Josip Peruzović
Born: 1947-10-14 in Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died: 2018-07-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
2019
- 350 Days as Self
2018
- WrestleMassacre as Randy's Father
2017
- Sweet Daddy Siki
- Cool As Hell 2 as Nikolai
2014
- The Sheik as Self
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 as Nikolai Volkoff
2009
- WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams as Nikolai Volkoff
2008
- Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II as Nikolai Volkoff
2007
- Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 as Nikolai Volkoff
- Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Count Zarkoff
2006
- Legends Never Die
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 as Nikolai Volkoff
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 as Nikoli Volkoff
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 as Nikolai Volkoff
2005
- WWE Hall of Fame as Self
- WWE Hall of Fame 2005 as Nikolai Volkoff
- World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion as Nikolai Volkoff
2002
- Wrestling Then and Now as Himself
2001
- WWE WrestleMania X-Seven as Nikolai Volkoff
1999
- Heroes of Wrestling as Nikolai Volkoff
1993
- Raw as Nikolai Volkoff
1992
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Nikolai Volkoff
1990
- WWE WrestleMania VI as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam 1990 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 1 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 1990 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam Fever as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling Tough Guys as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE The Main Event IV as Nikolai Volkoff
1989
- Hulk Hogan: Real American as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Brains Behind the Brawn as Nikolai Volkoff
- Demolition: Witness the Power as Nikolai Volkoff
1988
- WWE SummerSlam 1988 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 1988 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania IV as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleFest as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Royal Rumble 1988 as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Best of the WWF: volume 17 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
1987
- WWE WrestleMania III as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Survivor Series 1987 as Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
- The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
- Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
1986
- WWF Superstars as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF Wrestling Challenge as Nikolai Volkoff
- Tag Team Champions as Nikolai Volkoff
- WrestleMania II as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino as Nikolai Volkoff
- Villains of the Squared Circle as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Best of the WWF: volume 9 as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Best of the WWF: volume 7 as Nikolai Volkoff
- The British Bulldogs as Nikolai Volkoff
1985
- WWE Pay Per View
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF Prime Time Wrestling as Nikolai Volkoff
- The WWF's Amazing Managers as Nikolai Volkoff
- The Wrestling Classic as Nikolai Volkoff
- WrestleMania as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE War to Settle the Score as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 as Nikolai Volkoff
1984
- Tuesday Night Titans as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
1981
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling as Nikolai Volkoff
- Mid-South Wrestling as Nikolai Volkoff
1980
- NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa as Nikolai Volkoff
1975
- WWF All-Star Wrestling as Nikolai Volkoff
1973
- WWE Old School as Nikolai Volkoff