Título: Sgt. Slaughter
Seção: Iraqi sympathizer (1990-1991)
Background: Robert Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name of Sgt. Slaughter, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE in the ambassador program. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, he had success in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association, and the World Wrestling Federation. Slaughter's greatest achievement came with him becoming world champion by winning the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1991 as well as headlining WrestleMania VII.

Conteúdo: After WrestleMania VI, Slaughter sent a letter to Vince McMahon saying he loved the program and was interested in returning. McMahon told Slaughter he wanted a heel, and his new gimmick would be that Slaughter turned on the United States due to its acceptance of the Russian Nikolai Volkoff. According to Slaughter, he found it difficult to do the anti-American promos associated with this gimmick. The August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq triggered a political crisis that would lead to the 1991 Gulf War, in which Kuwait was freed by a U.S.-led military coalition. A decision was made to have Slaughter support the Iraqi cause, not for the actual political reasons, but more for the fact that Slaughter liked "brutality" and the Iraqi government was "brutal" while the US regime was said by Slaughter to have become "soft" and "weak". Slaughter aligned himself with a kayfabe Iraqi military general, General Adnan (his old rival who left the AWA shortly after Slaughter did), and entered a feud with Volkoff (which saw Slaughter win the majority of their encounters at house shows), leading to a match at that year's Survivor Series which saw The Alliance (Volkoff, Tito Santana, and The Bushwhackers) defeat The Mercenaries (Slaughter, Boris Zhukov, and The Orient Express). As part of his character change, Slaughter began wearing Arab headdresses to the ring, adopted the Camel Clutch as one of his finishers, and was (kayfabe) photographed meeting with Saddam Hussein. Slaughter als

user: Why is he known as the Iraqi sympathizer?

assistant: The August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq triggered a political crisis that would lead to the 1991 Gulf War,

user: Did he wrestle with force?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did he ever serve in Iraq?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Is there anything else interesting?

assistant: As 1990 ended, Slaughter began challenging for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship that had been held by The Ultimate Warrior since WrestleMania VI.

user: Did he ever win that Championship?

assistant: He defeated the Warrior when "Macho King" Randy Savage, who had also been feuding with the Warrior at the time,

user: Why did Hulk Hogan challenge him after he won?

assistant: who was furious that Slaughter had (kayfabe) desecrated the American flag (off-screen) as part of his victory celebration.

user: Did Slaughter accept his challenge?

assistant: Hogan demanded a match against Slaughter at WrestleMania VII in Los Angeles, California, and Slaughter accepted.

user: Who won that battle?

assistant: Slaughter was defeated by Hogan, thus losing his championship.