We cannot underestimate what a big star Sgt Slaughter was at the time. He was a GI Joe character and that's why it was so devastating to have him turn his back on America.
He was an old, broken down midcarder. It really wasn't anything other than shock value for the sake of shock value, and in the end it just killed that Wrestlemania.
@SEZWAH Slaughter was in his prime from the late 70's to early 80's. Just go back and watch the matches with Hogan and the Warrior at Rumble and Mania '91. Slow as molasses, and incredibly limited offense.
I remember when Earthquake attacked Hulk and it looked like Hulk might be finished. I was DEVESTATED. I was only 32 at the time, and I cried for weeks.
I didn't have the full show, but I used to have a taped recording of WrestleMania 7, and one of my favorite promos was actually with The Legion of Doom with their match against Power and Glory. "Power and Glory, huh? Power and Glory. When we're through with you, you'll be Sour and Gory. Uuuuuugh what a rush!"
That was a great promo! Roma couldn't do much because he was injured and could've lost his arm had he taken a big bump and the Road Warriors weren't known for being soft.
The tribute video with the sad version of "Real American" is still hilarious. They should have gotten Rick Derringer to sing new lyrics about being squashed by a fat dude.
“Exploited war for entertainment”. I sure hope anyone making that complaint doesn’t watch any films or tv series that have done the same for time immemorial.
Wrestlemania 7 is seriously one of my favorites!! I know it gets criticized ALL the time, but I still like it!! There were seriously sooo many matches, with little to no pausing in between. Now a days, there's way more talking than actual wrestling in the ring :(
I was 6 years old when this happened. I loved wrestling and I was scared hulk Hogan wasn't coming back!! It's crazy what you end up remembering and what you forget! This was almost 30 years ago but it was such a clear memory!
You're absolutely right - even Bruce Prichard admitted that WWF was grooming Earthquake and Slaughter for Hogan, from the beginning, with no plans for Warrior. Great video.
Not really related, but one of the guys I went to basic training with had the last name Slaughter (it was spelled differently) and he went on to become a drill sergeant, technically making him Sergeant Slaughter.
I've never seen a different way to spell Slaughter. Do you remember at all what it was spelled like? I've known a few people with the name who all spelled it the same, Slaughter.
I actually liked Slaughters heel run in 1990-91 a lot more than most. It was a huge shock and slaughter was great in the role. I think the only real complaint you could have is that it was just too on the nose for most fans who wanted to escape the real world for a few hours. If the story had been different, let’s say if slaughter was just pissed off about having to find mainstream success outside of wwe because of hogan stealing his spot, and now he’s back to destroy hulkamania, it would’ve been a money match.
@@denisesiddon7241 He's told stories about how he and his family were getting death threats around that time. He also lost a ton of endorsement money over that as well.
Mmmm, Depends on how it was built, it if was going to be Face vs. Face again I don't think so but if you had one of the two (better choice would be Hogan) turn heel it probably would have sold it out
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
Another note: Slaughter has said the biggest pop he ever heard was when Ultimate Warrior entered the match at Royal Rumble 1991. Yes, bigger than Hogan.
Warrior losing to Slaughter was a joke, they shouldn’t have even been in the same ring, I don’t know what the hell McMahon was doing at times, a genius in business but dirte as any heel with his games behind the curtain probably the best heel in the game! Warrior was robbed by jealousy in the back rooms...
@@Renwoxing13 i bet hhh was jealous of rock vs hulk at wm 18, the true main event. Scsa envied that match too. Odd how it wasnt hulk vs scsa which would be bigger. As its wwf vs wcw, and hulk wwf era vs scsa attitude era
@@OikPoinFive Yea I agree bud. HOWEVER, they were both considered "The Peoples Champion", so it is understandable, and obvious that it NEEDED to happen eventually!!!
Warrior was a great champion and he deserves more recognition. Hogan is basically at the top of the list for greatest WWE WORLD CHAMPION so hardly no one has been as great of a champion as Hogan, before or since.
@@UnkleBotSince when does behind the scenes behavior mean anything, or work in-ring? Ultimate Warrior was majorly over, had mic skills, ring presence, charisma, and most importantly, he made WWF money. Too many people think work-rate is the sole qualifier for what makes a wrestler one of the greats. If it did, Dean Malenko would have been a higher profile wrestler, and eventually champ. So tell me again how he didn't "deserve" it
@@MJAce85 lmao you really asking this? so if he can;t work behind the scenes and sucks in ring what else does he have...he was one of the stiffest workers in the game he had zero in ring skill it's as easy as that on top of being a giant prick
Warrior actually had a bunch of different colors for the championship during his run if I remember correctly. I seem to recall blue, yellow, and white in addition to the blueish purple you made mention of.
I’ve always thought that it was a huge detriment on the Warrior’s run to have Hogan around. They should have let him be the WWF’s harbinger for an entire year and then evaluate if he was drawing or not, but by keeping Hogan around, the ultimate politician, his run was doomed from the get go. Yes, Hogan dropped the belt to him, but he didn’t step out of the spotlight and that ultimately hampered the Warrior’s run as champion.
Warrior's run fell flat because he had no giant to slay. Hogan positioned himself in a program with Earthquake which was a very smart move for him. I wonder what Warrior's run might have been had he been given the high profile feud with Earthquake.
People like to blame Warrior, but dudes don't book themselves. Quake debuts by crushing Warrior - who does NOT get a blowoff in a top heel vs champ match. Quake instead gets to pump up Hulk some more, who never had a major program with Rude. Just stupid as hell all around. Should have been Hulk-Rude, Warrior-Quake, plain as day. Vince was just still in love with his orange goose.
That was the original idea but Wrestlemania 6 made less money than 5 and they thought it was because a babyface vs babyface match appealed less to people than the traditional heel vs babyface match so they changed it.
@@TrainedOldSkool Yet Warrior vs Hogan was massive hype and build up, that time they met in the ring at Royal Rumble was nuclear. Hogan vs Slaughter lame flag waving.
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
Thank You for acknowledging the greatness of the Warrior Savage mania match - it's so underrated and is without a doubt the best match of Warrior's career albeit mostly thanks to the Macho Man
Macho Man was a machine in that match. The way he was flying all over the place and bumping like crazy for Warrior. Literally there spots where Warrior was just standing in the middle of the ring and Savage was running and bumping all over the place.
That's what I liked about it. Maybe not the best quality, but the dramatic level was off the charts and there was so much patriotic energy in that building I could feel even through the TV.
The WWF was in with profiting off any disasters in this world along with everyone else. From using the Iron Sheik during the Iranian hostage crisis till this very day.
Great vid as always. I'd love to see a 1992 Royal Royal video about Ric Flair's triumphant win. In my (usually correct) opinion it is the greatest Royal Rumble ever.
Wrestlemania 7 is one of my favourite ever manias, last tag team appearance's of Bret Hart and Hbk at mania against the nasty boys and Haku and The Barbarian, the start of the streak, and of course Savage Vs Warrior, and I quite enjoyed the main event, great video, and I've not even watched it yet.
This is a great video and makes exactly the correct point: the idea that the warrior didn’t ‘draw’ as champ is ridiculous - he wasn’t given a single program in which he was booked against a credible challenger. Rude was great but no one thought he was a threat to the Warrior’s title. When finally warrior got a great program with Savage, they took the belt off him. As ever, Hogan’s successor was set up to fail.
Despite hating the Ultimate Warrior one thing I did love is how he was the first on to customise the Intercontinental & WWF belts by having different coloured leather straps. I also remember my mum watching a Sargent Slaughter promo talking about Iraq and saying how disgusted she was that they would do that story while the war was on and people were dying
Vince not caring about his employee’s real family getting real threats just for the sake of a fake story is just about the most Vince thing I’ve heard.
“Sergeant Slaughters reign as WWF Champion is gonna be just like ay, uhh...you know what, brother! It’s gonna be just like Sudan Hoo-Sayin’s reign over Kuwait, brother...it’s gonna be only temporary!” Yeah, that’s a real quote.
I was devastated when Earthquake sat on Hulk. I like to think it was my letter to him that gave him that extra push to return and take out Earthquake!!!
He's spot on with his take on the Ultimate Warrior not being booked well during his run with the strap. The WWF didn't seem interested in building a proper feud or storyline for the Warrior. Such a shame. Vince never gave him a chance to draw.
I still remember in the lead up to this match, they had Slaughter talking about how good friends he was with Saddam Hussein. They then proceeded to throw all these pictures with Slaughter poorly cropped and placed into pictures with Hussein. I remember one, where there was a parade, and Hussein was in the back of a car, waving at people, and they had Slaughter standing up in the back seat flexing his muscles at the crowd. I seem to have a memory of the kind of, "recovery" that they tried to do to walk back this angle a little by claiming that Slaughter was lying about him and Hussein being best friends, and it all being a ruse. Like, Hussein didn't like him as much as we in the US didn't like him.
For some reason I can't explain, when I was I little hulkamaniac I rented this wrestlemania so many times my local video shop eventually gave it to me lol
Oh new video. Keep em coming. This was one of the several WWF tapes I had growing up I'd watch on repeat. Mostly the main events from like '88 to '95. I remember Sgt Slaughter seemed like he was genuinely gonna hurt Ho Kogan
I was so upset when warrior lost the belt to slaughter, but I loved wrestlemania 7, I didn’t realise it was a slump. The main event was good but the warrior vs savage match was so good and at the time, being 14 years old and my first wrestlemania, the warrior vs savage match seemed so important and intense as if it was the News at 10
That is so crazy the Hogan and Earthquake spot I was like 7-8 I just became a wwf fan. I remember running out of the room and crying for the Hulkster and my dad consoling me😂
My childhood right here man. Savage vs. Warrior, Hogan vs. Slaughter, the Nasty Boys upsetting the Hart Foundation, Jake the Snake vs. The Model in a Blindfold Match, and the debut of the Undertaker. What a Mania!
Don't forget Big Boss Man vs Mr. Perfect for the IC title! I was so pissed Bossman didn't win the belt after working his way through the Heenan family for weeks 😂
Great video. My only critique is the post-Wrestlemania VII portion. I wanted to hear about the Hogan-Slaughter Boot Camp matches, SNME 29, Warrior-Slaughter rematches, and how the Undertaker was elevated to the main event at this time. Slaughter turning face and Ric Flair’s arrival should have been the conclusion.
Muhammed Hassan was incredibly over as a heel. It's a damn shame McMahon never pushed him to the WWE Championship belt. Hassan had the potential to be one of the best heel characters ever in WWE almanac.
anjetto1 Iron Sheikh was Arab! Hassan was well over and beyond his time. He had amazing heat and deserved a major title run. Shame Vince never forwarded his storyline.
Zach S. Yes I know. I’m talking more about the character. He was a brilliant heel and had the potential to be one of the best. The gimmick had genuine heat. McMahon messes up there
I thought I heard that the networks forced Hassan off the air after the London bombings in 2005 and the storyline of Hassan using masked mercenaries to help him. Smackdown was about to be kicked off of UPN so Vince had to drop him.
I've also never felt the draw argument was relevant to Warrior losing the title, the gu was a definite draw and was such a cross over star that people still recognise him now. That says it all. I think it was a combination of Hogan still being the biggest star, backstage politics and Vince just going with the better event.
The mail for Hulk gimmick was a way for WWF to pad their own mailing list. If you sent Hogan a get well card, you would start to get the WWF catalog in the mail. Bruce Prichard admitted that's what they did with that.
I’ll never understand how Sgt. Slaughter got a main event Wrestlemaina push. Comparing him to Andre, Savage, Warrior, and even Sid, Slaughter poses no threat at all to Hogan.
He was a big star in wrestling all throughout the 80's. Not just the early part of it. His popularity only continued to soar once he joined GI Joe. Even after left WWE in 1984, he was arguably the second biggest babyface behind Hogan. Which is why it was heartbreaking for many fans to see him turn heel and betray America by "siding" with Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War.
I've always found it strange that the main event of WM 7 wasn't the big rematch of Hogan and Warrior. This time Hogan is the underdog chasing the title going against the only man to beat him cleanly. That may have been big enough to sell out the LA Coliseum. Did anyone actually want to see Sgt. Slaughter main event WM? What's worse is that they dropped the ball at the next WM by not having Hogan vs. Flair.
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
@@mikemclaughlin3306 They didn't usually wrestle each other, but I'm talking about one special rematch between Warrior and Hogan. Even in the AE it was uncommon for two good guys to wrestle each other.
Outstanding work Fella!..Really appreciated the video-splices between your usual slideshow.. I'd pay a small fortune for a..Vinnie-Mc'Dancin SLAMMY Review!🤑🤑🕺💃
Let me just say, I absolutely love your content. You consistently produce well made videos detailing the events of some of the most historic and influential moments and performers in all of professional wrestling. Your channel really is the premier source for wrestling history. Just top notch all around.
Slaughter was a Master at being a Heel. He literally slaughtered the two biggest icons of that era during a short period of time and turned his back on his country lol The menacing way he would talk above people, and spitting all over the place. He was a true super villain!
As a teenager in New Zealand watching this feud develop I found it so funny and entertaining. Props to Slaughter for doing all the uncomfortable work to build up the heat. It always erked me that in the pics of him with the belt it still had the Warrior's violet strap on it. Details people!
I was at that spectrum match. It was years before I lived 2 blocks from vet stadium and everything over there so I remember taking the train with my family that day too. I was such a mark.
During this time, I saw a house show in Chattanooga, TN. Oddly Hulk wrestled Warrior and Savage wrestled Sgt Slaughter. As a kid this was odd to me and it always will be. Good matches.
@Wrestling Bios One thing that stands out to me about WM7 is the IC title match. Big Boss Man went through the whole Heenan family (what was left of it) and got his IC title shot. It's one of those things where there is a big build up and then nothing. Boss Man wins by DQ and walks out with no belt and as far as I know no rematch. Do you think the original plan was for Boss Man to win the title and things changed when Bret Hart went to singles?
I think the bookers did n t believe in boss man as ic champ. At that time , the ic champ was use to push to the WWF title. And there is no way boss man would have been wwf champion. But the fans liked him, he was a good midcarter so a win by dq was the best option for him
@@raphaelmorrata8905 I disagree. The only IC to WWF champions at the time were Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior. Bret's push as WWF champion came as a surprise and out of necessity due to what was happening in 1992. I highly doubt that in 1991 they envision Bret Hart as the world champion. It wasn't until the end of 1996 that you see more IC champions moving on to WWF champion. If we start with Macho Man in 1986 we have 20 individual IC champions and only 5 went on to be WWF champion.
I hated Hogan, but my sister loved him. I wrote to them to wish him well, and was amazed to recieve a post card in return, which obviously made me the best brother in the world to my sister, who believed Hogan had written it himself lol
I’m not even gonna lie, I cried as a little kid watching Hogan get trashed by Earthquake. I still remember him rolling around in pain clutching his cross necklace.
I watched wrestlemania 7 in 91 and felt so deflated by it... but I watched it back for 1st time about 10 years ago.... it was great... it's one of my favourites now..... I used o laugh so hard at slaughters antics .... spitting on the US flag ... was just so bizarre and that pic with him and Saddam had me and my brothers in stitches back in the day..... I suppose you could say it was using a war to sell a match.... but way I saw it was feel good fun and waiting for the good guy to show up and defeat him..... nothing wrong with that in my book.... world is way to PC these days.... been looking forward to this vid for ages..... I do wonder what you'll have to say about wrestlemania 8
I wrote to Hulk Hogan when Earthquake destroyed Hogan too !! 😊. Got the same postcard everyone else received ,the picture on front of it of him holding the black dumbells. Of course ,i thought hed typed it up himself and sent it to me!
@@willyupshaw That is accurate, although it was the next year and not a couple years later. But I would make the argument that the damage that 7 did to the brand that irrevocably damaged sales, more than any fault of 8. Wrestlemania 8 featured 4 of the 5 biggest stars of the business of the time and it did average numbers, nothing spectacular. They went all out, with a single misstep, and when that wasn't enough they went to arena shows. I will admit though, I forgot about the Hoosier Dome show on my original comment, and that's especially embarrassing as someone from Indiana
Instead of this patriotic bs they should've simply made a good heel be the champ til Mania like Ted Dibiase. Also thank you for pointing out how WWE favored Hogan even after he lost the championship.
We cannot underestimate what a big star Sgt Slaughter was at the time. He was a GI Joe character and that's why it was so devastating to have him turn his back on America.
He was an old, broken down midcarder. It really wasn't anything other than shock value for the sake of shock value, and in the end it just killed that Wrestlemania.
@@gst013 agreed. he was in the AWA doing nothing. He had been huge, but that was years before. Before he came back, he was wrestling like Buck Zhumoff
Wasn’t he also on episodes of Punky Brewster and Small Wonder?
@SEZWAH Slaughter was in his prime from the late 70's to early 80's. Just go back and watch the matches with Hogan and the Warrior at Rumble and Mania '91. Slow as molasses, and incredibly limited offense.
@SEZWAH that's awesome...good for him 👍
I remember when Earthquake attacked Hulk and it looked like Hulk might be finished. I was DEVESTATED. I was only 32 at the time, and I cried for weeks.
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Damn,man. That must have been a painful childhood memory for you,eh?
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I didn't have the full show, but I used to have a taped recording of WrestleMania 7, and one of my favorite promos was actually with The Legion of Doom with their match against Power and Glory.
"Power and Glory, huh? Power and Glory. When we're through with you, you'll be Sour and Gory. Uuuuuugh what a rush!"
Was gutted at how short that match was 🙈🤣 should have been a much better bout
That was a great promo! Roma couldn't do much because he was injured and could've lost his arm had he taken a big bump and the Road Warriors weren't known for being soft.
The tribute video with the sad version of "Real American" is still hilarious. They should have gotten Rick Derringer to sing new lyrics about being squashed by a fat dude.
"When it (Earthquake) comes crashing down and it hurts inside." No changes needed.
@@BIGTABBY420 Haha... perfect!
Is it on RUclips?
When the big bum crashed down
And The Hulk ribbbbs collapppsed..
After his shocking heel turn, Slaughter's likeness was no longer on the G.I. JOE cartoon series.
He was beast in arise serpenter arise. And the cartoon movie
Just be thankful Vince didn't decide to bring in Serpentor to feud with him. "It'll be just like Zeus, pal!"
I had that figure back in the early nineties I was between ages 3-5
Darius Hailey I hope u still have it. It’s worth hundreds
@@alexpayne5914 Sgt. Slaughter is still alive, don't give Vince any ideas!
“Exploited war for entertainment”. I sure hope anyone making that complaint doesn’t watch any films or tv series that have done the same for time immemorial.
I agree with that
Agree
Good point!
Call of duty, Medal of Honor, battlefield etc..........
Not exactly the same thing
John Tenta was very underrated as a big man. He could do good work.
@Neal Jaworski Yeah...because a Hogan leg drop is awesome, even though every wrestler does it!! SMHIDB
He's a man, not a shark!!
@Neal Jaworski lol liar
Agree. Why not hulk vs quake at wm 7...and sgt vs warrior rematch. Roberts vs macho
@Mississippi kid earthquake shoulda beat warrior at rumble 91 for wf belt. Then lose to hulk at wm 7. Also give him 1 run w ic belt
Wrestlemania 7 is seriously one of my favorites!! I know it gets criticized ALL the time, but I still like it!! There were seriously sooo many matches, with little to no pausing in between. Now a days, there's way more talking than actual wrestling in the ring :(
Wwe after 2009 had been absolute garbage
Like Mania 2? There were soo many interviews. Probably more talking than wrestling for real.
I was 6 years old when this happened. I loved wrestling and I was scared hulk Hogan wasn't coming back!! It's crazy what you end up remembering and what you forget! This was almost 30 years ago but it was such a clear memory!
I'm talking about earthquake not Sgt slaughter BTW.
Same. And Earthquake squashing Jake's snake and then making Quake burgers out of Damien.
If there's one thing guaranteed in life, it is Hogan will Hulk up, big boot, leg drop, Hulk goes over lol.
Cept with the rock
LOL Hogan wins
That doesn't work for me, brother....
Yep but I loved every second of it
Death, Taxes, & Hogan getting over 😂😂
Sergeant Slaughter had the most impressive chin that I have ever seen.
Next to Bruce Campbell lol
If he fell over in a forest everyone would yell "Chin-ber!!!"
You would think he was Chin-ese
@@caarrll7117 😂😂😂😂😂
Almost as good as Jimmy Hill !!
You're absolutely right - even Bruce Prichard admitted that WWF was grooming Earthquake and Slaughter for Hogan, from the beginning, with no plans for Warrior. Great video.
Not really related, but one of the guys I went to basic training with had the last name Slaughter (it was spelled differently) and he went on to become a drill sergeant, technically making him Sergeant Slaughter.
I've never seen a different way to spell Slaughter. Do you remember at all what it was spelled like? I've known a few people with the name who all spelled it the same, Slaughter.
@@Michael_Chandler_Keaton It's been over 10 years since basic training, but I think the spelling was something like Slauter.
(S)laughter is the best medicine
Shout out to "The Dark Knight"
Same here, I wonder if its the same situation. 20 years ago, though, thought it was awesome.
The REAL Sgt Slaughter
The burning of Hogans shirt was like burning the American flag back then ...
It's McMahon's idea to pay the sarge that garbage. Shame on Vince!
No such thing as an American flag
@@ohkay2360 there is no such thing as any other flag too like the mexican flag, the pride flag, etc. NONE of them exist
@@invaliduser9397 no America is a continent not a county. Is there a Europe flag? An African flag? You are referring to the u.s flag. Not American
@@ohkay2360 semantics
I actually liked Slaughters heel run in 1990-91 a lot more than most. It was a huge shock and slaughter was great in the role. I think the only real complaint you could have is that it was just too on the nose for most fans who wanted to escape the real world for a few hours. If the story had been different, let’s say if slaughter was just pissed off about having to find mainstream success outside of wwe because of hogan stealing his spot, and now he’s back to destroy hulkamania, it would’ve been a money match.
Good idea
Must have took Remus a lot of courage for this heel turn but played the role well
@@denisesiddon7241 He's told stories about how he and his family were getting death threats around that time. He also lost a ton of endorsement money over that as well.
From TugBoat to The Shockmaster.....DAMN!
This is the feud that made 8 year old me fall in love with wrestling
Lol been on a old school wrestling binge all day and then u sir gave me this icing on the cake thank you so much
Well said
Hogan will always be remembered for 2 things, wrestling and being a racist.
Ive been on that binge for about 6 months. Every ppv from wwe/nwa from early 80s to mid 90s. Then of course all the territories
@@leeadamson5504 Stop causing trouble.
@@RPKGameVids There are 3 tapes with Hogan using racist remarks, so quit thinking I'm causing something when its true.
If the main event of Wrestlemania VII had been a rematch between Hogan and the Warrior, they could've easily sold out the Coliseum.
Mmmm, Depends on how it was built, it if was going to be Face vs. Face again I don't think so but if you had one of the two (better choice would be Hogan) turn heel it probably would have sold it out
@Shaggy Smith but maybe a swerve if Warrior won but Hogan got a sneaky cheat to win
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
@@willisapril but it was like a Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart situation
Another note: Slaughter has said the biggest pop he ever heard was when Ultimate Warrior entered the match at Royal Rumble 1991. Yes, bigger than Hogan.
Warrior losing to Slaughter was a joke, they shouldn’t have even been in the same ring, I don’t know what the hell McMahon was doing at times, a genius in business but dirte as any heel with his games behind the curtain probably the best heel in the game! Warrior was robbed by jealousy in the back rooms...
@@maverick2242 but the build up for Wrestlemania 7 is how the rematch is going to take place.
@@maverick2242 McMahon was probably doing coke with Hogan in the back.
I agree but remember hulk hogan was big back stage with his politics so he might have something to say about him winning back the belt
@@lucianotecuanapa9853 Hogan had nothing to do with it
Warrior never worked because no one knew wtf he was talking about XD
Drugs
...that too!!!
He worked he was as over as the Hukster3
@@mikesharon2177 warrior vs macho man stole the show it was the best match of the night.
He was talking about destrucity
It's also a bit messed up how they had the Iranian Iron Sheik playing an Iraqi, a few years after their brutal war with eachother.
Let’s face it, heel slaughter and everybody involved was *F U C K E D U P*
Sheik is all about the USA in real life. He was doing it for the money
@@kiprandom7208 like most Iranians lol
“I’m always in the main event brother” HH
"I'm always in the main event" -HHH
@@Renwoxing13 lol
@@Renwoxing13 BBB vs BBB vs BBB. Bam bam bigelow vs big bully busick vs brutus barber beefcake! Triple threat. Triple B's
@@Renwoxing13 i bet hhh was jealous of rock vs hulk at wm 18, the true main event. Scsa envied that match too. Odd how it wasnt hulk vs scsa which would be bigger. As its wwf vs wcw, and hulk wwf era vs scsa attitude era
@@OikPoinFive Yea I agree bud. HOWEVER, they were both considered "The Peoples Champion", so it is understandable, and obvious that it NEEDED to happen eventually!!!
Warrior was a great champion and he deserves more recognition. Hogan is basically at the top of the list for greatest WWE WORLD CHAMPION so hardly no one has been as great of a champion as Hogan, before or since.
Warriors bookings as champion were a joke, his reign was completely mishandled
warrior was a terrible worker and even worse behind the scenes lol he should never have been champ
@@UnkleBotSince when does behind the scenes behavior mean anything, or work in-ring? Ultimate Warrior was majorly over, had mic skills, ring presence, charisma, and most importantly, he made WWF money. Too many people think work-rate is the sole qualifier for what makes a wrestler one of the greats. If it did, Dean Malenko would have been a higher profile wrestler, and eventually champ. So tell me again how he didn't "deserve" it
@@MJAce85 lmao you really asking this? so if he can;t work behind the scenes and sucks in ring what else does he have...he was one of the stiffest workers in the game he had zero in ring skill it's as easy as that on top of being a giant prick
@@MJAce85 mic skills???hahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahah
Sidenote: that blue/purple world championship belt looked dope, i wonder why they didnt keep it around longer
Where can I get those belts ?
Warrior actually had a bunch of different colors for the championship during his run if I remember correctly. I seem to recall blue, yellow, and white in addition to the blueish purple you made mention of.
I hated slaughter so much at the time, McMahon's got to get credit for his exploitation of the character here
I remember Tugboat asking for cards and letters for Hogan, then Tugboat eventually became Earthquakes tag team partner. That's loyalty for ya! 😆
He was a baby face again in less than a year
He turned a year later tbh
That was all a ploy by VKM to get names to send out merchandise catalogues in the mail …this is very genius if you think about it ! LoL
I’ve always thought that it was a huge detriment on the Warrior’s run to have Hogan around. They should have let him be the WWF’s harbinger for an entire year and then evaluate if he was drawing or not, but by keeping Hogan around, the ultimate politician, his run was doomed from the get go. Yes, Hogan dropped the belt to him, but he didn’t step out of the spotlight and that ultimately hampered the Warrior’s run as champion.
Warrior's run fell flat because he had no giant to slay. Hogan positioned himself in a program with Earthquake which was a very smart move for him. I wonder what Warrior's run might have been had he been given the high profile feud with Earthquake.
@@windcatcher331 and that was all engineered by Hogan’s mischievous mind
@@windcatcher331 it would be the same and Warrior could have defended the title to face Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Mr.Perfect
Warrior could never even 10% match Hogan unfortunately. Hogan far superior.
@@sithvsjedi9696 he could have
Great video as always. I would love to see a career bio on Sgt Slaughter, especially of his earlier days.
People like to blame Warrior, but dudes don't book themselves. Quake debuts by crushing Warrior - who does NOT get a blowoff in a top heel vs champ match. Quake instead gets to pump up Hulk some more, who never had a major program with Rude. Just stupid as hell all around. Should have been Hulk-Rude, Warrior-Quake, plain as day. Vince was just still in love with his orange goose.
That doesn't make sense of making Rude vs Hogan
Remember hulk hogan also get the last word so he may have been a big part back stage
@@lucianotecuanapa9853 why ?
@@lexkanyima2195 hulk hogan use his politics backstage go hear jess Ventura interview
@@lucianotecuanapa9853 but he was not like Triple H
i always thought WM7 was suppose to be Hogan v. Warrior with Hogan getting his win back.....
That was the original idea but Wrestlemania 6 made less money than 5 and they thought it was because a babyface vs babyface match appealed less to people than the traditional heel vs babyface match so they changed it.
@@TrainedOldSkool Yet Warrior vs Hogan was massive hype and build up, that time they met in the ring at Royal Rumble was nuclear. Hogan vs Slaughter lame flag waving.
@@TrainedOldSkool lied
@@bonjovi7399 it was too concerning of the arena and might be a failure.
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
Thank You for acknowledging the greatness of the Warrior Savage mania match - it's so underrated and is without a doubt the best match of Warrior's career albeit mostly thanks to the Macho Man
Also it stole the show that night it was the best match of the night too
Macho Man was a machine in that match. The way he was flying all over the place and bumping like crazy for Warrior. Literally there spots where Warrior was just standing in the middle of the ring and Savage was running and bumping all over the place.
I was one of those people that hated this main event but seeing it years later i changed my mind. it's a great brawl.
It is better than the gymnastics meet that wrestling is basically today.
Bored...nothing on tv and then...BOOM...You drop the goods...Wrestling Bios to the rescue.
This was my favorite WM for a long time. That patriotic energy was inspiring as a kid. Thanks for another great video, WB.
That's what I liked about it. Maybe not the best quality, but the dramatic level was off the charts and there was so much patriotic energy in that building I could feel even through the TV.
I attended WM7..the Career Ending Match was the BEST!!!
One of the best match in wm history
Vince McMahon deadass tried to profit off of desert storm 🤦🏾♂️
Its better than trying to push Roman reigns or Kofi Kingston, at least this was interesting and larger than life
The WWF was in with profiting off any disasters in this world along with everyone else. From using the Iron Sheik during the Iranian hostage crisis till this very day.
Lucky he learned his lesson and never tried to get cheap heat from real world tragedies ever again.............
@The007FMG Genius move
@Alejandro Armenta still like your comment tho
Great vid as always.
I'd love to see a 1992 Royal Royal video about Ric Flair's triumphant win. In my (usually correct) opinion it is the greatest Royal Rumble ever.
By far the best wrestling history channel on RUclips the effort put into these videos are top notch
One of the best rivalries of alltime. Slaughter way Underrated
Slaughter and Hogan was a good match back in the day IMO.
Wrestlemania 7 is one of my favourite ever manias, last tag team appearance's of Bret Hart and Hbk at mania against the nasty boys and Haku and The Barbarian, the start of the streak, and of course Savage Vs Warrior, and I quite enjoyed the main event, great video, and I've not even watched it yet.
The first mania I watched was Wm3 but I loved the Wm 6-8 I actually prefer them to 17-19
Slaughters heel turn was hilarious. The picture with him, general adnan and saddam was genius. These days nobody has a sense of humour
But it is offensive back then
@@lexkanyima2195 I remember it well. It was never offensive to me or anyone I knew. I remember thinking it was just crazy
@@Captain_Rhodes it is
This is a great video and makes exactly the correct point: the idea that the warrior didn’t ‘draw’ as champ is ridiculous - he wasn’t given a single program in which he was booked against a credible challenger. Rude was great but no one thought he was a threat to the Warrior’s title. When finally warrior got a great program with Savage, they took the belt off him. As ever, Hogan’s successor was set up to fail.
Been waiting for this one. Thank you Wrestling Bios ...
Despite hating the Ultimate Warrior one thing I did love is how he was the first on to customise the Intercontinental & WWF belts by having different coloured leather straps. I also remember my mum watching a Sargent Slaughter promo talking about Iraq and saying how disgusted she was that they would do that story while the war was on and people were dying
I remember sending a get well letter to HH and got a thank you postcard back...wish I still had it
Vince not caring about his employee’s real family getting real threats just for the sake of a fake story is just about the most Vince thing I’ve heard.
“Sergeant Slaughters reign as WWF Champion is gonna be just like ay, uhh...you know what, brother! It’s gonna be just like Sudan Hoo-Sayin’s reign over Kuwait, brother...it’s gonna be only temporary!”
Yeah, that’s a real quote.
I was devastated when Earthquake sat on Hulk. I like to think it was my letter to him that gave him that extra push to return and take out Earthquake!!!
This is the one I've been really looking forward to you doing. Can't wait to watch it.
Love the way they aren’t just chairs. They are “steel chairs”. 😂
He's spot on with his take on the Ultimate Warrior not being booked well during his run with the strap. The WWF didn't seem interested in building a proper feud or storyline for the Warrior. Such a shame. Vince never gave him a chance to draw.
@Alex Kanyima My guess would be their WrestleMania VII match, if Vince lets the Warrior hold onto the title by that time.
@Alex Kanyima Yeah
Hey wrestlingbios love the channel can you do the career of jushin thunder liger
I still remember in the lead up to this match, they had Slaughter talking about how good friends he was with Saddam Hussein. They then proceeded to throw all these pictures with Slaughter poorly cropped and placed into pictures with Hussein. I remember one, where there was a parade, and Hussein was in the back of a car, waving at people, and they had Slaughter standing up in the back seat flexing his muscles at the crowd. I seem to have a memory of the kind of, "recovery" that they tried to do to walk back this angle a little by claiming that Slaughter was lying about him and Hussein being best friends, and it all being a ruse. Like, Hussein didn't like him as much as we in the US didn't like him.
Saddam and Adnan did really know each other years ago, though.
WWE just recently did a RUclips video where Hogan and Sarge sit together and rewatch their WM7 match. Pretty good to check out
For some reason I can't explain, when I was I little hulkamaniac I rented this wrestlemania so many times my local video shop eventually gave it to me lol
Hey Wrestling Bios, I got to say that I love your videos! Keep it up!!!
This was my very first Wrestlemania I watched, we rented it not too long after it was televised. From our local video store. Good PPV
Oh new video. Keep em coming. This was one of the several WWF tapes I had growing up I'd watch on repeat. Mostly the main events from like '88 to '95. I remember Sgt Slaughter seemed like he was genuinely gonna hurt Ho Kogan
Ur Haitian?
That Earthquake body slam "through a table" is unintentional comedy gold.
I was so upset when warrior lost the belt to slaughter, but I loved wrestlemania 7, I didn’t realise it was a slump. The main event was good but the warrior vs savage match was so good and at the time, being 14 years old and my first wrestlemania, the warrior vs savage match seemed so important and intense as if it was the News at 10
That is so crazy the Hogan and Earthquake spot I was like 7-8 I just became a wwf fan. I remember running out of the room and crying for the Hulkster and my dad consoling me😂
It’s strange to think Sgt. Slaughter held the WWE title longer than Kane or Mick Foley ever did.
The reality was even when not champion, Hogan demanded more attention
My childhood right here man. Savage vs. Warrior, Hogan vs. Slaughter, the Nasty Boys upsetting the Hart Foundation, Jake the Snake vs. The Model in a Blindfold Match, and the debut of the Undertaker. What a Mania!
Don't forget Big Boss Man vs Mr. Perfect for the IC title! I was so pissed Bossman didn't win the belt after working his way through the Heenan family for weeks 😂
@@559BearDown I think there's footage of Boss man winning the IC title from Nailz on a house show.
Great video. My only critique is the post-Wrestlemania VII portion. I wanted to hear about the Hogan-Slaughter Boot Camp matches, SNME 29, Warrior-Slaughter rematches, and how the Undertaker was elevated to the main event at this time. Slaughter turning face and Ric Flair’s arrival should have been the conclusion.
That's following video
Met sgt slaughter a few months ago a class act
If Vince pulled a storyline like that today with social media I think he would be in hot water
I believe that.
He kind of did with muhammad hassan but that destroyed hassan's career
Hot water is not the term with this generation.. He would get slaughtered!(pun intended) 🤣🤣
Muhammed Hassan was incredibly over as a heel. It's a damn shame McMahon never pushed him to the WWE Championship belt. Hassan had the potential to be one of the best heel characters ever in WWE almanac.
There could be issue with wwfs only major Arab wrestler being a heel though.
anjetto1 Iron Sheikh was Arab! Hassan was well over and beyond his time. He had amazing heat and deserved a major title run. Shame Vince never forwarded his storyline.
Considering the time Vince could not give him a push.
Zach S. Yes I know. I’m talking more about the character. He was a brilliant heel and had the potential to be one of the best. The gimmick had genuine heat. McMahon messes up there
I thought I heard that the networks forced Hassan off the air after the London bombings in 2005 and the storyline of Hassan using masked mercenaries to help him. Smackdown was about to be kicked off of UPN so Vince had to drop him.
Another great video buddy 🖒
I've also never felt the draw argument was relevant to Warrior losing the title, the gu was a definite draw and was such a cross over star that people still recognise him now. That says it all. I think it was a combination of Hogan still being the biggest star, backstage politics and Vince just going with the better event.
I was there. Been waiting for this episode.
The mail for Hulk gimmick was a way for WWF to pad their own mailing list. If you sent Hogan a get well card, you would start to get the WWF catalog in the mail. Bruce Prichard admitted that's what they did with that.
Data harvesting before it was a thing
I’ll never understand how Sgt. Slaughter got a main event Wrestlemaina push. Comparing him to Andre, Savage, Warrior, and even Sid, Slaughter poses no threat at all to Hogan.
Maybe not at the time but in the very early 1980s Sgt Slaughter was one of the biggest stars in wrestling.
He was a big star in wrestling all throughout the 80's. Not just the early part of it. His popularity only continued to soar once he joined GI Joe. Even after left WWE in 1984, he was arguably the second biggest babyface behind Hogan. Which is why it was heartbreaking for many fans to see him turn heel and betray America by "siding" with Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War.
I think I was the only 1 who cheer for Sgt slaughter. This is my era❤
I've always found it strange that the main event of WM 7 wasn't the big rematch of Hogan and Warrior. This time Hogan is the underdog chasing the title going against the only man to beat him cleanly. That may have been big enough to sell out the LA Coliseum. Did anyone actually want to see Sgt. Slaughter main event WM? What's worse is that they dropped the ball at the next WM by not having Hogan vs. Flair.
Facts
I had always heard the real plan was they were saving the Hogan Warrior rematch for Wrestlemania 7 where Warrior would drop the belt back to Hogan but Vince thought he could make some big money turning Slaughter heel and exploit the war.
Baby faces don't wrestle each other.... it's always been that way, until the attitude Era, where the ani-heroes emerged
@@mikemclaughlin3306 They didn't usually wrestle each other, but I'm talking about one special rematch between Warrior and Hogan. Even in the AE it was uncommon for two good guys to wrestle each other.
@@zackvanhalen but you've made my point. That's why it didn't happen.
Outstanding work Fella!..Really appreciated the video-splices between your usual slideshow.. I'd pay a small fortune for a..Vinnie-Mc'Dancin SLAMMY Review!🤑🤑🕺💃
Would’ve much rather had a proper Hogan vs Earthquake matchup at WM 7 instead of Slaughter.
Slaughter's selling in this match is seriously underrated.... He made the Hulkster look like a million dollars.
Not the best match in the world but the buildup sure was interesting
Slaughter was a good decade past his Prime at this point, older wrestling fans knew that this match wasn't really going to be a clinic
My thoughts exactly.
Let me just say, I absolutely love your content. You consistently produce well made videos detailing the events of some of the most historic and influential moments and performers in all of professional wrestling. Your channel really is the premier source for wrestling history. Just top notch all around.
Man, all the crazy strap colors the winged eagle had in the 80s and 90s. How many variants were there?
Sheikh Tugboat is too HILARIOUS to comprehend, would have been Awfully Epic though.
Slaughter was a Master at being a Heel. He literally slaughtered the two biggest icons of that era during a short period of time and turned his back on his country lol The menacing way he would talk above people, and spitting all over the place. He was a true super villain!
As a teenager in New Zealand watching this feud develop I found it so funny and entertaining. Props to Slaughter for doing all the uncomfortable work to build up the heat. It always erked me that in the pics of him with the belt it still had the Warrior's violet strap on it. Details people!
I was at that spectrum match. It was years before I lived 2 blocks from vet stadium and everything over there so I remember taking the train with my family that day too. I was such a mark.
During this time, I saw a house show in Chattanooga, TN. Oddly Hulk wrestled Warrior and Savage wrestled Sgt Slaughter. As a kid this was odd to me and it always will be. Good matches.
@Wrestling Bios
One thing that stands out to me about WM7 is the IC title match. Big Boss Man went through the whole Heenan family (what was left of it) and got his IC title shot. It's one of those things where there is a big build up and then nothing. Boss Man wins by DQ and walks out with no belt and as far as I know no rematch. Do you think the original plan was for Boss Man to win the title and things changed when Bret Hart went to singles?
I think the bookers did n t believe in boss man as ic champ. At that time , the ic champ was use to push to the WWF title. And there is no way boss man would have been wwf champion. But the fans liked him, he was a good midcarter so a win by dq was the best option for him
@@raphaelmorrata8905 I disagree. The only IC to WWF champions at the time were Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior. Bret's push as WWF champion came as a surprise and out of necessity due to what was happening in 1992. I highly doubt that in 1991 they envision Bret Hart as the world champion. It wasn't until the end of 1996 that you see more IC champions moving on to WWF champion. If we start with Macho Man in 1986 we have 20 individual IC champions and only 5 went on to be WWF champion.
Thanks for making these I just learned about u bro, I binge ur channel like it was netflix
I hated Hogan, but my sister loved him. I wrote to them to wish him well, and was amazed to recieve a post card in return, which obviously made me the best brother in the world to my sister, who believed Hogan had written it himself lol
Broke my heart as a kid that brother love seg
Thanks a million for this!
We would never see Hulk on tv again without those letters? Just taking a guess and saying we would have seen Hulk back even without those letters.
I’m not even gonna lie, I cried as a little kid watching Hogan get trashed by Earthquake. I still remember him rolling around in pain clutching his cross necklace.
I totally forgot about the Sgt. Slaughter heel turn. Sgt. Slaughter was Muhammad Hassan before Muhammad Hassan.
Also... 9:58 That face. LMFAO!!!!
Thanks for pointing that out 😂
The face you make when pinching one off lol
Also check out 11:21 😂
@@only1icon1801 Right?! LMFAO!!!
I watched wrestlemania 7 in 91 and felt so deflated by it... but I watched it back for 1st time about 10 years ago.... it was great... it's one of my favourites now..... I used o laugh so hard at slaughters antics .... spitting on the US flag ... was just so bizarre and that pic with him and Saddam had me and my brothers in stitches back in the day..... I suppose you could say it was using a war to sell a match.... but way I saw it was feel good fun and waiting for the good guy to show up and defeat him..... nothing wrong with that in my book.... world is way to PC these days.... been looking forward to this vid for ages..... I do wonder what you'll have to say about wrestlemania 8
I wrote to Hulk Hogan when Earthquake destroyed Hogan too !! 😊. Got the same postcard everyone else received ,the picture on front of it of him holding the black dumbells.
Of course ,i thought hed typed it up himself and sent it to me!
We need a video on 94-96, the skinny Hulk Hogan years.
The match that moved WrestleMania from stadiums to arenas for a decade.
No, that came two years later.
@@willyupshaw You're factually incorrect, but please explain your logic
@@skynyrdjesus Wrestlemania 8 was at the Hoosier Dome.
@@willyupshaw That is accurate, although it was the next year and not a couple years later. But I would make the argument that the damage that 7 did to the brand that irrevocably damaged sales, more than any fault of 8. Wrestlemania 8 featured 4 of the 5 biggest stars of the business of the time and it did average numbers, nothing spectacular. They went all out, with a single misstep, and when that wasn't enough they went to arena shows. I will admit though, I forgot about the Hoosier Dome show on my original comment, and that's especially embarrassing as someone from Indiana
Instead of this patriotic bs they should've simply made a good heel be the champ til Mania like Ted Dibiase. Also thank you for pointing out how WWE favored Hogan even after he lost the championship.
I would've given Mr Perfect the title. He deserved it