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.
Movie | Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse | Self (as Nikolai Volkoff) | 2021-11-14 |
Movie | 350 Days | Self | 2019-04-02 |
Movie | WrestleMassacre | Randy's Father | 2018-08-03 |
Movie | Sweet Daddy Siki | 2017-06-11 | |
Movie | Cool As Hell 2 | Nikolai | 2017-07-17 |
Movie | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 | Nikolai Volkoff | 2014-03-11 |
Movie | The Sheik | 2014-04-26 | |
Movie | WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams | Nikolai Volkoff | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event | Nikolai Volkoff | 2009-02-10 |
Movie | Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II | Nikolai Volkoff | 2008-01-22 |
Movie | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Count Zarkoff | 2007-03-10 |
Movie | Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 | Nikolai Volkoff | 2007-07-31 |
Movie | Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 | Nikolai Volkoff | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Legends Never Die | 2006-06-01 | |
Movie | Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 | Nikolai Volkoff | 2006-06-06 |
Movie | Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 | Nikoli Volkoff | 2006-06-06 |
Movie | WWE Hall of Fame 2005 | Nikolai Volkoff | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion | Nikolai Volkoff | 2005-04-29 |
Movie | Wrestling Then and Now | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania X-Seven | Nikolai Volkoff | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Heroes of Wrestling | Nikolai Volkoff | 1999-10-10 |
Series | WWE Raw | Nikolai Volkoff | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 1992 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1992-01-19 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam Fever | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-08-19 |
Movie | WWF SuperTape | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-03-21 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania VI | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-04-01 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1990 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-08-27 |
Movie | WWE The Main Event IV | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-11-23 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1990 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1990-11-22 |
Movie | WWE Demolition | Nikolai Volkoff | 1989-08-09 |
Movie | WWE WrestleFest | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-07-31 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-07-24 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-01-24 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania IV | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-03-27 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1988 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-08-29 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1988 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-11-24 |
Movie | WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-08-13 |
Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 17 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-11-10 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1988-09-18 |
Movie | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1987-01-05 |
Movie | Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports | Nikolai Volkoff | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches | Nikolai Volkoff | 1987-02-01 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania III | Nikolai Volkoff | 1987-03-29 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1987 | Volkoff | 1987-11-26 |
Movie | WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1987-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Villains of The Squared Circle | Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside) | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 7 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | Tag Team Champions | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-03-01 |
Movie | WrestleMania II | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-04-07 |
Movie | WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-04-26 |
Movie | Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-06-06 |
Series | WWF Wrestling Challenge | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-09-07 |
Movie | WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-11-26 |
Movie | WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-10-19 |
Movie | The British Bulldogs | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-10-15 |
Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 9 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1986-10-15 |
Movie | WWE War to Settle the Score | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-02-18 |
Movie | WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | WrestleMania | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-03-31 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-10-13 |
Movie | Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough | Nikolai | 1985-05-06 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-11-10 |
Movie | The Wrestling Classic | Nikolai Volkoff | 1985-11-07 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1984-09-23 |
Movie | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1984-10-21 |
Movie | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 | Nikolai Volkoff | 1984-10-14 |
Movie | NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa | Nikolai Volkoff | 1980-08-03 |