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When Slaughter returned to the WWF, was he a face to begin with or did he go straight into heel mode? How did it all come about?

 

Anyone?

 

Cheers - A.

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I think he was a heel straight away.

 

Might have been on The Brother Love Show, but I'm not totally sure.

Guest Frankie Williams
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He was a heel right off the bat. They showed a bunch of vignettes with him bashing USA and sympathizing with Iraq. I believe his frist live apperance was at the above mentioned Brother Love show at SummerSlam 90.

Guest Choken One
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Yeah did it take people time to remember him?

 

I still find it odd that He gets a HUGE reaction these days...

Guest tank_abbott
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He was on a national stage with the AWA and was a top indy attraction from 1985-89.

 

He left the AWA due to lack of money earned and the fact that Verne promised him World title reigns that never came to fruition.

Guest dreamer420
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I don't find it odd that he still draws huge pops. He is a wrestler that every fan old and new is aware of and he always gets a nice nostalga pop.

Guest Your Olympic Hero
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Even after it happened, it's still hard to imagine World Champion Sgt. Slaughter.

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Do we forget one of the biggest cartoon shows of the late 80s / early 90s - GI Joe?

Actually, it was this that got me into wrestling in the first place.

 

Cheers - A.

Guest RepoManRules
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Slaughter first debuted as a heel on SummerSlam 90 on The Brother Love Show.

Guest Dmann2000
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He was a heel right off the bat. They showed a bunch of vignettes with him bashing USA and sympathizing with Iraq. I believe his frist live apperance was at the above mentioned Brother Love show at SummerSlam 90.

Actually the Iraq stuff came around November, at first he was just portrayed as an over-zealous sadistic American who couldn't stand that the fans embraced "a commie" like Nikoli Volkof. He talked about America being soft and weak.

 

Then he gained Gen. Adnan and started villifying Hussein.

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Actually the Iraq stuff came around November, at first he was just portrayed as an over-zealous sadistic American who couldn't stand that the fans embraced "a commie" like Nikoli Volkof. He talked about America being soft and weak.

 

Then he gained Gen. Adnan and started villifying Hussein.

It's true that Adnan didn't arrive until the fall but I believe Slaughter did mention Iraq at Summer Slam - as Desert Shield had just begun.

Guest oldschoolwrestling
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Actually the Iraq stuff came around November, at first he was just portrayed as an over-zealous sadistic American who couldn't stand that the fans embraced "a commie" like Nikoli Volkof.  He talked about America being soft and weak.

 

Then he gained Gen. Adnan and started villifying Hussein.

It's true that Adnan didn't arrive until the fall but I believe Slaughter did mention Iraq at Summer Slam - as Desert Shield had just begun.

From Scott Keith's rant:

 

- Brother Love re-introduces us to Sgt. Slaughter, repackaged as the

Iraqi sympathizing traitor. What a classy guy that Vince McMahon is.

The run did, however, give me prime material for Netcop Busts with the

ultra-lame ATOMIC NOOGIE OF DOOM that he used as a finisher, so it's not

all bad. Just most of it.

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