Josip Peruzović
Born
October 14, 1947
Died
July 29, 2018 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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.
Known For
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
2021
350 Days
Self
2019
WrestleMassacre
Randy's Father
2018
Cool As Hell 2
Nikolai
2017
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
The Sheik
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Nikolai Volkoff
2014
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Nikolai Volkoff
2009
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Nikolai Volkoff
2009
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Nikolai Volkoff
2008
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Nikolai Volkoff
2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Count Zarkoff
2007
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Nikolai Volkoff
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Nikoli Volkoff
2006
Legends Never Die
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Nikolai Volkoff
2006
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
Nikolai Volkoff
2005
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Nikolai Volkoff
2005
Wrestling Then and Now
Himself
2002
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Nikolai Volkoff
2001
Heroes of Wrestling
Nikolai Volkoff
1999
Raw
Nikolai Volkoff · (12 episodes)
1993
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Nikolai Volkoff
1992
WWE The Main Event IV
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWE WrestleMania VI
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWF SuperTape
Nikolai Volkoff
1990
WWE Demolition
Nikolai Volkoff
1989
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE WrestleFest
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE WrestleMania IV
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Royal Rumble
Nikolai Volkoff
1988
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Volkoff
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
WWE WrestleMania III
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Nikolai Volkoff
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
The British Bulldogs
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Nikolai Volkoff · (47 episodes)
1986
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WrestleMania II
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Tag Team Champions
Nikolai Volkoff
1986
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
The Wrestling Classic
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
Saturday Night's Main Event
Nikolai Volkoff · (10 episodes)
1985
WrestleMania
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWE War to Settle the Score
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
Nikolai Volkoff
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
Nikolai Volkoff
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
Nikolai Volkoff
1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
Nikolai Volkoff
1984
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Nikolai Volkoff
1980