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.
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- 2021 · Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
- 2019 · 350 Days as Self
- 2018 · WrestleMassacre as Randy's Father
- 2017 · Cool As Hell 2 as Nikolai
- 2017 · Sweet Daddy Siki as
- 2014 · The Sheik as
- 2014 · 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
- 2009 · 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
- 2007 · Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Count Zarkoff
- 2006 · Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 as Nikoli Volkoff
- 2006 · Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 2006 · Legends Never Die as
- 2006 · Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 2005 · World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion as Nikolai Volkoff
- 2005 · WWE Hall of Fame 2005 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 · WWE Raw as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1992 · WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWE The Main Event IV as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWE Survivor Series 1990 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam 1990 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam Fever as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWE WrestleMania VI as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1990 · WWF SuperTape as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1989 · WWE Demolition as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE Survivor Series 1988 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · The Best of the WWF: volume 17 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE SummerSlam 1988 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE WrestleFest as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE WrestleMania IV as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1988 · WWE Royal Rumble as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · WWF Survivor Series 1987 as Volkoff
- 1987 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · WWE WrestleMania III as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1987 · Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · The Best of the WWF: volume 9 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · The British Bulldogs as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · The Best of the WWF: volume 7 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · WWE Villains of The Squared Circle as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
- 1986 · WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · WrestleMania II as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1986 · Tag Team Champions as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · The Wrestling Classic as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough as Nikolai
- 1985 · WrestleMania as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · WWE War to Settle the Score as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1985 · WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1984 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1984 · WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1984 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 as Nikolai Volkoff
- 1980 · NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa as Nikolai Volkoff