Josip Peruzović
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.
82 acting credits
Acting · 82
Raw
1993
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
WWF Superstars
1986
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
WWE Old School
1973
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
WrestleMania II
1986
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009
WrestleMania
1985
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
The Sheik
2014
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
The British Bulldogs
1986
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
WrestleMassacre
2018
Legends Never Die
2006
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
WWE WrestleFest
1988
The Wrestling Classic
1985
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
WWE The Main Event IV
1990
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
350 Days
2019
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980
Cool As Hell 2
2017
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006
Tag Team Champions
1986
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
Wrestling Then and Now
2002
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006