Josip Peruzović
Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1947
Died: July 29, 2018
Place of birth: Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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.
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Filmography
70 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
3.0
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021
5.1
350 Days
2019
4.0
WrestleMassacre
2018
2.5
Cool As Hell 2
2017
6.0
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
7.4
The Sheik
201410.0
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
7.5
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
7.1
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009
NR
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008
NR
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
NR
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
NR
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006
NR
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006NR
Legends Never Die
2006NR
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006NR
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
8.5
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
20054.0
Wrestling Then and Now
2002
8.8
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
1.0
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
6.8
Raw
1993
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992NR
WWF The Main Event IV
1990
7.7
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
NR
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990
6.9
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990NR
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
NR
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
NR
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
NR
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
4.5
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988
7.3
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988NR
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988
5.0
WWE WrestleFest
1988NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988
7.2
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
6.6
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988
10.0
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987
7.4
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
NR
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987NR
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
NR
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
4.0
The British Bulldogs
1986
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
7.2
WWF Superstars
1986
NR
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986NR
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986NR
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
6.4
WrestleMania II
1986
NR
Tag Team Champions
1986
NR
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
6.2
The Wrestling Classic
1985NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985
8.3
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
6.7
WrestleMania
1985
10.0
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
6.0
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
8.8
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984NR
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
9.0
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
NR
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
NR
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981
NR
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980
NR
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975
NR
WWE Old School
1973