EVANSVILLE – Jerry “The King” Lawler lit fires all the time. For some in-the-ring pyrotechnics, he’d run a hidden lighter over a piece of magician flash paper and hurl the resulting fireball at his ...

The Iron Sheik, a standout Greco-Roman wrestler from Iran who gained global fame in professional wrestling with his 1980s rivalries against the likes of Hulk Hogan, died Wednesday at the age of 81, ...

On the day after Christmas in 1983, the wrestler known as The Iron Sheik won the World Wrestling Federation belt, beating the champion Bob Backlund in a classic “heel” vs “babyface” match at Madison ...

On American TV in the 1980s, the only Iranian who was a bigger star than Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was Ayatollah Khomeini. They appeared on different channels: Khomeini, the cleric turned autocrat, ...

Hulk Hogan paid tribute to one of his most legendary rivals. The Iron Sheik passed away on June 7 at the age of 81. Since then, countless tributes have poured in from fans and former colleagues. Hulk ...

Local wrestling promoters and talent are mourning the loss of pro wrestling legend — and one of the greatest bad guys of the 1980s — the Iron Sheik. The Iron Sheik, whose real name was Hossein Khosrow ...

On a new edition of the Portland Wrestlecast, I remember the Iron Sheik who we lost Wednesday at the age of 81. In early 1978, a young Jim Valley saw the Iron Sheik come through the Pacific Northwest.

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer jokingly revealed during an event Monday night that she's a fan of The Iron Sheik, a professional wrestler and longtime rival of Republican National Convention ...

Wrestling legend The Iron Sheik died due to cardiac arrest, according to TMZ Sports. TMZ Sports reported the WWE Hall of Famer's death certificate also noted he was suffering from congestive heart ...

In the wake of his death, several of The Iron Sheik’s friends and fellow WWE Superstars including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to social media to eulogize the late legend. On Wednesday, The Iron ...