| 1 | 05.03.2024 | eetasa2 | 5.0 | |
| 2 | 13.02.2024 | perconflncns | 7.0 | |
| 3 | 03.02.2024 | KEI | 7.0 | |
| 4 | 30.01.2024 | AhmedHosssam23 | 5.0 | |
| 5 | 21.01.2024 | Conquistador37 | 7.0 | Minor Edits & a score raise, he had also passed away since my previous write up.: In his earlier career he was far more subdued, which works for me because he was just this "suplex master" and that always goes over well I think. The '84 feud with Sgt. Slaughter was nuclear hot. I rather enjoy that team of his with Nikolai Volkoff, I could watch pretty much all of their matches with anyone and enjoy myself. However, after the Volkoff split his in ring work went down hill soooo fast. Some really terrible and hard to watch material. Seemed lost everywhere. His return as Colonel Mustafa especially absolutely STUNK. He was barely mobile but I think it was laziness long before it was injuries catching up to him. Basically avoid everything after 1987. Negatives are extremely bad but the teaming of Nikolai and his wide variety of excellent looking suplexes carry him to a higher place. Camera man zoom in, look at me... 6.75 |
| 6 | 12.01.2024 | NotANugget | | One of the most influential of all time. The greatest evil foreigner persona and the definition of someone who lived the gimmick. |
| 7 | 29.11.2023 | Bar786788 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | 22.11.2023 | JediSaiyanMaster1203 | 8.0 | Alright, you jabronies, I'll break your back and make you humble if you don't give the legend Sheiky baby a higher rating! Okay, okay, in all seriousness... The Iron Sheik is very underrated by today's fans, one of the best heels of his time and one of the better foreign heels. Here you have a guy who was a very good wrestler with an actual background, really good promo and amazing heel, having a great rivalry with Sgt. Slaughter that lead to an amazing Boot Camp match. R.I.P. The Iron Sheik |
| 9 | 14.11.2023 | conker8 | 8.0 | |
| 10 | 13.10.2023 | MrRaider959 | 7.0 | |
| 11 | 11.10.2023 | Akatsuki | 8.0 | |
| 12 | 07.10.2023 | andytuga86 | 6.0 | |
| 13 | 03.10.2023 | DangoDaisuki | 5.0 | |
| 14 | 25.07.2023 | Gold Fists | 8.0 | Sheik's rating is awfully low, even disrespectful even postmortem. He was a legendary heel who had already traversed the world once he arrived in the WWF. Master at getting heat anywhere he went, and he should've held the title for longer than a month before dropping it to Hogan. And albeit heavily noted, yes, his Twitter gag was hilarious. RIP to one of the best heels to ever live. |
| 15 | 12.07.2023 | Khalid Ace | 5.0 | |
| 16 | 17.06.2023 | InsertFunnyNameHere | 10.0 | Sheiks rating even before his death was somewhat disrespectful in my eyes. He was far past his prime once he arrived in the WWF. At his peak, he was a fantastic wrestler with a great character. His Twitter work alone gives him a 10 in my book. |
| 17 | 11.06.2023 | benh2 | 7.0 | |
| 18 | 09.06.2023 | Wrestling Forever | 8.0 | Mit seinem Tod stirbt wieder eine absolut kultige Figur ich meine nicht den Mann hinter dem Gimmick sondern schon The Iron Sheik. Wie Hossein Khosrow Vaziri Privat war kann ich nicht sagen. Er muss sicher eine liebevoller Ehemann und Vater gewesen sein. Legendär sind seine Tweets die er nicht selbst schrieb oder seine WWE Hall of Fame Rede 2005. Nochmal was zu der WWE Hall of Fame 2005 von den Aufnahmen sind nun nur noch Cowboy Bob Orton, Jimmy Hart und der Hulkster am Leben. |
| 19 | 09.06.2023 | Puro113 | 8.0 | FLY HIGH IN HEAVEN SHEIKY BABY, MAKE GOD HUMBLE BUBBA PUT HIM IN THE CAMEL CLUTCH AND FUCK THE HULK HOGAN. In all seriousness, he was a very influential performer who served as the template for the classic foreign heel character that WWE have gone back to time and again. A capable old-school brawler, and a incredibly funny guy who never failed to bring joy to wrestling fans. You will be missed, Sheiky baby. |
| 20 | 09.06.2023 | AidanArcher | 8.0 | |
| 21 | 07.06.2023 | No One | 8.0 | |
| 22 | 07.06.2023 | Austinisaew | 8.0 | |
| 23 | 23.05.2023 | Mister Cute Face | 6.0 | |
| 24 | 17.05.2023 | tmxicon | 6.0 | |
| 25 | 07.05.2023 | CMFunk007 | 7.0 | The Iron Sheik was a mixed bag as a talent. He had a handful of good matches and could draw heat like nobody's business. His feud with Sgt. Slaughter excellent, but his career seemed to decline in the late '80s after his run with Nikolai Volkoff was done. When the WWF brought him in as Col. Mustafa, it made no sense due to his history with Slaughter and because they refused to call him The Iron Sheik, like we didn't know who he was. FUCK THE VINCE MCMAHON, JABRONI. Listening to Bruce Prichard's podcast, I've learned that by 2001, he couldn't take bumps, which is the only reason he won the gimmick battle royal at Wrestlemania X-7. I miss these types of wrestlers who knew how to be a heel and get heat without trying to be cool. Sheiky Baby was da best. |
| 26 | 11.04.2023 | Chriswarrior11 | 8.0 | |
| 27 | 09.04.2023 | Giantfan1980 | 6.0 | A solid wrestler in the 80's, but by even 87, his shtick was getting old and so was he. By 89 he was having trouble moving around and like Nikolai, his era passed with the 80's. Still, you couldn't ask for a better foreign heel than Sheiky! |
| 28 | 20.03.2023 | ShayanMotori | 8.0 | |
| 29 | 26.01.2023 | joaosousa20 | 8.0 | |
| 30 | 23.01.2023 | MachoHBK | 9.0 | Why is the Sheik's rating so low, you Jabronies? An all-time great heel who was the perfect foil for Hogan. The Sheik certainly has a huge heart, who always respected his fans and shot straight from the hip. So, he seems a bit crazy... but it's likely somewhat by design for his social media at this point. The Sheik was everything a heel from the time should be, and he put over countless lesser talents in that role through his career. |
| 31 | 05.01.2023 | mano007 | 7.0 | |
| 32 | 29.11.2022 | MainEventMaster | 8.0 | With the right gimmick, Sheik could have been something special, unfortunately when he was in the WWF, it just boiled down to an Anti-America gimmick, he was a good wrestler too. |
| 33 | 06.11.2022 | ucey | 6.0 | |
| 34 | 08.10.2022 | KGPlay | 10.0 | This man is a legend and a great heel. His promos are incredible. And remember, without Iron Sheik, no Hulkamania! |
| 35 | 13.09.2022 | TheOneAndOnlyCactus | 8.0 | A man who quickly became a meme as the Internet Wrestling Community grew in the 2000s, let? s not forget that Sheiky Baby was more than someone who will break Hogan? s ass at any given opportunity. He was a solid technical wrestler who was a Suplex Master in his hayday, as well as being a constant heat magnet. His prime was short however due to repeated hip problems from 1985 onwards. |
| 36 | 01.09.2022 | sbg2022 | 6.0 | He was a great heel for his time. He was absolutely hated being that he is Iranian and went against the likes of top American babyfaces like Hulk Hogan, Bob Backlund, Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo & etc. He was perfect for the era that he was in. But in today's day and age it might be a little tougher for him because the vitriol in public life has grown and some fans are a little bit more cynical. |
| 37 | 22.07.2022 | Leth99 | 6.0 | A long career but he was good only for a short time. Probably because he started wrestling at 31. He was good in the early '80s, but his hip condition made him way way worse. I won't think about his later career and will give him credit for his early years |
| 38 | 13.06.2022 | CLUCK | 6.0 | |
| 39 | 26.05.2022 | TheCoolGuy | 6.0 | |
| 40 | 13.04.2022 | Sweet Fighter V | 7.0 | |
| 41 | 18.03.2022 | cpatchj | 7.0 | |
| 42 | 22.02.2022 | EhsanHardy2234 | 8.0 | |
| 43 | 05.01.2022 | Raffy2499 | | THE FUCKING GOAT OF THE WRESTLING, BREAK JABRONI HOGAN'S HEAD WITH A CAMEL CLUTH. HE IS, AND WILL BE, THE BEST WRESTLER IN HISTORY |
| 44 | 29.12.2021 | baboomer13 | | TRUE GOAT OF WRESTLING, BREAK JABROINI HOGAN'S BACK AND MAKE HUMBLE, PUT HIM IN CAMEL CLUTCH SHIEKY BABY |
| 45 | 23.11.2021 | jajt1989 | 7.0 | |
| 46 | 18.09.2021 | Den003 | 5.0 | |
| 47 | 31.07.2021 | Barba | 10.0 | THE REAL GOD AND GOAT, THE MASTER OF JABRONI. HULK HOGAN U ARE A JABRONI BUBBA. LIKE THE MUSTACHE OF THE IRON MASTER OF SUPLEX AND CAMEL CLUTCH |
| 48 | 13.07.2021 | hirsty97 | 10.0 | One of the best heels of all time. Great at generating heat, great matches, tough as nails and hilarious. |
| 49 | 10.05.2021 | Makoto92 | 8.0 | |
| 50 | 21.04.2021 | dwight | 7.0 | |
| 51 | 16.04.2021 | wrestlingfan1991 | 8.0 | |
| 52 | 27.02.2021 | becky2belts | 8.0 | |
| 53 | 24.01.2021 | texasyosh | 8.0 | SHIEKY BABY PUT THE HULK HOGAN IN THE CAMEL CLUTCH, MAKE HIM HUMBLE BROTHER. ARE YOU A JABRONI OR ARE YOU THE REAL? |
| 54 | 23.01.2021 | Brett1980 | 6.0 | Not the best. But certainly a character. He is his own biggest fan. His mental ramblings on the internet are just something you cant look away from. His best in ring work is around 1980. From 1985 onwards he was awful on the ring. |
| 55 | 16.12.2020 | Old ride long line | 10.0 | Let me tell you something gene mean hahaha. I seriously cannot fathom the masses of jabronis who take the wrestling so seriously that they can? t enjoy the iron sheik. I mean seriously if your gonna write a comment regarding the iron sheik and disregard his promos or even worse act like they don? t exist at all, then maybe the iron sheik needs to put you in the camel clutch and make you humble. He? s had a great wrestling career in and out of the ring and is a great example, to people like me who were not alive for sheiks prime, of just how extreme some of the characters were back in day. Do yourself a favor and Check out his Twitter. ps. fuck the Monday. |
| 56 | 27.10.2020 | smarkcalaway | 6.0 | |
| 57 | 07.10.2020 | qaywsxed | 7.0 | |
| 58 | 15.08.2020 | Ma Stump Puller | 8.0 | Sheik in his prime was actually rather accomplished as a wrestler (his professional background in actual shoot wrestling helped a lot with that) and for the standards of the time, he was far from average. What really put Sheik beyond a lot of his peers was that he was a heel magnet: his gimmick and look helped a lot, but he was also very capable of getting crowds to hate his guts through his heel actions in the ring and consistent trash talk. In the territory days, he was a solid draw that people loved to see get knocked around the ring, and was really one of the first to rely on character more so than actual in ring wrestling. What puts him back however is that most of his wrestling history is full of rather poor matches (likely due to injury and Sheik's age) and the fact that he was nearly incomprehensible promo wise. |
| 59 | 03.08.2020 | Sagasta | 7.0 | |
| 60 | 18.06.2020 | Depe | 6.0 | |
| 61 | 27.05.2020 | Keksteur | 8.0 | |
| 62 | 01.05.2020 | qbort | 9.0 | Sheiky baby, he was the Iranian bomb. And he had the best mustache in wrestling history. Invented the "camel clutch" and played Col Mustafa, speaking Arabic and Persian. The probable inspiration for the "Karnov" video game character. |
| 63 | 19.03.2020 | Crippler Crossface | 7.0 | |
| 64 | 14.02.2020 | rainmakerpunk | 3.0 | Below average in the ring just like most guys in the WWWF at this time, so only notable thing is his character which was special but not that good |
| 65 | 04.01.2020 | Evan13 | 8.0 | |
| 66 | 24.09.2019 | Shoot Headbutt Lover | 10.0 | Absolute Legend, a great gimmick and pretty good technician at the time, not to mention uber charismatic and a great heat magnet. |
| 67 | 18.09.2019 | draven | 5.0 | |
| 68 | 31.07.2019 | KyleEnjoysWrestling | 9.0 | Iron Sheik was a pioneer when the character based persona was really starting to skyrocket. Not only was Sheik an intriguing heel character and memorable face, but he was very accomplished in the ring, as he is a former olympian & the image of him twirling the hammers (I'm not sure if it has a proper name) is iconic.. His promos were out of control where you could hardly grasp what he was yelling about. But one thing's for sure: you knew he meant business. He didn't invent the Camel Clutch, but he did popularize it & it worked for his character well. His match with Hogan the night that Hulkamania was born did not go more than 10 minutes, but the crowd had sustained excitement for every second of it. He made for a great heel for Hulk to best. Sheik worked as a great villain for Slaughter. |
| 69 | 03.06.2019 | mdkarl | 8.0 | Iron Sheik was what he was... and he turned 40 in 1982. he was past his prime the entire time most of us saw him working in wwe and well past his prime by the time he moved on from there. the gimmick... was a great gimmick. he was a heat magnet. he didnt need to make sense in his interviews because that was the gimmick. it worked sheik was given the wwf title because it would boost hogans popularity to do the all-American gimmick. slaughter reached the height of his popularity because sheik was such a heat magnet on the bad guy side. wwf decided to put sheik in tag teams for most his run because he was getting older and I guess his stamina was going on him. as a tag team wrestler he was right at the top of that division until he got into his drug problem. all in all... I dont like comparing 45 year old wrestlers to 25 year olds? so I know a lot of rankers here want to give all their ratings based on what a spot monkey a guy is... how many spins he can twist his body while flying over the ropes... fine... whatever sheik is probably one of the top 20 names a casual person will remember from the 1980s. he was a guy you would easily put in the top 2-3 matches on any major card and know hes selling you some tickets. he is what wrestling was all about in its glory days |
| 70 | 03.04.2019 | BJey | 5.0 | |
| 71 | 29.11.2018 | wrestleranter | 6.0 | |
| 72 | 03.11.2018 | TylerWhite | 7.0 | |
| 73 | 22.09.2018 | MAGICIAN | 7.0 | |
| 74 | 12.06.2018 | Spin Mulls | 10.0 | Real wrestling fans know that Iron Sheik never lose to Hollywood blonde jabroni unless he let him win. |
| 75 | 09.06.2018 | Doshin92 | 8.0 | |
| 76 | 23.05.2018 | King of Strong Style | 8.0 | |
| 77 | 21.04.2018 | Gauntlet84 | 8.0 | A fascinating wrestler. This day I can't tell if he's insane or just refuses to break character. A great heel but loses points for rarely winning most of his major matches. He's physically imposing but despite always being billed as a top performer he rarely ever won on TV. |
| 78 | 01.04.2018 | Rock Of Jericho | 6.0 | |
| 79 | 28.02.2018 | TheLoudMouth | 7.0 | Herausragender Heel zu aktiven Zeiten, der sich mit seinem Gimmick allerdings etwas zu viel identifiziert und mit seinen konsequenten Shoots ein wenig grenzdebil wirkt. Nichtsdestotrotz eine wahre Kultfigur mit Daseinsberechtigung. |
| 80 | 26.01.2018 | The Old School | 7.0 | |
| 81 | 28.05.2017 | LuchaFan28 | 8.0 | |
| 82 | 05.05.2017 | JEK 1991 | 10.0 | Best heel wrestler ever! Had the charisma, the tactics and knew how to piss someone off. What helped him succeed in wrestling was being in the Olympics. His moves were fantastic to watch. Camel Clutch best submission hold. Never should be a babyface. |
| 83 | 14.04.2017 | I Hate Fans Nowadays | 9.0 | he is one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. Not good at speaking English but that was the reason he was so funny. I can say that he was the best heel WWE has ever had. I remember there was a battle royal but I don't know the time, which the crowd was dead and when he came out, people started to boo the shit out of him. that proves that he is the best heel ever |
| 84 | 08.04.2017 | Blood Pump | 7.0 | Doesn't get enough credit as a worker. Sheik wasn't a great mic man but his lack of good English made him that much more fun to watch. Oozed charisma, oozed villainy and is bar none the most entertaining guy I can think of to interview. He was and still is a captivating personality. |
| 85 | 10.03.2017 | Argylex | 7.0 | |
| 86 | 08.03.2017 | Owen | 8.0 | A great heel, with a good variety of moves. He was good at selling, and was genuinely crazy as hell. He served the important purpose of bridging the Bruno and Hogan eras, and doesn't get nearly enough credit for his contributions. |
| 87 | 19.02.2017 | pushvacant | 6.0 | |
| 88 | 22.11.2016 | TotemKiller1 | 5.0 | |
| 89 | 04.11.2016 | Squared Circle | 10.0 | Classic heel. Held both belts, back when the tag team meant something. Had high impact suplex arsenal. Could sell his bumps well. Worked the crowd up to generate heat. Good run in the tag team ranks. Classic interviews "Gene Mean" lol. Escalated feuds with Hogan, Backlund, Duggan and of course Slaughter. Excellent longevity. An underrated builder of his era and of course the next generation of Hulkamania. |
| 90 | 16.10.2016 | PolishPrideMMA | 6.0 | |
| 91 | 29.08.2016 | jokiller2 | 7.0 | |
| 92 | 25.08.2016 | notbobsaget | 10.0 | You all very intelligent German and American commenters, but you misunderstand something very important. Iron Sheik, Khosrow Vaziri, greatest wrestler ever to live! Without Iron Sheik, there is no Hulkamania! Without Iron Sheik, there is no WrestleMania! Without Iron Sheik, there is no Vince McMahon! Iran number 1! |
| 93 | 29.07.2016 | HudE | 6.0 | |
| 94 | 16.07.2016 | General Doom I | 8.0 | |
| 95 | 10.07.2016 | InactiveGuru | 6.0 | |
| 96 | 01.07.2016 | Vacant 21 | 8.0 | |
| 97 | 01.07.2016 | TheGoat | 8.0 | |
| 98 | 26.05.2016 | MHA | 8.0 | |
| 99 | 06.05.2016 | The Chosen One | 5.0 | He wasnt that great of a wrestler and his move set lacked quite a bit. He did have a few good matches and feuds but nothing absolutely extraordinary. I liked his partnership with Nikolai Volkov. I felt that was a great tag team. Overall he is about average. He was never really athletic and never could do much but he was a true pioneer. |
| 100 | 13.04.2016 | Mean Smark Callous | 10.0 | does he deserve a 10? nope. but this guy is awesome and completely out of his mind. will fuck your ass and make you humble. may accuse you of sucking Hulk Hogan dick. does not like cheap jew Nikolai Volkoff. Has not broken kayfabe in over 30 years, genuinely hates many guys in the industry, thus creating real life feuds. his interviews are always entertaining because he may turn violent at any second for any reason. |
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