Josip Peruzović

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018
From: 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.

Works

70 films

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

20018.8

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

1990

WWE WrestleMania IV

19887.2

WWE Royal Rumble 1988

19886.6

The Sheik

20147.4

WWE Survivor Series 1988

19888.2

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

1987

WWE WrestleMania VI

19908.4

WrestleMania II

19866.4

WWE Survivor Series 1990

19907.7

WWE WrestleMania III

19877.3

WWE Survivor Series 1987

19878.4

The Wrestling Classic

19856.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

19926.9

Hulk Hogan: Real American

19894.5

WWE War to Settle the Score

198510.0

Sweet Daddy Siki

20176.0

WWE SummerSlam 1990

19906.9

WrestleMania

19856.6

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

Villains of the Squared Circle

1986

Tag Team Champions

1986

WWE WrestleFest

19885.0

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

198710.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

1988

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

2008

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

201410.0

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

20097.1

WWE SummerSlam 1988

19887.3

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88

1988

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

1986

The Brains Behind the Brawn

1989

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

1986

Legends Never Die

2006

Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1

2006

The British Bulldogs

19864.0

Cool As Hell 2

20172.5

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

2007

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87

1987

WWE The Main Event IV

1990

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

1988

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

1986

WWE SummerSlam Fever

1990

WWE Detroit Wrestling '86

1986

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85

1985

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

Wrestling Tough Guys

1990

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007

350 Days

20195.1

Demolition: Witness the Power

1989

Heroes of Wrestling

19991.0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84

1984

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

1986

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

19856.0

WWE Hall of Fame 2005

20058.5

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

1984

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85

1985

WrestleMassacre

20183.3

Wrestling Then and Now

20024.0

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84

1984

World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion

2005

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2

2006

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

1980

Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1

2006

Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse

20213.0