Josip Peruzović
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Died
- July 29, 2018 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Biography
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
Filmography
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
Movie · as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
350 Days
Movie · as Self
WrestleMassacre
Movie · as Randy's Father
Sweet Daddy Siki
Movie
Cool As Hell 2
Movie · as Nikolai
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The Sheik
Movie · as Self
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Movie · as Count Zarkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Movie · as Nikoli Volkoff
Legends Never Die
Movie
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wrestling Then and Now
Movie · as Himself
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Raw
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 12 eps
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF The Main Event IV
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie · as Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania II
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 47 eps
WWF Superstars
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 45 eps
WrestleMania
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 7 eps
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 1 ep
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
Tuesday Night Titans
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 16 eps
Mid-South Wrestling
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 31 eps
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 2 eps
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie · as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 5 eps
WWE Old School
TV · as Nikolai Volkoff · 17 eps