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.
70 movies · 11 shows
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021·3.0
350 Days
2019·5.1
WrestleMassacre
2018·3.3
Cool As Hell 2
2017·2.5
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017·6.0
The Sheik
2014·7.4
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014·10.0
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009·7.5
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009·7.1
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008·0.0
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007·0.0
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007·0.0
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006·0.0
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006·0.0
Legends Never Die
2006·0.0
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006·0.0
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005·0.0
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005·8.5
Wrestling Then and Now
2002·4.0
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001·8.8
Heroes of Wrestling
1999·1.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992·6.9
WWE The Main Event IV
1990·0.0
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990·7.7
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990·0.0
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990·6.9
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990·0.0
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990·8.4
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990·0.0
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989·0.0
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989·0.0
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989·4.5
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988·8.2
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988·0.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988·0.0
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988·7.3
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988·0.0
WWE WrestleFest
1988·5.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988·0.0
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988·7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988·6.6
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987·10.0
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987·8.4
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987·0.0
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987·0.0
WWE WrestleMania III
1987·7.3
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987·0.0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987·0.0
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987·0.0
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986·0.0
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986·0.0
The British Bulldogs
1986·4.0
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986·0.0
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986·0.0
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986·0.0
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986·0.0
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986·0.0
WrestleMania II
1986·6.4
Tag Team Champions
1986·0.0
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985·0.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985·0.0
The Wrestling Classic
1985·6.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985·0.0
WrestleMania
1985·6.6
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985·10.0
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985·6.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984·0.0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984·0.0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984·0.0
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980·0.0