Sgt. Slaughter

Robert Rudolph Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known as Sgt. Slaughter, is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE in its ambassador program.

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter had success in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American Wrestling Association (AWA), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He won the WWF Heavyweight Championship and headlined WrestleMania VII in 1991. Slaughter also captured the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice. He is a WWE Hall of Famer, inducted as part of the class of 2004. He had the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Match of the Year twice in 1981 vs Pat Patterson, and in 1983 in a tag team match with Don Kernodle vs. Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood. He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2023.

As Sgt. Slaughter, Remus became known for his dark sunglasses, his campaign hat, and his Vietnam War-era military fatigues. In the 1980s, an alternate version of the Sgt. Slaughter character was incorporated into the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line as well as its animated series and comic books.

Sgt. Slaughter's gimmick is that of a former U.S. Marine who was a drill instructor and fought in the Vietnam War. Remus himself never served in the military. Remus' usage of U.S. Marine Corps uniforms, emblems, and insignia, as well as claiming to be a war veteran while seemingly speaking as himself, has periodically drawn ire. In 2024, Remus addressed these controversies and stated he would never use Vietnam stories again.