Biography for
Shawn Daivari More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

30 April 1984, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Birth Name

Dara Daivari

Nickname

Sheik

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Deanna Sexton

(14 February 2009 - September 2010) (divorced)

Trivia

Associates WWE RAW wrestler, Mark Magnus.

When appearing on RAW, speaks in Farsi, a Persian dialect.

Wrestling name is Khosrow Daivari, which is also his father's name.

His in-ring first name - Khosrow, is widely thought to be a tribute to The Iron Sheik, whose real name is Khosrow Vaziri.

Trained in Minnesota with Ring Of Honor wrestler Austin Aries.

His father owns two award-winning pizza restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota, called "Leaning Tower Of Pizza".

When wrestling, his finisher is "The Magic Carpet Ride", a top-rope frog splash done with a prayer rug underneath him.

Where Are They Now

(July 2005) Along with Mark Magnus has been permanently removed from Smackdown! and has been sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling.

(November 2005) Hand picked by Kurt Angle to be Angle's referee for all of his matches.

(January 2006) New manager of "The World's Strongest Man" 'Mark Henry' on WWE Smackdown.

(January 2006) New manager of "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry on WWE Smackdown.

(October 2007) Voluntarily asked to be released from WWE due to lack of television time.