[OBIT] Pro wrestling icon the Iron Sheik dead at 81
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- June 7, 2023 at 4:03 pm #300892
Pro wrestling icon the Iron Sheik dead at 81
The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport’s biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died on Wednesday, the WWE said. He was 81.
The wrestling organization posted an article confirming his death, and a statement about his passing was also posted on his Twitter page giving details of his life. Neither statement mentioned a cause of death nor where he died, but the Twitter post said he “departed this world peacefully.”
RIP
The mustachioed, barrel-chested brawler often riled up crowds with his anti-American persona and rhetoric, often alongside tag-team partner Nikolai Volkoff, who played the part of a Soviet villain. They won the WWF World Tag Team Championship in 1985 at the first WrestleMania, according to the biography posted on the WWE’s internet page.
A good heel is hard to find, and The Iron Sheik was perfect at playing that role.
June 7, 2023 at 4:46 pm #300902Finally, B Brian Blair can sleep with both his eyes closed.
An absolute heel for the ages. He was from a time when the fans were as likely to toss things at him as boo, because half of them believed the whole thing. He also had possibly the best submission not called “The Sharpeshooter” in history.
June 7, 2023 at 4:49 pm #300904The “Camel Clutch”
June 7, 2023 at 5:12 pm #300906Used to watch wrestling as a kid with my dad during that time frame. The characters at that time were wonderful, entertaining and interesting. It’s funny to me because I consider “pro wrestling” silly now but I still look back with much fondness at those guys in the ring. And I think that is because not of the physical feats but because of their grand personalities.
RIP Sir, I hope you now walk with God.
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