Rebook Hogan vs. heel Slaughter w/out Iraq slant

[Joe Neglia]

You can still utilize Al-Kassie and Iron Sheik in roles if you choose, but in this "what if" Slaughter is brought back as a heel just like he was, but never adopts the Iraq situation as a part of the character and angles. How do they build toward and then book Hogan/Slaughter at WM7? And let's say GI Joe can't really be a factor either, except maybe in vague passing references.

[Mozenrath]

There's still be the problem that Slaughter was aged and not in great shape by then, but I feel like if you played up his brutality more, it'd have likely helped. Beyond that, I'd have to meditate on this further.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I think you'd have to play up Slaughter's jealousy towards Hulk, maybe being bitter that he embraced his country and the flag first, but it didn't carry him to stardom in the same way it made Hogan an icon. I don't know if you have him renounce the USA similar to how he did in our timeline (but without directly invoking the conflict in the Middle East), or maybe have him still be a patriot, but in a more disingenuous and self-serving manner.

[hassanchop]

Make Slaughter D-Fens from Falling Down

[crashmatsbazz]

Slaughter would have to have a few months on Superstars singing the US anthem and standing next to a flag with his hand on his heart before sqaushing a jobber, his first fued could be against the nasty boys where Slaughter gets double teamed until Hogan appears and helps him out, a month or two of them both flag waving ends in a special comendation by the military where Hogan and Slaughter are given medals but Hogans is bigger and he gets flowers to, this sends Slaughter into a rage, he turns Tugboat heel with him as well convicning him Hogan is not his friend, and then they takeout Hogan leading to a tag match woth Hogan and Warrior vs Slaughter and Tugboat at Mania 7.

[Glitch]

No GI Joe being a major factor?
But I wanted him to turn heel by joining Cobra!
He would still be American, but he wants go reshape the nation in Cobra's image.

[Wieners=$$$]

Dec 15, 2019 6:18:18 GMT -5 Glitch said:

No GI Joe being a major factor?
But I wanted him to turn heel by joining Cobra!
He would still be American, but he wants go reshape the nation in Cobra's image.

Now I want the Capt. America "Hail, Hydra" meme, but with Slaughter saying, "Cobra la,la,la."

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Brutal marine instructor who views America as gone soft during his absence is probably the easiest way to go.
"You people think Puke Hogan is this great American hero! When and where did he ever serve? I, Sgt SLaughter, will show you what a soft phony he is!"
Maybe make him an ex POW? "No-one came for me!"

[BlackoutCreature]

I've said it before, I'll say it again, I really don't think you can. The US was on a war footing with Iraq from almost the second Slaughter returned to the WWF. So you either inadvertently turn Hogan heel by having him beat up an American hero, or you have Slaughter start criticizing servicemen who are about to go overseas and put their lives on the line. Hell I'd argue that the Iraqi turncoat gimmick is less offensive then the latter simply because it's so over the top cartoonish it's difficult to take serious.

[Guacamole Anderson]

SCENARIO 1 (Begins prior to Slaughter winning the title)
Start Slaughter babyface and he proclaims he wants to win the title as the supreme tribute to our brave men and women fighting overseas. Slaughter gradually drifts towards heel tactics as he becomes more and more obsessive about fulfilling his promise. He rationalizes it with the notion that war is about making hard choices, thus justifying his use of Savage's assistance to beat Warrior for the belt. (Because war's about having the right allies, right?)

Eventually Slaughter becomes a "military dictator" of sorts, thus becoming everything he once stood against, while continuing to use his status as a Veteran to justify his actions. Hogan finally calls him out on it and it's off to the races.


SCENARIO 2 (Prior to Slaughter coming back to WWF in the summer of 1990 after being gone for many years)
The WWF does a letter-writing campaign asking fans to choose "America's Superstar" or some such patriotic recognition.

Hogan wins by a landslide, and the list includes names like Ultimate Warrior and Nikolai Volkoff. Slaughter, who's been away from the WWF for years by this point, shows up unannounced and goes on a tirade, playing the bitter veteran who's tired of making all the sacrifice for America while people like Hogan steal all the glory. And what's wrong with America, voting Nikolai Volkoff to a "most patriotic" list? Do you people not remember all the years he spent undermining America? What's wrong with you people?

Slaughter vows to get America "back on track,"and uses the contest results as a hit list, crossing off names until he gets to the top of the list, which he calls his Manifest Destiny or some other jingoistic term.

[johnnyk9]

Post WM I would’ve never added The Iron Sheik as Colonel Mustafa he did not add anything no offense to The Iron Sheik The Summerslam 1991 main event should’ve bee Slaughter/Taker vs Warrior and Hogan

[ogreknee]

Easy just book slaughter as a domineering drill sergeant who beats up hogan and cheats to win

[Deleted]

Slaughter with secret video footage of Hogan being a hypocrite about prayers etc

[wildojinx]

Keep the whole cold war relic angle and have him rant about how Warrior is a poor champion since he's a "maniac who wears facepaint". He wins the same way, then during an interview he brags about how the title is around the waist of a "real American", only for Hogan to call him out on this. The WM7 feud is not just for the title, but who is a "Real American" (Slaughter even uses the theme song during the buildup). To help build it up, he even squashes Tugboat, putting him out of action for a time ("Thats what the military does to enemy ships!"), which also sets up the heel turn ("you never even came to help me against Slaughter or visited me in the Hospital!".