The Iron Sheik has passed away

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER 😢 <a href="https://t.co/Cr6CC9pXSO">pic.twitter.com/Cr6CC9pXSO</a></p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1666462933604265990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Big Vic]

:(

[Big Vic]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FUCK THE APPLE VISION PRO HEADSET</p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1665806939798773763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Based King

[Seanny One Ball]

He was pretty lame both as an entertainer and also just physically. He looked like he wore shoes with the soles nailed to his feet, truly a graceless man with some serious mobility problems.

Now Virgil truly is #1 on Twitter.

[Evil Vito]

FACK THE HOGAN

[slik]

RIP

may he humble the hogan from the beyond bubba, no good hogan no escape Ghostie Shieky

[DaveWadding]

Not Sheiky Baby, BUBBA :'(

[Danny Electric]

Damn

Iran Numba Von, America Hack Puh!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

He was pretty lame both as an entertainer and also just physically. He looked like he wore shoes with the soles nailed to his feet, truly a graceless man with some serious mobility problems.

Now Virgil truly is #1 on Twitter.

he was actually a fucking beast in his prime, which was well before 1984 when he lost the title to Hogan.

[Sepholio]

I really hope they put FUCK HULK HOGAN on his headstone.

[Sepholio]

RIP Shiek.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Shoutout to that time at Wrestlemania X7 when Sheik had to win the gimmick battle royal by default because he was physically unable to go over the top rope.

[Sepholio]

He will forever be the greatest guest in the history of the Howard Stern Show.

[Bad News Gertner]

Backlund is now the oldest living WWF Champion

[Bad News Gertner]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A young Iron Sheik <a href="https://t.co/AMyjW8UtUN">pic.twitter.com/AMyjW8UtUN</a></p>&mdash; Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KrisZellner/status/1298066840493662209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Both Olympic wrestlers turned pro, Danny Hodge and Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known as The Iron Sheik. <a href="https://t.co/xUbO07jTHT">pic.twitter.com/xUbO07jTHT</a></p>&mdash; Gary Michael Cappetta (@GaryCappetta) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryCappetta/status/1458766461653053443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

A total physical embarrassment.

[Evil Vito]

Shoutout to that time at Wrestlemania X7 when Sheik had to win the gimmick battle royal by default because he was physically unable to go over the top rope.

I really wanted them to appear at WrestleMania 38 just to play off of Heenan's commentary that it would take him that long to get to the ring.

[GD]

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[xrodmuc316]

Very John Maddenesque in that his A&E biography just aired less than 2 months ago and then he passed. Glad he was around to see it.

[Bad News Gertner]

Backlund is now the oldest living WWF Champion

Wow, just looked this up and I was wrong. Guess who the oldest living former WWF Champion is: (Not including Vince)

[#1-norm-fan]

Gotta be Vince

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Slaughter if we are talking actual wrestlers.

[#1-norm-fan]

Huh. Non-Vince guess would have been Flair. Had no idea Slaughter was older.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I actually didn’t cheat either. But we shall see it Gertner confirms.

[Bad News Gertner]

It's Sarge

[RaginRonic]

Backlund is now the oldest living WWF Champion

He's also the final living 'territorial' WWF Champion as well.

o.o

[DAMN iNATOR]

FACK THE HOGAN

IRAN #1! USA, HACH-PTUI!

[Evil Vito]

In 2014 or so there was an actual Iron Sheik alarm clock app for the iPhone. It worked like any other alarm but rather than a tone or a song, the alarm would just be Sheik yelling at you.

"You vant to be a legend like me? Vake the FACK up!"

[Evil Vito]

Seriously though some of his shoot rants are incredibly difficult to listen back at now. He was obviously struggling badly with drugs and the murder of his daughter. But hey here's Sheik to throw out a bunch of homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs for cheap laughs.

Just all very exploitative.

[#1-norm-fan]

Loved when he told Michael Richards he would fuck him in the ass after his racist rant and then clarified “I respect Jerry! I respect George! I respect Newman!”