History Wrestling / SgtSlaughter

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', Sarge realized he was the only one capable to be a match for the [[SuperStrength overwhelming power]] of Nemesis Enforcer, since he posed a clear and present threat upon each and every one of his teamates.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: This was his driving force to challenge and eventually beat The Ultimate Warrior, earning him the World Heavyweight Championship in the process.

* BloodKnight[=/=]WarIsGlorious: Practically his job description in a nut as a heel. It wasn't a rare occurence to watch him with a full-time red mask in [[GimmickMatches gimmick matches]] called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Alley fight", "Boot-camp match" or "Brass Knuckles Title Match"]].

* BurningTheFlag: The unthinkable was definitely just that during Slaughter's face runs, as anyone who even so much as verbally insulted the American flag [[{{Eagleland}} was in for a major beating]]. That said, this was considered -- briefly -- by the WWF's writing team during Slaughter's heel run, as an effort to build tremendous heel heat for this Iraqi sympathizer, during his stint as the WWF World Heavyweight Champion and America was engaged in the Persian Gulf War with Iraq. Fortunately, he [[OnlySaneMan nixed the idea]] deciding that doing so in an arena, even during a house show, would have very negative (to put it mildly) consequences for both him and WWF; it was bad enough that (off-camera) Slaughter[[note]]In a time he and his family had been target of very frightening death threats.[[/note]] was said to have "defaced the American flag." After some convincing by him and a few others, the writing team decided that burning a Hogan's T-shirt attached to a flagpole would draw the desired heat and make its point: America was weak and everything they stand for [[note]]...namely [[AllAmericanFace "The Real American"]].[[/note]]would have no chance against his "Triangle of Terror" at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania VII''.

** He made some great [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCdbqXoK_zc promos]].
** ...even as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyeCTfSxnCw "Commissioner Slaughter"]].

* LegacyCharacter: In AWA as Super Destroyer II, taking the mantle from a [[Wrestling/HulkHogan future arch-enemy]].
* MadeOfIron: A wrestler since the early [[TheSeventies 70's]] to (occasionally) this day, most of the time being the receiving end of many of the worse beatings in world-wide prime-time TV.

* MentorArchetype: One day Slaughter was watching a videotape sent by a young wrestler and made quite a discovery. As he recalls: ''"He was a wrestler already, but stuck in a no man's land. I saw his tape and took it to Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and said, 'I think this is someone you should look at.' He said to me, 'I believe in you, sign him up for a shot. He had real short red hair. Tall guy, almost 6'9" and from Rochester, N.Y. I brought him in for a tryout and said, 'Welcome, find a locker, go to catering, we'll tape your match. It won't air but we'll see how you do against an opponent.' "'' The wrestler he's talking about was [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker later known as...]]

** '''[[RealLife IN REAL LIFE!!!]]''' Before wrestling, he was a legit USMC drill instructor (although possibly not...at best this may be more kayefabe, at worse stolen valor... [[https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/27/the-man-behind-pro-wrestling-legend-sgt-slaughter-tells-stories-of-combat-tours-in-vietnam-but-he-never-served/]].

* LargeHam: He was a legit drill instructor. (although possibly not...at best this may be more kayefabe, at worse stolen valor... [[https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/27/the-man-behind-pro-wrestling-legend-sgt-slaughter-tells-stories-of-combat-tours-in-vietnam-but-he-never-served/]]. '''WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?''' Though he is very soft spoken when he isn't Sarging.

** We are talking about the wrestling carrer of a man Wrestling/RicFlair levels here. A performer who has litteraly spilled blood and guts for every brand he worked for. [[TheatricsOfPain Sold]] like a god, [[TheAce in-roped enough]] to open his own school and a world-wide known gimmick for the ages.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Earned his most famous moniker from the privates and recruits he used to train legitimately back in his drill instruction days (as above, possibly not...at best this may be more kayefabe, at worse stolen valor... [[https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/27/the-man-behind-pro-wrestling-legend-sgt-slaughter-tells-stories-of-combat-tours-in-vietnam-but-he-never-served/]].

* OldSoldier: A [[RealLife real life example]], three tours of duty [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar back in the day...]](although possibly not...at best this may be more kayefabe, at worse stolen valor... [[https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/27/the-man-behind-pro-wrestling-legend-sgt-slaughter-tells-stories-of-combat-tours-in-vietnam-but-he-never-served/]].
** He was even billed from Parris Island, SC.

* RetiredBadass: From [[TheVietnamVet the 'Nam]], [[SemperFi the Corps]] and anytime soon... wrestling (although possibly not...at best this may be more kayefabe, at worse stolen valor... [[https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/27/the-man-behind-pro-wrestling-legend-sgt-slaughter-tells-stories-of-combat-tours-in-vietnam-but-he-never-served/]].

** '''[[RealLife IN REAL LIFE!!!]]''' Before wrestling, he was a legit USMC drill instructor.

* LargeHam: He was a legit drill instructor. '''WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?''' Though he is very soft spoken when he isn't Sarging.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Earned his most famous moniker from the privates and recruits he used to train legitimately back in his drill instruction days.

* OldSoldier: A [[RealLife real life example]], three tours of duty [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar back in the day...]]

* RetiredBadass: From [[TheVietnamVet the 'Nam]], [[SemperFi the Corps]] and anytime soon... wrestling.

* BloodKnight: Practically his job description in a nut as a heel. It wasn't a rare occurence to watch him with a full-time red mask in [[GimmickMatches gimmick matches]] called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Alley fight", "Boot-camp match" or "Brass Knuckles Title Match"]].

* ThePowerOfRock: Odd enough, in 1985 and as means of self-promotion, Slaughter and some friends recorded an LP, produced through an independent record label called ''[[Main/MeaningfulName Cobra Records]]''. The release of the album "Sgt. Slaughter & Camouflage ROCKS AMERICA" led Sarge to New York City to meet with a RCA producer who wanted to insert him into the existing lineup of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autograph_(American_band) Autograph]] (of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8CcTYsMHYU "Turn Up The Radio"]] fame.). Despite assurances from the producer, Sarge declined.
** Just listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCAw3xs7U7w "Cobra Clutch"]]. Man, the tune alone deserved its own saturday morning cartoon!

Robert Rudolph Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name '''Sgt. Slaughter''', is an American former Wrestling/{{WWE}} personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, and World Wrestling Federation.

* {{Irony}}: In his [=PPV=] debut, against Col. [=DeBeers=] at ''AWA [=SuperClash=] III'', the guys who ran in to attack him were the Iron Sheik and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie, who would later be his allies as the repackaged Col. Mustafa and General Adnan, respectively, as part of the Iraqi sympathizer gimmick.

** The Large Sarge and some friends recorded an LP, "Sgt. Slaughter & Camouflage ROCKS AMERICA". Produced through an independent record label: ''[[FinishingMove Cobra]] Records''.

[[caption-width-right:288:"...you're goin' nowhere space-case, you're here ´cause you´re '''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH FOUL UP!!!]]''' My job is to whip you into shape, and I mean '''[[WhipItGood WHIP!!!"]]''' ]]

* AceCustom[=/=]{{Thememobile}: He actually had two on G.I. Joe, the ''"Triple T Tank"'' and the ''"Slaughter's Warthog"''.

* {{Thememobile}}: He actually had two on G.I. Joe, the ''"Triple T Tank"'' and the ''"Slaughter's Warthog"''.

*** (in the AWA):(as Super Destroyer II): [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]]

*** (as Super Destroyer II in the AWA): [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]]
*** (in WWE): Wrestling/TheCorporation

*** In NWA Mid-Atlantic, it was the name for the trio of himself and the Privates (Don Kernodle and [[Wrestling/BorisZhukov Pvt. Nelson]] [James Harrell aka "Boris Zhukov"]).

** "The Triangle of Terror", with Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik) and Gen. Adnan (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie)

Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former x3 [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-h.html NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA World Tag Team Champion]] (w/Don Kernodle), a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic) United States Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/on/nwa/on-can-h.html NWA Canadian (Toronto) Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-ams-h.html AWA America's Heavyweight Champion]] (One of its only two recipients) and former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWF World Heavyweight Champion]]. He was inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019.

** "Cobra can run... BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE!" and "AWE-SOME!" on his toy ads and the cartoon.

* AlwaysSecondBest: The second most fondly remembered face in WWF/E history. Somehow [[Wrestling/HulkHogan number one]] is now shrouded in a [[{{Unperson}} veil of mystery]].

** The fact that his FinishingMove is called the ''Cobra'' Clutch, and he voiced a member of Franchise/GIJoe, whose opposing force goes by the name Cobra.

* TagTeam: The Cobra Corps, which had a few different versions.
** In WWE in the mid-1980s, it was with Pvt. Terry Daniels
** In the AWA, with Greg "Franchise/{{Rambo}}" Gagne
** In NWA Mid-Atlantic, it was the name for the trio of himself and the Privates (Don Kernodle and [[Wrestling/BorisZhukov Pvt. Nelson [James "Boris Zhukov" Darrell]]]).
** The Triangle of Terror, with Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik) and Gen. Adnan (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie)

Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic version) NWA World Tag Team Champion]] with Don Kernodle, former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic) United States Heavyweight Champion]], former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-ams-h.html AWA America's Heavyweight Champion]] (One of its only two recipients) and former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWF World Heavyweight Champion]]. He was inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2004.

** As a heel in NWA Mid-Atlantic: Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Jay Youngblood.

* ArchEnemy: (as a heel in NWA Mid-Atlantic): Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Jay Youngblood; (as a face in WWE): Wrestling/TheIronSheik and Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff; (as a face in the AWA): The Sheik's Army and Larry Zbyszko; (as a heel in WWE): Hogan and The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior.

* FinishingMove: The Cobra Clutch.

** and...a move often referred to as the "Atomic Noogie."

* TheNicknamer: In a more family-friendly way, but one that would made SelfDemonstrating/RLeeErmey proud of, he used to call his opponents and fans alike in TermsOfEndangerment like ''Greaseball'', ''Slime'', ''Sleeze'' and more famously ''Maggot''.

* ArchEnemy: (as a heel in NWA Mid-Atlantic): Wrestling/RickySteamboat, Jay Youngblood; (as a face in WWE): Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff; (as a face in the AWA): The Sheik's Army; (as a heel in WWE): Hogan, [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior the Ultimate Warrior]].

* [[OldSoldier Old Jarhead]]: A [[RealLife real life example]], three tours of duty [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar back in the day...]]

** While Sgt. Slaughter played an Iraqi sympathizer (during the UsefulNotes/GulfWar no less...), along came the "Burning flag" incident. Reportedly, he only agreed to go along with the gimmick because the character was written in a way that he supported Iraq only because they were stronger than America, who had turned "soft."

** In NWA Mid-Atlantic, it was the name for the trio of himself and the Privates (Don Kernodle and Pvt. Nelson [James "Boris Zhukov" Darrell]).

Robert Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name '''Sgt. Slaughter''', is an American former Wrestling/{{WWE}} personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, and World Wrestling Federation.

'''Robert Remus''' (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name '''Sgt. Slaughter''', is an American former Wrestling/{{WWE}} personality and semi-retired professional wrestler. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, and World Wrestling Federation.

Contrary to popular belief, his character was one of the very few that was not a creation of [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation Verne Gagne]] or Wrestling/VinceMcMahon. When he arrived to WWF in 1980, they needed a great {{heel}} to give a good push. Quickly becoming the first contender, he created his famous ''"Cobra Clutch Challenge"'' offering a prize of $ 5,000 to anyone who could break it. It was not until his second return to the brand in 1983 that he really took off after soundly defeating the then top heel Wrestling/TheIronSheik. However, [[Wrestling/HulkHogan a certain individual]] was already the World Heavyweight Champion... so when he left to look for greener pastures, The Large Sarge turned into one of the top {{face}}s in business history until his third return in 1990.