Iranian Iron Sheik angry at Olympics officials
Most Americans did not hear about Iran's victory this week over America (and Russia) in the wrestling world cup (link), or Ahmadinejad's friendly handshake and group pictures with American wrestlers (link), but many Americans do recognize the Iranian-born "Iron Sheik" as a WWE legend. But "Iron Sheik" is also a veteran Olympic wrestler, and he tells TMZ (in his trademark broken English) he is very annoyed that the International Olympic Committee has moved to drop wrestling from the 2020 games in favor of other sports like field hockey.
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (a.k.a Iron Sheik), born 1943 in Tehran, competed for Iran in the 1968 Olympics and then became an Assistant Coach for Team USA in the '70s. He was also a former bodyguard for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family. Americans know him as the Iron Sheik, the loud and hated Iranian who ended the World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund, and for being the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship.
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