Josip Peruzović
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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Films (70)
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021 · Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
350 Days
2019 · Self
WrestleMassacre
2018 · Randy's Father
Cool As Hell 2
2017 · Nikolai
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
The Sheik
2014 · Self
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009 · Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008 · Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007 · Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Count Zarkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006 · Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006 · Nikoli Volkoff
Legends Never Die
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006 · Nikolai Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Then and Now
2002 · Himself
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001 · Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
1999 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWF The Main Event IV
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 · Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside), Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania II
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980 · Nikolai Volkoff
Séries (11)
WWE Hall of Fame
2005 · Self
WWE Raw
1993 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Superstars
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
Tuesday Night Titans
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling
1981 · Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Old School
1973 · Nikolai Volkoff