Sheiky baby may always say Iran # 1 but for the last 50 years, he’s been calling America home. Slam Wrestling archives cover his career highlights from being World Wrestling Federation champion to his life’s tragedies.
IRON SHEIK STORIES
- Iron Sheik photo gallery
- June 11, 2023: Slam Speaks: Personal memories of the Iron Sheik
- June 7, 2023: The Iron Sheik dead at 81
- June 7, 2023: The world mourns The Iron Sheik
- Apr. 17, 2023: Iron Sheik’s wild life story featured in season finale of WWE/A&E’s ‘Biography’
- July 30, 2016: Amateur side of Iron Sheik shines in Waterloo
- July 23, 2016: Backlund & Iron Sheik headline Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame
- Mar. 1, 2015: Private screening of Iron Sheik documentary a humbling experience
- Apr. 26, 2014: Documentary reveals the Iron Sheik’s good and bad
- June 18, 2013: Iron Sheik documentary to show off real person
- July 5, 2009: Iron Sheik Ring Roast DVD colourful and crude
- Apr. 15, 2009: CAC Baloney Blowout overrun by Iron Sheik
- Apr. 7, 2008: Rebuilding The Sheik shoot a classic
- Feb. 9, 2005: WWE’s Class of 2005 thrilled by HOF honor
- May 6, 2003: Iron Sheik’s daughter slain
- Feb. 18, 1999: Iron Sheik still in the game
YOUNG ROCK STORY
- Feb. 23, 2021: Azar ‘made humble’ (but not too much) by ‘Young Rock’ role