Genre: DOCUMENTARY

THE UNFILTERED AND SHOCKINGLY ENTERTAINING STORY ABOUT THE IRON SHEIK (KHOSROW VAZIRI).

The Sheik was selected as Hot Doc’s 2014 Special Presentations collection.

Once the most outlandish of professional wrestlers, Khosrow Vaziri – a.k.a. The Iron Sheik – is now, at 72, the most outrageous personality on Twitter, a man who routinely shocks even Howard Stern.  But the story behind the oversized personality is raw, touching, emotional and almost unbelievable.

THE SHEIK tells the real life story of “The Iron Shiek” and how he started as an impressive athlete from Iran who built his occupation in America as a professional wrestler.  He was banned from the WWF at the height of his career after being busted for cocaine. His life spiraled out of control after that as well as from the death of his oldest daughter. Broke, handicapped, and on the verge of divorce, a family friend got his life back on track and The Iron Sheik stepped back into the limelight as a social media God.   THE SHEIK has a very positive, touching ending. 

Directed by Igal Hecht 

Featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Mick Foley, Seth Green, Jim Ross