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
WWF Superstars
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE Pay Per View
Mid-South Wrestling
WWE Old School
WWF All-Star Wrestling
All Movies (71)
- Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse2021 · as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
- 350 Days2019 · as Self
- WrestleMassacre2018 · as Randy's Father
- Cool As Hell 22017 · as Nikolai
- Sweet Daddy Siki2017
- The Sheik2014 · as Self
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 12014 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event2009 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams2009 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II2008 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 12007 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb2007 · as Count Zarkoff
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 12006 · as Nikoli Volkoff
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 22006 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Legends Never Die2006
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 12006 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion2005 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Hall of Fame 20052005 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling Then and Now2002 · as Himself
- WWE WrestleMania X-Seven2001 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Heroes of Wrestling1999 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Royal Rumble 19921992 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE The Main Event IV1990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 19901990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling Tough Guys1990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam 19901990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam Fever1990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania VI1990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 11990 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Demolition: Witness the Power1989 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Brains Behind the Brawn1989 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Hulk Hogan: Real American1989 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 19881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Best of the WWF: volume 171988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam 19881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleFest1988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania IV1988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Royal Rumble 19881988 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments1987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 19871987 · as Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '871987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '871987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania III1987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches1987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '871987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports1987 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: November '861986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '861986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The British Bulldogs1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Best of the WWF: volume 91986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Villains of the Squared Circle1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
- The Best of the WWF: volume 71986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Villains of the Squared Circle1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Detroit Wrestling '861986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WrestleMania II1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Tag Team Champions1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The WWF's Amazing Managers1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '851985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Wrestling Classic1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '851985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WrestleMania1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE War to Settle the Score1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '841984 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '841984 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '841984 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa1980 · as Nikolai Volkoff
All TV Shows (12)
- WWE Hall of Fame2005 · as Self
- Raw1993 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF Wrestling Challenge1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF Superstars1986 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Pay Per View1985
- WWF Prime Time Wrestling1985 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Tuesday Night Titans1984 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Mid-South Wrestling1981 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling1981 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF All-Star Wrestling1975 · as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Old School1973 · as Nikolai Volkoff