Josip Peruzović
male
Born on October 14, 1947 (77 years old)
Passed Away on July 29, 2018
From Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2014
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
WWE Survivor Series 1988
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
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WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Royal Rumble
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE WrestleMania IV
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE WrestleFest
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE SummerSlam 1988
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
- 1987
WWE WrestleMania III
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
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WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as
Volkoff
1987
WrestleMania III
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
- 1986
WrestleMania II
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
The British Bulldogs
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
as
Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
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WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
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WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
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Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Tag Team Champions
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WrestleMania 2
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
- 1985
WrestleMania
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
The Wrestling Classic
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWE War to Settle the Score
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
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Nikolai Volkoff
1985
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WrestleMania
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
Saturday Night's Main Event
as
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
- 1984
- 1980
