Sgt. Slaughter

Robert Remus ( born August 27, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, United States), better known as Sgt Slaughter, is an American professional wrestler. He is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. Furthermore, the character of the drill instructor Sergeant Slaughter was for the cartoon and toy series GI Joe used and Remus' inspired look.

Career

Before he struck the wrestling career, was Remus drill instructor in the U.S. military, which should be taken up later in his career. Remus was trained by Verne Gagne and had his first success under real name in the NWA, where he held several regional titles. In 1975, he joined the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) and you renamed it Bob Slaughter. After a brief involvement with Georgia Championship Wrestling in September and October 1977 he appeared as Super Destroyer Mark II with managers Lord Alfred Hayes on again in the AWA, where he remained until October 1980.

WWF debut as Sgt Slaughter

Finally, Remus made ​​his debut as Sgt Slaughter in the World Wrestling Federation and got The Grand Wizard as a manager. He acted first as a villain and feuded with the established wrestler Pat Patterson. The end of 1981 Remus joined Mid Atlantic Wrestling and won the NWA World Tag there 's team title with Don Kernodle, as well as the NWA United States title. After 1983, he graduated from some appearances for Jim Crockett Promotions, a precursor of World Championship Wrestling, he went from April of year again in the WWF, and was made a contender for the heavyweight title, which was held at this time by Bob Backlund. 1984 took you an attitude change with Remus and let him henceforth act as American patriots and feuds against The Iron Sheik and other wrestlers appearing as USA opponents. However, when Hulk Hogan was hired and became the superstar of the promotion, Remus went back to the AWA in 1985.

American Wrestling Association (1985-1990)

In the AWA, he won the America's Heavyweight title by defeating Larry Zbyszko. He defended it against Kamala, Boris Zhukov, and Nick Bockwinkel before the title was retired. He also feuded there with the Stable by Adnan Al- Kaissey, the Road Warriors, Col. DeBeers and Stan Hansen, and Zbyszko for the AWA title.

World Wrestling Federation (since 1990)

As Slaughter returned to the WWF in 1990, he got to meet his previous Patriotengimmick that an Iraqi sympathizers with General Adnan as a manager. They wanted to take advantage of the current Gulf War situation and build Remus to absolute hate figure. This was so good that Remus temporarily had to wear a bulletproof vest when he was not in the ring.

Then at the Royal Rumble in 1991, he defeated after intervention by Randy Savage Ultimate Warrior and was awarded the WWF Heavyweight title. He then began a feud with Hulk Hogan program and had to go back the title at Wrestlemania VII dispose to this. The feud ended in a 3 v 2 handicap match at Summerslam 1991 in which Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior against Remus, General Adnan and the Iron Sheik ( as Colonel Mustafa ) competed and defeated them.

After this feud Remus came back as a reformed Patriot back and teamed with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, among other things, against the Nasty Boys, and was at WrestleMania VIII in an 8- man tag team match with Duggan, Virgil and The Big Boss Man against the Nasty Boys, repo Man and The Mountie victorious.

After a long break Remus returned in 1997 in the role of on-air Commissioners back to the WWF. He was involved in a feud with D- Generation X and denied in the course of this one Boot Camp No Disqualification Match Triple H gegem 1998, he appeared as one of the henchmen of Vince McMahon, who had in the meantime made ​​himself the villain. The end of 1998 was Shawn Michaels Commissioner and Remus stepped shorter again.

Remus appeared in the subsequent period to only sporadically, mostly to help young wrestlers to be known, or in the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania XVII.

In 2004 he was introduced by Pat Patterson in the WWE Hall of Fame. On 13 January 2009 he was released as part of cost-cutting measures by the WWE, but in 2010 again set as a consultant.

In a special edition of RAW (RAW Old School ) on 15 November 2010, in which many other Hall of Famers were to be seen, he competed in a match against Alberto Del Rio. With RAW 4 July 2011 Remus had another match against Jack Swagger, which he lost.

In addition to wrestling

The figure of Sgt.Slaughter, the embodied Remus, was also used for the cartoon and toy series GI Joe used. Remus spoke for the TV version, the dubbing voice and also played in GI Joe: The Movie with. Furthermore, Remus appeared in the role of Slaughter as a guest star in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, in playing his wrestling colleague Lou Albano to Mario.

In the mid-1980s brought a Remus LP out " Sgt Slaughter and Camouflage Rocks America ".

Manager

  • Lord Alfred Hayes
  • Bobby " The Brain" Heenan
  • The Grand Wizard
  • General Adnan
  • Oliver Humperdink

Championships

  • American Wrestling Association
  • AWA America's Championship ( 1 time)
  • AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)
  • Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling
  • NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • Maple Leaf Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ( Toronto version) ( 1 time)
  • Jim Crockett Promotions / Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship ( Mid-Atlantic version) ( 1 time) - with Don Kernodle
  • NWA Tri-State
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship ( Tri-State version) ( 1 time) - with Buck Robley
  • World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
  • WWF Championship ( 1 time)
  • Other Titles
  • NWF American Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)
  • USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)

Credentials

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina Gibraltar 1973 G.I. Joe National Wrestling Alliance D-Generation X Pat Patterson (wrestler)
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