Josip Peruzović

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.

Known for

Raw

Series · 1993 · ★ 6.8

WrestleMania

Film · 1985 · ★ 6.6

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

Film · 2001 · ★ 8.8

WWE WrestleMania III

Film · 1987 · ★ 7.4

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

Series · 1985 · ★ 8.3

WrestleMania II

Film · 1986 · ★ 6.4

WWE WrestleMania IV

Film · 1988 · ★ 7.2

WWE WrestleMania VI

Film · 1990 · ★ 8.4

The Sheik

Film · 2014 · ★ 7.4

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

Film · 1988 · ★ 6.6

WWE Survivor Series 1987

Film · 1987 · ★ 8.4

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Film · 1992 · ★ 6.9

Filmography

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