
Josip Peruzović
Born: 1947-10-14
Place of Birth: Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE WrestleMania IV

Tag Team Champions

WrestleMania III (Duplicated)

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

The British Bulldogs

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WrestleMania 2 (Duplicated)

WrestleMania

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1

Heroes of Wrestling

WrestleMania II

Sweet Daddy Siki

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1988

Hulk Hogan: Real American

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE War to Settle the Score

WrestleMania IV (Duplicated)

Demolition: Witness the Power

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

350 Days

WWE WrestleMania III

The Sheik

WWE SummerSlam 1988

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

WWE WrestleFest

WrestleMassacre

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

The WWF's Amazing Managers

The Wrestling Classic

WWE SummerSlam 1990

The Brains Behind the Brawn

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

Villains of the Squared Circle

Villains of the Squared Circle

Cool As Hell 2

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

Wrestling Tough Guys

Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams

WWE Hall of Fame 2005
