Sgt. Slaughter: Encyclopedia II - Sgt. Slaughter - Career

Sgt. Slaughter - Career

He was a top contender to Bob Backlund's WWF Championship, and engaged in a classic feud with Pat Patterson in his first WWF stint in the earlier 1980's. He was an NWA United States Champion, as well as NWA World Tag Team Champion with Don Kernodle. Sarge experienced a popularity explosion that coincided with Hogan's in 1984. Along with Hogan and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Slaughter was one of WWF's most beloved Superstars of the mid-1980s.

Slaughter captured the WWF Championship at the 1991 Royal Rumble, defeating The Ultimate Warrior by nefarious means ("Macho King" Randy Savage interfered), but lost the belt in a bloody match against Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VII. After finishing the Hogan feud, Slaughter became a face again, saying "I want my country back." After a hiatus, he returned to WWF television circa 1997 to assume the role of on air commisioner, this title was handed over to Shawn Michaels mid 1998. Slaughter still occasionally wrestles for WWE, but his primary role in the promotion now is that of a road agent.

Sgt. Slaughter was also part of the G.I. Joe cartoon, as a member of the G.I. Joe team and first appeared in an episode entitled "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" and along with the traditional merchandising of WWE superstars, Sgt. Slaughter is one of few real people (William "The Refrigerator" Perry is another) to be immortalized as a G.I. Joe figure, and even appeared in G.I. Joe the Movie. Slaughter also appeared as a special guest on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show.

Sgt. Slaughter was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 13, 2004, the night before WrestleMania XX. The Sarge made a special appearance on the 31st October edition of RAW to take part in the "Masterlock Challenge". The Sarge was on the verge of being the first person to break the devastating "Masterlock" (Full Nelson), when Masters dropped him and hit him with a steel chair, then again locking in the Masterlock and causing the Sarge to pass out. The Sarge returned again on the December 5th edition of RAW, where he and Michael Hayes confronted Edge. Edge briefly taunted Slaughter by calling him "Mr. Yo-Joe." He also wrestled all three generations of Ortons, Bob Orton Sr., Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. and Randy Orton, and beat the senior two but lost to Randy.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Career", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki