History Trivia / SgtSlaughter

* FollowTheLeader: Undoubitably, one of the sounded business minds ever to grace the squared circle. Once he got signed with Creator/{{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.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Has often been speculated as a possible candidate to lead Wrestling/VinceMcMahon'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 Kerry von Erich.
** 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''.

** Stucked performing characters 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 Creator/JackWebb of ''Franchise/{{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.

* OldShame: His brief stint in the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Federation American Wrestling Federation]]'' in 1996. A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promissed to take wrestling back to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.

* FanNickname: "The Large Sarge", or just "The Sarge".
** In [[Main/CompletelyDifferentTitle México]] he is better known by his action figure's name overseas "''Sargento Bravo''" (Roughly translated as "''[[Main/JustForPun Sergeant Rough]]''").

* AgentPeacock: Once he made up his mind to become a wrestler, he got his very fist [[TheGimmick/ProfessionalWrestling gimmick]] from his wife (beautician by trade) who bleached his hair and he debuted in december of 1973 as "Beautiful" Bobby Remus (Yet another Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham {{Expy}}), a flamboyant and tidy character wearing tie-dye clothing.
* The "''Wrestling/{{AWA}} [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-ams-h.html America's Heavyweight Champion]]''" was a short-lived title created specially for him to cash in his patriotic gimmick and put him over in front of a new audience, it was only held by two men, Larry Zbyszko and himself. Successfully defending the strap against Zbyszko, Boris Zukhov, and Nick Bockwinkel, the title was immediately retired after he left the brand.
* Back when The Sarge was made the sponsor and TheFace of Creator/{{Hasbro}}'s Franchise/GIJoe franchise, WWF made him resign since the promotion had a contract with Creator/LJNToys. Oh yes, that was the reason why he missed the first six ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleManias]]''... and, well... [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle now you know]]!
** This came with a hefty price. Once back in WWF Vince gave him the "Iraqi sympathizer" stint that almost cost him more than his career.
* BigNameFan: Could you believe that not one, but TWO P.O.T.U.S. were his fans?
** UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan asked him to put him on his trademark ''Cobra Clutch'' when The Large Sarge received an invitation to a dinner at The White House, but the Secret Service didn´t allow it.
** The other one was UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.

* 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...]]

* 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!
* WrittenByCastMember: He and Don Kernodle came up with the whole "The Final Conflict" feud against Wrestling/RickySteamboat 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.

** This came with a hefty price. Once back in WWF Vince gave him the "Iraqui sympathizer" stint that almost coasted him more than his carreer.

* Back when The Sarge was made the sponsor and TheFace of Creator/{{Hasbro}}'s Franchise/GIJoe franchise, WWF made him resign since the promotion had a contract with Creator/LJNToys. Oh yes, that was the reason why he missed the fist six ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleManias]]''... and, well... [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle now you know]]!

* Back when The Sarge was made the sponsor and TheFace of Hasbro's Franchise/GIJoe franchise, WWF made him resign since the promotion had a contract with LJN. Oh yes, that was the reason why he missed the fist six ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleManias]]''... and, well... [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle now you know]]!

* OldShame: His brief stint in the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Federation American Wrestling Federation]]'' in 1994. A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promissed to take wrestling back to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.

* OldShame: His brief stint in the ''American Wrestling Federation'' back in 1995. A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promissed to take wrestling back to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.

* OldShame: His brief stint in the ''American Wrestling Federation'' back in 1995. A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promissed to take back wrestling to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.

** This came with a price. Once back in WWF Vince gave hime the "Iraqui sympathizer" stint that almost coasted him more than his carreer.

* OldShame: His brief stint in the ''American Wrestling Association'' back in 1995. A small short-lived promotion from Chicago that promissed to take back wrestling to its roots applying a restrictive "Set of rules" that only produced long, boring, formulaic matches.

* AgentPeacock: Once he made up his mind to become a wrestler, he got his very fist [[TheGimmick/ProfessionalWrestling gimmick]] from his wife (beautician by trade) who bleached his hair and he debuted in december of 1973 as "Beautiful" Bobby Remus, a flamboyant and tidy character wearing tie-dye clothing.

* AgentPeacock: Once he made up his mind to become a wrestler, he got his very fist [[TheGimmick/ProfessionalWrestling gimmick]] from his wife (beautician by trade) who bleached his hair and he debuted in 1975 as "Beautiful" Bobby Remus, a flamboyant and tidy character wearing tie-dye clothing.

* The "''Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation America's Heavyweight Champion''" was a title created specially for him to cash in his patriotic gimmick and put him over in front of a new audience, it was only held by two men, Larry Zbyszko and himself. Successfully defending the strap against Zbyszko, Boris Zukhov, and Nick Bockwinkel, the title was immediately retired after he left the brand.

** Just listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCAw3xs7U7w "Cobra Clutch"]]. Man, the tune alone deserved its own saturday morning cartoon!

** UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan asked him to put him on his trademarck ''Cobra Clutch'' when The Large Sarge received an invitation to a dinner at The White House, but the Secret Service didn´t allow it.

** In [[Main/CompletelyDifferentTitle México]] he is better known by his action figure's name oversees "''Sargento Bravo''" (Roughly translated as "''[[Main/JustForPun Sergeant Rough]]''").

* FanNickname: "The Large Sarge", or just "Sarge" for that matter.

* 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" leaded 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!
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Back when Sarge was made the sponsor and TheFace of Hasbro's Franchise/GIJoe franchise, WWF made him resign since the promotion had a contract with LJN. Oh, yes, [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle that was the reason]] why he missed the fist six ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleManias]]''!

* The "''Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation America's Championship''" was a title created specially for him to cash in his patriotic gimmick and put him over in front of a new audience, it was only held by two men, Larry Zbyszko and himself. Successfully defending the strap against Zbyszko, Boris Zukhov, and Nick Bockwinkel, the title was immediately retired after he left the brand.

* The "''Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation America's Championship''" was a title created specially for him before he was made the sponsor and TheFace of Hasbro's Franchise/GIJoe franchise. Created to cash on his patriotic gimmick and put him over in front of a new audience, it was only held by two men, Larry Zbyszko and himself. Successfully defending the strap against Zbyszko, Boris Zukhov, and Nick Bockwinkel, the title was immediately retired after he left the brand.

** Just listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCAw3xs7U7w "Cobra Clutch"]]. Man, the tune alone deserved its own saturday morning cartoon!

* FanNickname: "The Large Sarge".
** In [[Main/CompletelyDifferentTitle México]] he is better known by his action figure's name oversees "''Sargento Bravo''" (Roughly translated as "''[[Main/JustForPun Sergeant Rough]]''").