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Angel of Death

Height: 6' 5"

Weight: 310 lbs.

From: Your Last Breath

Birthday: Jul 20th

Pro Debut: 1985

Aliases: Russian Assassin 1, The Iranian Sheik

Feds Worked For: GWF, NWA, USWA, UWF, WCCW, WCW, WIA, Arena Wrestling Alliance (New Zealand), Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (Canada), Big D Pro Wrestling (TX), Championship Wrestling (OR), Confederate Wrestling Alliance (TX), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Smoky Mountain (TN), Pro Wrestling Federation (NC), Stampede (Canada), Texas Wrestling Federation (TX), Wild West Wrestlin (TX)

Career Highlights: -TWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Abdullah the Butcher)
-USWA Texas Champion

Affiliates: The Fabulous Freebirds, Devastation, Inc., Russian Assassin 2, Kevin Sullivan, Steve Strong, Ivan Koloff, Vince Apollo

Notable Feuds: Bad News Brown, Nikita Koloff, Michael Hayes, Ron Ritchie, Ivan Koloff, Gerry Morrow, Buddy Roberts

Other Facts: -Real name was David Sheldon
-As The Iranian Sheik, he was billed from Tehran, Iran
-Was the next scheduled opponent for both Kerry Von Erich and Bruiser Brody prior to their deaths.
-Former member of Devastation, Inc.
-Former member of Paul Jones Army
-Was under a mask as Russian Assassin I
-Allegedly one of the first wrestlers to portray The Black Scorpion. There is some creedence to the idea that he was supposed to ultimately be revealed as the man behind that mask.
-While wrestling for WCW, his own career was cut short after suffering a severe leg injury after wrestling a match against P.N. News. As a result, P.N. News was taken off WCW television for the remainder of his contract and eventually released from the company.
-Ranked #104 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked #154 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked #141 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Found dead in his home on November 27, 2007.