Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter who is also a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently looked back at Vince McMahon bringing him back to WWE in 1990 to feud with Hulk Hogan which ultimately led to the main event of WrestleMania VII.
The match between SGT Slaughter and Hulk Hogan which was the main event of WrestleMania VII was never been critically acclaimed but it was very important for a number of reasons. The main reason was the back story of this match. Slaughter a fresh new main event star back then to challenge Hulk Hogan. It was a special match indeed.
Sgt. Slaughter Recalls Vince McMahon Bringing Him Back To WWE To Feud With Hulk Hogan
Slaughter has always been a natural babyface. Patriotic gimmicks were quite common back in the time. There were anti American gimmicks as well. There was quite common law back in the time, if you are a foreigner, and you are proud of your country, then you are against the USA and a heel of course.
Slaughter was a proud American militant who betrayed his country and turned heel. At Royal Rumble pay per view event of 1991, he defeated The Ultimate Warrior ending his 293 days run as the WWE champion. At WrestleMania VII, how can challenged Slaughter and defeated him to win the title.
Sgt. Slaughter who is also a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke to Bill Apter from Sportskeeda where he looked back at Vince McMahon bringing him back to WWE in 1990 to feud with Hulk Hogan. He said;
“I got the call from Vince McMahon, I watched WrestleMania 6 – [Hulk] Hogan and [The Ultimate] Warrior. And I had stopped watching the WWE at that point because I was so angry because they couldn’t work things out with Hasbro and I so I could be at WrestleMania 2, 3, and so on. I had to miss the first 6 WrestleManias, so it made me anti-WWE.
“I put a big P-U on that and sent it off to him. Two weeks later, I get a call on a Sunday afternoon. I’m watching a NASCAR race, kind of dozing off, ‘Hello?’ [As Vince,] ‘Sarge?’ ‘Yes?’ ‘Vince!’ Well, there’s only one Vince. There’s only one Sarge. He says, ‘I got your note. I appreciate the feedback on the production.
“Yeah, we’ve been working hard on it, and I appreciate someone like you seeing how well it’s going. You’re right, the match was a P-U. Are you ready to go back to work?’ I said, ‘Funny you should mention that you want to ask me.’ He said, ‘Well you’re done with Hasbro right?’ I said, ‘How would you know that?’ He said, ‘I’m Vince McMahon, that’s what I do.’
“When I went to Vince [McMahon’s] house and he had the completely opposite idea. He said ‘I want to put you and Hulk Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania 7 and sell out the Coliseum in L.A.’ I said ‘great’ and he asked ‘Are you on board?’ and I said I was. So I asked ‘How are we turning Hulk into a villain?’ and he said ‘Hulk? Not Hulk! You!’”