RIP The Iron Shiek

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The Iron Sheik, pro wrestling legend and social media star, dies at 81

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was a 1980s folk hero who stayed relevant long after his days in the ring, thanks to his lively Twitter feed, which had more than 600,000 followers.

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Rip Sheik. He was quite the character. Little bit of an interesting side story. He was very fond of Dan Gable the US armature and Olympic wrestling legend. When the iron sheik was on the Iranian Olympic wrestling team Dan Gable was the only one from the US team that would sit and talk with him, and the sheik was forever grateful to him for that gesture.

Later on in years Gable came to see him at some event. The sheik hugged him and told that story. Pretty cool.

 

[KG1]

The Iron Sheik, pro wrestling legend and social media star, dies at 81

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was a 1980s folk hero who stayed relevant long after his days in the ring, thanks to his lively Twitter feed, which had more than 600,000 followers.

www.nbcnews.com

Do yourself a favor- watch the doc on Prime, Tubi or Pluto.

The "Rock" called him “Uncle Sheiky”