History Heartwarming / TheIronSheik

** He was adamant on maintaining his personal [[invoked]]LoveToHate relationship with career-defining rival Hulk Hogan up to his dying breath. So of course he had this to say in one of his final tweets, within the last two days of his life:

** Speaking of eulogies, the very last "original" tweet on his account came not on behalf of Sheik alone, but all of his loved ones as well, complete with a message from them in four pictures to go with it:

** For context, there have been moments where he indicated that it was mostly in good fun, such as when he and Hogan got into an argument on Howard Stern's show only to cool off and go "I love you brother," as well as Sheik congratulating Hogan on successfully suing Gawker Media in his typical ALL CAPS style. Given that Hogan posted a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQI56WOXgV genuine respectful eulogy]] on Instagram after the news of Khozrow's passing, it's likely Terry received one last good laugh from his friend if he ever read the tweet (though spelling his ring name as "Sheikh" throughout the piece may have been his own rib returning the favor).

** For context, there have been moments where he indicated that it was mostly in good fun, such as when he and Hogan got into an argument on Howard Stern's show only to cool off and go "I love you brother," as well as Sheik congratulating Hogan on successfully suing Gawker Media in his typical ALL CAPS style. Given that Hogan posted a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQI56WOXgV genuine respectful eulogy]] on Instagram after the news of Khozrow's passing, it's likely Terry received one last good laugh from his friend (though spelling his ring name as "Sheikh" throughout the piece may have been his own rib returning the favor).

** Speaking of eulogies, the very last "original" tweet on his account came not on behalf of Sheik alone, but all of his loved ones as well, complete with a message from them as well:

** He was adamant on maintaining his personal [[invoked]]LoveToHate relationship with career-defining rival Hulk Hogan up to his dying breath. However, there have been moments where he indicated that it was mostly in good fun, such as when he and Hogan got into an argument on Howard Stern's show only to cool off and go "I love you brother," as well as Sheik congratulating Hogan on successfully suing Gawker Media. In light of this, one of his final tweets, within the last two days of his life, would've likely drawn a hearty laugh from the Hulkster:

** Hogan posted a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQI56WOXgV genuine respectful eulogy]] on Instagram after his passing.

* When Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was convicted for the murder of an IRGC security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests under dubious circumstances[[note]]Though he confessed to the murder, he later revealed it was under duress and the reason for the conviction was because he took part in the protests[[/note]], the Iron Sheik showed support for Afkari and called for the conviction to be overturned. When Afkari was executed in September of 2020, the Sheik [[https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1313500512365543424 took to Twitter]] to demand that IOC president Thomas Bach sanction Iran in the upcoming Olympics.

* When Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was convicted for the murder of an IRGC security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests under dubious circumstances[note]Though he confessed to the murder, he later revealed it was under duress and the reason for the conviction was because he took part in the protests[/note], the Iron Sheik showed support for Afkari and called for the conviction to be overturned. When Afkari was executed in September of 2020, the Sheik [[https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1313500512365543424 took to Twitter]] to demand that IOC president Thomas Bach sanction Iran in the upcoming Olympics.

** When Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was convicted for the murder of an IRGC security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests under dubious circumstances[note]Though he confessed to the murder, he later revealed it was under duress and the reason for the conviction was because he took part in the protests[/note], the Iron Sheik showed support for Afkari and called for the conviction to be overturned. When Afkari was executed in September of 2020, the Sheik [[https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1313500512365543424 took to Twitter]] to demand that IOC president Thomas Bach sanction Iran in the upcoming Olympics.

-->''Darren Young the gay, I respect him for he honest''

* During his Hall of Fame speech, he told the story of how [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociacion Verne Gagne]] wanted him to shoot on Wrestling/HulkHogan and break his legs instead of dropping the then WWF World Championship belt to him (Hogan was another Gagne creation who had left and joined the WWF to become a bigger star) and offered him both money (about $100,000) and protection in Gagne and Jim Crockett's territory if he did so. His response? He [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules told Gagne off]], saying that he wouldn't do it because of his great respect for the company and the Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (and despite Hogan himself having heat with Sheiky).

* During his Hall of Fame speech, he told the story of how Verne Gagne wanted him to shoot on Wrestling/HulkHogan and break his legs instead of dropping the then WWF World Championship belt to him (Hogan was another Gagne creation who had left and joined the WWF to become a bigger star) and offered him both money (about $100,000) and protection in Gagne and Jim Crockett's territory if he did so. His response? He [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules told Gagne off]], saying that he wouldn't do it because of his great respect for the company and the Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (and despite Hogan himself having heat with Sheiky).

* During his Hall of Fame speech, he told the story of how Verne Gagne wanted him to shoot on Wrestling/HulkHogan and break his legs instead of dropping the then WWF World Championship belt to him (Hogan was another Gagne creation who had left and joined the WWF to become a bigger star) and offered him both money (about $100,000) and protection in Gagne and Jim Crockett's territory if he did so. His response? He [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules told Gagne off]], saying that he wouldn't do it because of his great respect for the company and the Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (and despite Hogan having heat with Sheiky).

* During his Hall of Fame speech, he told the story of how Verne Gagne wanted him to shoot on Wrestling/HulkHogan and break his legs instead of dropping the then WWF World Championship belt to him (Hogan was yet another Gagne creation who had left and joined the WWF to become a bigger star). He then describes how he [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules told Gagne off]] and because of his great respect for the company and the Vincent J. [=McMahon=] (and despite Sheik's own heat with Hogan).

** Similarky, when WWE superstar Darren Young also came out

-->''The Michael Sam professional athlete. I don't give a fuck if he the gay or the real. I respect him for he play with the heart''

* When the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior died, even Sheiky proceeded to pay his respects on Twitter, saying that he didn't mean any of the hateful things he had said about Warrior over the years, and that all the rants had been works.