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With opponents ranging from his early nemesis and eventual ally Sgt. Slaughter to Hulk Hogan and even Antonio Inoki, there's just no denying that the late Iron Sheik was one of the greatest performers ...

It was more than 35 years ago, during the spring of 1987, when vignettes appeared on all Jim Crockett Promotions television shows, promising a new concept, “War Games,” that would debut on that year’s ...