Sgt. Slaughter on Edward Snowden, Discovering The Undertaker, and Real American Heroism
As Sgt. Slaughter climbed into the ring to face the Iron Sheik in a professional wrestling match in 1984, there were at least two American presidents watching.
"When I met Presidents Reagan and Nixon later on," Slaughter tells Cultist, "both said they had seen it and had stood up and did the Pledge of Allegiance with me."
It should be noted that, unlike Sgt. Slaughter, neither man ever had his own action figure that sold in the millions.
Nearly 30 years after that first of nearly six dozen confrontations with his arch rival, Sgt. Slaughter (USMC, Ret.) still wrestles in 12 to 15 matches a year, despite being months away from eligibility for full social security benefits. The tidy mustache is exactly where you remember it being. He shaves his head clean now but he still wears camouflage fatigues and a collegiate wrestling singlet. When he competes in charity golf tournaments as part of his role as World Wrestling Entertainments' global ambassador, he wears combat boots with golf spikes on the soles.
"Being sent somewhere to play golf was the last job I ever thought about doing," he says. "I could body slam you or put you in a Cobra Clutch, but golf was never one of my specialties."
"When I met Presidents Reagan and Nixon later on," Slaughter tells Cultist, "both said they had seen it and had stood up and did the Pledge of Allegiance with me."
It should be noted that, unlike Sgt. Slaughter, neither man ever had his own action figure that sold in the millions.
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Nearly 30 years after that first of nearly six dozen confrontations with his arch rival, Sgt. Slaughter (USMC, Ret.) still wrestles in 12 to 15 matches a year, despite being months away from eligibility for full social security benefits. The tidy mustache is exactly where you remember it being. He shaves his head clean now but he still wears camouflage fatigues and a collegiate wrestling singlet. When he competes in charity golf tournaments as part of his role as World Wrestling Entertainments' global ambassador, he wears combat boots with golf spikes on the soles.
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