WWE Legend Sgt. Slaughter Accused Of Stolen Valor
The WWE Hall-of-Famer's military background may not be what it seems...
Robert Remus is best known for playing United States Marines drill instructor Sgt. Slaughter in professional wrestling, etching out a career that earned a WWE Hall of Fame nod in 2004, with the performer claiming his act was informed by his own real-life stint in the military.
Per new reports, this may not be the case.
According to this lengthy writeup from Wrestling Inc., Slaughter has been accused of stolen valor, as while Sarge claims to have served with the US Marine Corps from 1966 to 1973, he was already wrestling for the AWA in 1972.
Writer Kevin Stern brought up an old Baltimore Sun newspaper report from March 1985 earlier this week. It states that "Slaughter dodges all questions about his armed service record for good reason." Why? Because "he never served time."
SoCal Uncensored has since uploaded the snippet to Twitter:-
Slaughter obviously comes from a different era of professional wrestling, when kayfabe wasn't the shattered mess it is today and performers were expected to live their gimmicks. Regardless, stolen valor is seen as an extreme form of disrespect, and that Slaughter was making military claims as recently as a February 2019 appearance on Sam Roberts' podcast isn't a good look.