10 WWE wrestlers you didn't remember were WWE Champion

#9 The Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik - Reign is memorable for who he lost the title to

Nowadays most people know The Iron Sheik for his very public, expletive-laden tirades at just about everybody in wrestling.

It is easy to forget then, that Sheik was once WWF Champion and the man that Hulk Hogan defeated to win his first WWF title in January 1984.

Sheik had defeated long-time champion, Bob Backlund, when Backlund's manager, Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel for his charge, which was a source of dissension from that point on between himself and Backlund.

Sheik was the very definition of a transitional champion and was never close to a second reign with the title.