10 Best foreign heels in WWE history

8: The Iron Sheik

The best way to capitalise on how Americans felt about the Iran hostage crisis was to put the WWF belt on the Iron Sheik. The barrel-chested bald man with curved boots and the sinister moustache. The man who was an accomplished amateur wrestler will go down in history as the WWF’s greatest heel of all time.

First, he feuded with Sgt. Slaughter and then with Bob Backlund, taking the company title from him. Then he helped usher in the start of Hulkamania, dropping the belt to Hulk Hogan and later became a solid tag team partner of Nikolai Volkoff. In a time when characters matter in the business, he was the best.