Josip Peruzović
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-10-14
Day of Death
2018-07-29 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Josip Peruzović
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
Acting
(2021)
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
(2019)
350 Days
as Self
(2018)
WrestleMassacre
as Randy's Father
(2017)
Cool As Hell 2
as Nikolai
(2017)
(2014)
(2014)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2009)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2009)
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2008)
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2007)
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2007)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Count Zarkoff
(2006)
(2006)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2006)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2006)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
as Nikoli Volkoff
(2005)
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2005)
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
as Nikolai Volkoff
(2002)
Wrestling Then and Now
as Himself
(2001)
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1999)
Heroes of Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1992)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWF SuperTape
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWE The Main Event IV
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1990)
WWE SummerSlam Fever
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1989)
WWE Demolition
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE WrestleFest
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE WrestleMania IV
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE Royal Rumble
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE Survivor Series 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE SummerSlam 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1988)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
WWE WrestleMania III
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Volkoff
(1987)
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1987)
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
WrestleMania II
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
(1986)
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
The British Bulldogs
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
Tag Team Champions
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1986)
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
WrestleMania
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
The Wrestling Classic
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
WWE War to Settle the Score
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1985)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1984)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1984)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1984)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
(1980)
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
as Nikolai Volkoff