Trivia / Sgt. Slaughter

• …But I Play One on TV: Robert Remus never saw active duty in any branch of the armed forces, which he has previously explained was due to a lazy eye. This has occasionally gotten both him and WWE themselves into trouble due to his commitment to keeping up the character in public, and at armed forces benefits events.
• Creator Backlash: He wasn't proud of his brief stint in the American Wrestling Federation in 1996; A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promised to take wrestling back to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.
  • He's gone on to say that he wished his return to the WWF in 1990 went differently, as he wasn't entirely comfortable doing an anti-American heel gimmick.
• Follow the Leader: Undoubtedly, one of the soundest business minds ever to grace the squared circle. Once he got signed with Hasbro, that didn't just meant a sweet pay-check for him, his vision allowed several of his peers to become very profitable brands by themselves.
• Inspiration for the Work: On his own "A&E Biography" episode on their series "WWE: Legends", he revealed The Unsolved Mystery for the creation of his character. Turns out The Large Sarge is a huge movie buff!
  • Stucked performing gimmicks that didn't quite fitted him, one night watching the movie "The D.I." on T.V. he liked very much the character of "Technical Sargent Moore" (Portrayed by none other than Jack Webb of Dragnet fame). From then on he consulted with acquaintances of him within the military. After a very well made research he putted up the pieces together to construct his now famous persona.
  • And by the way, He took the name of "Sargeant Slaughter" from another movie ("Soldier in the Rain", from a character played by Jackie Gleason).
• Real Song Theme Tune: Early in his carrer, "The Halls of Montezuma" A.K.A. The Corps´ song.
• What Could Have Been: Has often been speculated as a possible candidate to lead Vince McMahon's national expansion, in the event that Hulk Hogan had decided to stay with the AWA. For example, Jim Cornette placed him number one on his list, followed by Austin Idol and The Texas Tornado.
  • Had injuries not caught up with him and he stayed a ring regular for a while longer, he was likely set to enter a feud against The Mountie leading up to Summerslam 1992.
• Written by Cast Member: He and Don Kernodle came up with the whole "The Final Conflict" feud against Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood themselves, after stopping at a convenience store in Savannah, GA and buying a composition book. They had the whole thing written by the time they got to Myrtle Beach, SC.

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