{"id":866,"date":"2020-10-12T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/?p=866"},"modified":"2021-11-01T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:06:11","slug":"the-sheik-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/the-sheik-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sheik (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genre<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/documentary\/\" title=\"View all posts in Documentary\" target=\"_self\">Documentary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/sports\/\" title=\"View all posts in Sports\" target=\"_self\">Sports<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/year\/2014\/\" title=\"View 2014\"  target=\"_self\">2014<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MPAA Rated:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not rated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Viewer Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span id=\"post-ratings-866\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"0fe0e38b9f\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_866_1\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(866, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_866_2\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(866, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_866_3\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(866, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_866_4\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(866, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_866_5\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(866, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>1<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>4.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_866_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-866-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When Khosrow Vaziri became the World Wrestling Federations Iron Sheik and camel-clutched his way to fame in the 1980&#8217;s, he achieved the American Dream by personifying a foreign villain. Losing his world championship belt to Hulk Hogan became a defining moment in professional wrestling. These days, the Sheik&#8217;s smackdowns are on Twitter, where hes gained a new following. Once an Olympic hopeful, bodyguard to Iran&#8217;s Shah and pop culture icon, we witness Vaziri struggling with addiction and despair as a family man. But with the help of Toronto&#8217;s Magen brothers, the Sheik begins a road to redemption and renewed status as a public figure. Showcasing his powerful past and at times painful present, this is an insightful look at one of wrestling&#8217;s biggest stars, but also a powerful story of personal sacrifice that, in the Sheik&#8217;s own words, will make you humble.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch online for free:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4tLebQlI3U8?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4tLebQlI3U8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaverse.plex.tv\/movie\/the-sheik-2014\">Plex<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Khosrow Vaziri became the World Wrestling Federations Iron Sheik and camel-clutched his way to fame in the 1980&#8217;s, he achieved the American Dream by personifying a foreign villain. Losing his world championship belt to Hulk Hogan became a defining moment in professional wrestling. These days, the Sheik&#8217;s smackdowns are on Twitter, where hes gained a new following. Once an Olympic hopeful, bodyguard to Iran&#8217;s Shah and pop culture icon, we witness Vaziri struggling with addiction and despair as a family man. But with the help of Toronto&#8217;s Magen brothers, the Sheik begins a road to redemption and renewed status as a public figure. Showcasing his powerful past and at times painful present, this is an insightful look at one of wrestling&#8217;s biggest stars, but also a powerful story of personal sacrifice that, in the Sheik&#8217;s own words, will make you humble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,121],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary","category-sports","tag-63","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-121-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5356,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions\/5356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}