The Iron Sheik

	Name: Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri	Preferred Name: The Iron Sheik
	Date Of Birth: Mar 14th 1943	Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
	Nationality: IRN	Gender: Male
	Matches: 172 (11 Pay Per View)
	Date Of Death: Jun 7th 2023	Cause of Death: natural causes
	Place of Death: Fayetteville, Georgia, United States
	Ring Name(s): Ali Vaziri, Colonel Mustafa, Hussein Arab, Khosrow Vaziri, Muhammad Farouk, The Great Hussein, The Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik during 1979

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WWF World Heavyweight Title

card/ date	match			match type	title(s)
WWF MSG Show (Dec '79) Dec 17th 1979	Antonio Inoki	def. (pin)	Hussein Arab
WWF MSG Show (Nov '79) Nov 19th 1979	Hussein Arab	def.	Chief Jay Strongbow
WWF MSG Show (Oct '79) Oct 22nd 1979	Hussein Arab	def. (CO)	Dominic DeNucci
WWF MSG Show (Sep '79) Sep 24th 1979	Hussein Arab	def. (pin)	Pete Sanchez
WWF MSG Show (Aug '79) Aug 27th 1979	Tito Santana	draw (time)	The Great Hussein
WWF MSG Show (Jul '79 #2) Jul 30th 1979	Ted DiBiase	draw	Hussein Arab
WWF MSG Show (Jul '79 #1) Jul 2nd 1979	The Great Hussein	def.	Special Delivery Jones
WWF MSG Show (Jun '79) Jun 4th 1979	Bob Backlund (c)	def. (pin)	Hussein Arab		WWF World Heavyweight Title
WWF MSG Show (Jun '79) Jun 4th 1979	Hussein Arab	def.	Baron Mikel Scicluna, Bulldog Brower, Dominic DeNucci, Gorilla Monsoon, Greg Valentine, Gypsy Rodriguez, Haystacks Calhoun, Ivan Putski, Jerry Valiant, Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Rodz, Johnny Valiant, Jose Estrada, Mr. X, Nikolai Volkoff, Special Delivery Jones, Steve Travis, Ted DiBiase, Tito Santana	Battle Royal
AWA Minneapolis Show (Feb '79) Feb 11th 1979	The Iron Sheik	def.	Caesar Pabon

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