Josip Peruzović
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Died
- July 29, 2018
- Birthplace
- Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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.
Filmography
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse 2021
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
350 Days 2019
as Self
WrestleMassacre 2018
as Randy's Father
Cool As Hell 2 2017
as Nikolai
Sweet Daddy Siki 2017
Actor
The Sheik 2014
as Self
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 2014
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event 2009
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams 2009
as Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II 2008
as Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 2007
as Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb 2007
as Count Zarkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 2006
as Nikoli Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 2006
as Nikolai Volkoff
- Legends Never Die
Legends Never Die 2006
Actor
- Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 2006
as Nikolai Volkoff
- World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling Then and Now
Wrestling Then and Now 2002
as Himself
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven 2001
as Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling 1999
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWF The Main Event IV
WWF The Main Event IV 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE SummerSlam Fever
WWE SummerSlam Fever 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power 1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn 1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American 1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987 1987
as Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports 1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
- Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 7 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside), as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania II 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions 1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! 1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa 1980
as Nikolai Volkoff
Credits from TMDB.