R.A. The Rugged Man is among the many paying tribute to The Iron Sheik on Twitter. He wrote, “Rest in Peace IRON SHEIK. The Camel Clutch legendary. WWF. I love my childhood.” The Iron Sheik, famed WWE ...

(AP) - The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport’s biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, ...

Pro wrestling legend and pop culture fixture the Iron Sheik, who embraced his role as "one of the most notorious villains" in the entertainment genre's history, has died, his team said Wednesday. He ...

In the wake of his death, several of The Iron Sheik’s friends and fellow WWE Superstars including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to social media to eulogize the late legend. On Wednesday, The Iron ...

ATLANTA - The former professional wrestler known as the Iron Sheik has died at the age of 81, according to an announcement posted to his Twitter page. The wrestler's real name was Hossein Khosrow Ali ...

Former professional wrestler Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known as The Iron Sheik, has died, his official Twitter account announced on Wednesday. He was 81. “It is with great sadness that we ...

The world lost one of the greatest bad guys in professional wrestling when the Iron Sheik passed away earlier this week. Since the news broke, there has been an outpouring of emotional tributes from ...

On the day after Christmas in 1983, the wrestler known as The Iron Sheik won the World Wrestling Federation belt, beating the champion Bob Backlund in a classic “heel” vs “babyface” match at Madison ...