The Man, The Myth, The Legend Vol. 4: Nikolai Volkoff

#6. The Sheik and Volkoff capture the gold.

One of the older tropes in wrestling is that it works better when heels are the champion. Since you couldn't find two bigger heels in 1985, it was natural they would end up wearing the gold.

They won the titles in front of a record-setting crowd at Wrestlemania 3, in classic heel fashion, resulting in one of many iconic moments from that super show.

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