10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Sept 21)

8. Sgt. Slaughter's Plight The Day He Turned Heel

Back when kayfabe was a more relevant term, it wasn't uncommon for wrestlers or managers to be called out for their on screen actions by wannabe hard men who believed that wrasslin' stuff was bogus. Jim Cornette was shot at, Haku bit someone's nose off, and Sgt. Slaughter couldn't get himself a bite to eat.

Yes, people were taking wrestling super-seriously as recently as the early-90s.

Slaughter told a funny story on Sean Mooney's Prime Time podcast, revealing that he couldn't get himself a damn cup of coffee let alone a hearty meal the day his turncoat storyline kicked off. After pulling off the road for food, he and 'three or four' others hit a small diner, and everyone was served but him.

The chef, who had come out from the kitchen to instruct his staff, told Slaughter straight up that he wasn't welcome there. Earlier that day, footage had aired on television of his decision to renounce the United States, align with General Adnan and become an Iraqi sympathiser.

Sarge went hungry.