Sgt Slaughter On His Run As WWE Commissioner: I Had A Lot Of Fun With It

Sgt Slaughter speaks on his run as WWE commissioner.

From late 1997 to 1998, Slaughter would drop his camo clothing and become the commissioner of WWE, becoming a key authority figure in the early stages of the Attitude Era after years of being a talent for the company.

While speaking to Going Ringside in a new interview, Sgt Slaughter spoke about his time as WWE commissioner and how he came into the role.

“Well, Gorilla Monsoon was having some health problems. Vince McMahon asked me if I would take the gear off and put a suit on. and go out and be the commissioner, and I said, ‘yeah, what’s all included?’ He said, ‘well, you can’t hurt anyone. You can’t touch anybody. You can’t give anybody the Slaughter cannon, and you definitely can’t put anybody in the Cobra Clutch. I said, well, that’s like going to the OK Corral without a gun. So I agreed to it and had a lot of fun with it.”

Last year, Slaughter spoke about Vince McMahon’s birthday party. You can read more about that here.

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