10 Smallest Ever WWE World Heavyweight Champions

10. The Iron Sheik

Billed Height: 6ft 0in Billed Weight: 258lbs The first of 5 entries on our list hitting the 6ft mark, however as the heaviest of this group The Iron Sheik ends up in the 10th place spot on the list. Using his deadly Camel Clutch submission finisher, Sheik defeated Bob Backlund on Boxing Day, 1983 in Madison Square Garden to win his first and only ever WWE World Heavyweight Title. This reign was short-lived, however, as the Iranian was defeated less than a month later by another first-time champion, Hulk Hogan. That moment is often considered as being the birth of 'Hulkamania'. Sheik retired back in 2010 when, at the ripe old age of 68 years old, he wrestled his last ever match at MWF Soul Survivor VI, teaming up with former TNA star Jay Lethal to defeat Dylan Kage.
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