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.
Filmography
all 69
Movies 67
self 3
TV Shows 2

Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse (2021)

WrestleMassacre (2018)

Cool As Hell 2 (2017)

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014)

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008)

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 (2006)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 (2006)

Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 (2006)

World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion (2005)

WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005)

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)

Heroes of Wrestling (1999)

WWE Raw (1993)

WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)

WWE The Main Event IV (1990)

WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)

WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990)

WWE SummerSlam Fever (1990)

WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)

WWF SuperTape (1990)

WWE Demolition (1989)

Hulk Hogan: Real American (1989)

WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988)

The Best of the WWF: volume 17 (1988)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 (1988)

WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 (1988)

WWE WrestleFest (1988)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 (1988)

WWE WrestleMania IV (1988)

WWE Royal Rumble (1988)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 (1987)

WWE WrestleMania III (1987)

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches (1987)

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 (1987)

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 (1986)

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 (1986)

The Best of the WWF: volume 9 (1986)

The British Bulldogs (1986)

WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)

The Best of the WWF: volume 7 (1986)

WWE Villains of The Squared Circle (1986)

WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 (1986)

WrestleMania II (1986)

Tag Team Champions (1986)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 (1985)

The Wrestling Classic (1985)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 (1985)

WrestleMania (1985)

WWE War to Settle the Score (1985)

WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest (1985)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 (1984)

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 (1984)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 (1984)

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-10-14
Deathday2018-07-29 (70 years old)
Birth NameJosip Hrvoje Peruzović
Birth PlaceSplit, Croatia
Height193-centimeter
SiblingsLuka Peruzović
CitizenshipsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, United States
Also Known AsNikolai Volkoff, Boris Breznikoff, Bepo Mongol
AwardsWWE Hall of Fame
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