Talk:The Iron Sheik

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The Iron Sheik on Twitter: "RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER 😢 https://t.co/Cr6CC9pXSO" / Twitter Frecsh (talk) 15:16, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

His real-life relationship with Hulk Hogan is one that needs to be examined better

There are videos of them together.2601:447:4100:1BE0:79B0:831C:E446:9DA0 (talk) 17:28, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

His year of birth is 1942, not 1943.

Multiple sources wished him a happy 80th birthday on his birthday in 2022, which would put his year of birth at 1942, not 1943. And no reliable source has been provided confirming a birth year of 1943.

https://aminoapps.com/c/wrestling/page/blog/happy-birthday-to-the-iron-sheik/PgHm_ude7qpRbGvprVKEGZvw31MNv

https://www.essentiallysports.com/wwe-news-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-wishes-his-dear-uncle-wwe-legend-who-coined-the-infamous-word-jabroni-on-his-80th-birthday-the-iron-sheik-hulk-hogan-young-rock/ 24.120.170.71 (talk) 18:38, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just now, I found another resource saying that he was in 1939. That is uncertain. Sheik's good friend Keith Elliot Greenberg said this "In 1983, when I saw the Texas database with listed birthdays for pro-wrestlers who were licensed in the state, his birthday at the time was listed in their records as March 15, 1939." It is through this link https://wwfoldschool.com/the-iron-sheiks-real-age-unclear-details/ Kingzwest User talk:Kingzwest 18:22, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible being born in 1939

I remember back in 2006 seeing on some site that Sheik was born in 1939. That might have been a confusion of Adnan Al-Kaissie who was born that same month in Iraq. Keith Elliot Greenberg said this "In 1983, when I saw the Texas database with listed birthdays for pro-wrestlers who were licensed in the state, his birthday at the time was listed in their records as March 15, 1939." Kingzwest User talk:Kingzwest 18:26, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]