In March of 2008, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) inducted wrestler The Iron Sheik into its Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nThey sent out a press release to honor the wrestler. It said, in part:<\/p>\n
Khosrow Vaziri better known as The Iron Sheik has terrorized his opponents while entertaining generations of Pro Wrestling fan’s for close to four decades. Although The Iron Sheik turned Pro in 1972 he has been competing on the grappling scene since the mid 1960s and was a member of his native Iran’s Olympic Wrestling Team during the 1968 Mexico Olympics. In 1971, he won the AAU Greco Roman Gold Metal. Vaziri was also once a bodyguard for the family of the Shah of Iran. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The bit I wish to spotlight is:<\/p>\n
was a member of his native Iran’s Olympic Wrestling Team during the 1968 Mexico Olympics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Is that true?
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\nNo, it is not.<\/p>\nVaziri tried out for a spot on the team, but was cut in the Iranian finals.<\/p>\n
So he never competed in the Olympics with the Iranian team, and thus never won a Gold Medal with the team.<\/p>\n
The legend is…<\/p>\n
STATUS<\/span><\/u>: False<\/p>\n
Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is bcronin@legendsrevealed.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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