Josip Peruzović
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1947-10-14
- Died
- 2018-07-29
- Place of birth
- Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
- Also known as
- Nikolai Volkoff · Boris Breznikoff · Bepo Mongol
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
TV Shows (12)
Raw
1993
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Superstars
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Old School
1973
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975
as Nikolai Volkoff
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
as Self
Movies (70)
WrestleMania II
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Sheik
2014
as Self
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
as Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Count Zarkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
350 Days
2019
as Self
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE The Main Event IV
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017
WrestleMassacre
2018
as Randy's Father
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985
as Nikolai Volkoff
Legends Never Die
2006
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions
1986
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006
as Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980
as Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
as Nikolai Volkoff
Cool As Hell 2
2017
as Nikolai
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Then and Now
2002
as Himself
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006
as Nikoli Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
About Josip Peruzović
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, wit… With 82 credits spanning from 1973 to 2021, Josip Peruzović has appeared in 70 films and 12 TV shows.
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- WrestleMania II (1986) — as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014) — as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania III (1987) — as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009) — as Nikolai Volkoff
- WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) — as Nikolai Volkoff
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