accomplished amateur background, such as Kurt Angle, Brad Rheingans and Dan Gable.
us.imdb.com /name/nm0891443/bio   (616 words)

  
 Mutantfrog Travelogue » 2006 » April » 11
Iron Sheik: In Japan they call you Khosrow Vaziri
I was intrigued to note that the classic WWF’s own Iron Sheik is actually known by his real name, Khosrow Vaziri, in Japan.
Apparently, the former bodyguard for the Shah did not get the same villainous characterization in Japan.
www.mutantfrog.com /2006/04/11   (410 words)

  
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