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[[File:ironsheik_508.jpg|frame|"I love the TV Tropes. It make me feel good, like good cold beer. [[Verbal Tic|Fuck the Hokogan]]."]]
{{quote|''"Insane. Completely, utterly and [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration|wonderfully]] insane. That's the only way we can describe [[The Iron Sheik]], who in recent years has gone from forgotten [[Cold War]] wrestling villain to the nutty Iranian grandpa we all wish we had."''|RD Reynolds, ''The [[Wrestlecrap]] Book Of Lists!'', "The 6 Wrestlers Who Must Have a Reality Show"}}
If there was ever any wrestler who best exemplified the [[Foreign Wrestling Heel]] character in [[Professional Wrestling]], especially in [[WWE]]'s "Federation years," '''[[The Iron Sheik]]''' was it. Born '''Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri''', this Iranian-born wrestler made a name for himself in the early 80s WWF, where he won the championship from [[Bob Backlund]], breaking the former champion's six-year title reign...only to drop it the next month to [[Hulk Hogan]], kicking off the Hulkamania craze. His appearances would be sporadic for many years after that, seemingly fading into obscurity in the pro wrestling scene.
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* [[Anything That Moves]]: What the Sheik does just after breaking your back and before making you humble.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[Hulk Hogan]], both from the WWF and in [[Real Life]], it seems.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: In May of 1987, Sheik was riding with [[Arch Enemy]] Hacksaw Jim Duggan when the two were pulled over by New Jersey police, who found that both of them were doped and coked out of their minds. Duggan was given a conditional release and Sheik was put on probation. This caused a ''major'' stink in WWE at the time, but the big issue here wasn't the fact that they were caught doing drugs and driving under the influence, but that the two of them (who were in a major feud at the time) were breaking [[Kayfabe]] with their actions. Sheik was released by WWE and Duggan would be taken off of television for a few months.
** In his now legendary tirade on [[Howard Stern]]'s radio show, he ran through every profane thing you could think of to B. Brian Blair...and paused to apologize to Robin Quivers about his abrasive language.
* [[Badass Mustache]]: A curly mustache, at that.
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Especially around the [[Turn of the Millennium]].
* [[Cluster F
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: He ended the 6-year championship run of Bob Backlund, capturing the world championship in the process.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: If this interview on Howard Stern is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APM6t1ASqw anything to go by], Sheik's idea of [[Cheap Heat]] is to threaten a wrestler's family members, both male and female, with sexual assault.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Called out Warrior, who stated in his blog that [[Heath Ledger]] [[Dude, Not Funny|deserved to die]] for portraying a positive gay character in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''.
** He stated that at Wrestlemania III, he wanted to humble Brian Blair, but didn't "because for the God and Jesus, and Mr. McMahon."
* [[Exact Words]]: He once stated in an interview that he doesn't ''type'' his own twitter. The internet assumes he merely shouts what he wants to say from another room...not exactly a far-fetched assumption.
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* [[Foreign Wrestling Heel]]: Boy, is he ever.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: One of Sheik's workout routines involves the use of a pair of instruments called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z76BBsUMPXQ "Persian Clubs."] Apparently, nobody ''in the entire professional wrestling industry'' is able to pull off how to work these clubs properly ''except'' Iron Sheik himself. Only Mark Henry was able to get the clubs over his head.
** Also falls into [[
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: "More beer, please."
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
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{{quote| '''Sgt. Slaughter''': AMERICA, you puke!<br />
'''Iron Sheik''': IRAN, you [[Dwayne Johnson|jabroni]]! }}
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Verne Gagne offered him $100,000 to shoot on Hogan during their title match, and hopefully cripple him. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Sheik refused.]]
* [[Serious Business]]: He was most active in [[The Eighties]], when [[Kayfabe]] was at its strongest. One of his biggest criticisms about [[Hulk Hogan]] (and other notable [[Face|Faces]] in the day) was that they would [[Nice Character, Mean Actor|act like dicks toward the fans when not in a wrestling capacity]].
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
* [[Stout Strength]]: He's a lot tougher than he looks.
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