[ROCK MUSIC]
HUNTER: Sarge, how are you doing?
Good, how are you, Hunter?
HUNTER: I'm doing great, man.
It's great to see you.
Good to see you.
Hey Sarge, I can't help but notice what's going
on with your choppers there?
Well, a few of my friends and I
decided to play a little touch football.
Knocked out two of my crowns.
Oh my God.
By the way, I caught the ball and scored a touchdown.
There might be some wrestler storytelling
to this part of that.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
[LAUGH]
I'm with you, your story is safe with me, Sarge.
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): I love Sarge.
Sarge is one of those guys, he doesn't get
the credit that he deserves.
Sarge, that boot camp match with you is one of the most
memorable moments of my career.
I still to this day remember the roar of that crowd
when you put me in the cobra clutch.
ANNOUNCER: got the-- the cobra clutch again!
On Helmsley!
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): For a young guy coming up
in the business trying to make it,
and just getting the opportunity to get
in there with Sgt. Slaughter,
I had a blast with him.
I'd love to enlist you, soldier.
OK.
On a new mission.
We'd love your help trying to find some of your stuff,
you know, the things that are memorable to you.
Some of it you might have.
We have a few things here at the warehouse from Sarge.
A pair of his boots, some fatigues,
but when I think of iconic Sgt. Slaughter memorabilia,
I think of his hat, which you also call the campaign cover,
and his swagger stick.
Two items featured in some of his most iconic matches,
including those with the Iron Sheik.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
SGT. SLAUGHTER: That's how many people have by my things.
And I have things here that are one of a kind.
Well, I'm gonna help you find them.
AJ (VOICEOVER): To be able to spend the time
At Sgt. Slaughter's house to talk to him about his career
and look at all the things that he's collected over the years,
because he's a collector himself, I mean,
I can't overstate how cool of an experience this is for me.
Oh, wow.
That's my Hall of Fame plaque from 2004.
I've never seen one of those.
Good evening.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERING]
This is cool, man.
SGT. SLAUGHTER (VOICEOVER): I said good evening, you maggots!
[CHEERING]
That's better.
Hall of Fame speeches are interesting for us,
because you--
you see who's being themselves, you see who's
putting on their character.
You never give up.
Because we all know the different sides to some degree.
How do you bring your number one
nemesis up to receive an award?
[LAUGHTER]
And I decided that there's only one way to do that,
and that would be with honor and respect.
[APPLAUSE]
HUNTER (VOICEOVER): For The Iron Sheik, his Hall of Fame
is classic Iron Sheik.
Also just happens to be
Classic Khosrow.
[LAUGHTER]
He just started going into his character,
and the more they cheered for him, the more he talked.
But it was so entertaining that we didn't want him to stop.
It was just one of those rare moments.
But there are a lot of those rare moments
with the Iron Sheik.
Woo!
Let's see if I can find it here.
See if you recognize that.
Wow, this is from Stephanie Triple H's wedding?
Yeah.
They gave everybody gold coins?
Of course they did.
How elegant.
What an elegant affair.
STEPHANIE MCMAHON (VOICEOVER): Sarge always sends
My husband and I and an anniversary card, and it's
the sweetest thing and it always has
a really nice message in it.
But then, he always refers to us as maggots at the end of it.
[LAUGH]
Wait, is this the real deal or is this like a--
is this a replica?
No, that's the real deal.
This is the real swagger stick?
That's the only one of its kind that I ever owned.
That's the one I whipped Bob Bat with.
Hold up, wait, wait.
So this is history. - Yes.
This is--
That is history, yeah.
Let me get one.
You want one?
Ah.
Yeah, still works.
SGT. SLAUGHTER (VOICEOVER): One day I'm at home,
I just turn on my television set, black and white movie
comes on called "The D.I."
with Jack Webb.
And I said, what a perfect character for a villain.
So I run down to the Army Navy surplus store,
get my cover, I get some aviator glasses,
and get a whistle, swagger stick,
and my wife comes home from work and she said,
what are you doing?
It's not Halloween.
I said now, this is a character I'm thinking about doing.
This is-- this is my campaign cover that I wore when I did
my first Sgt. Slaughter promo.
I've kept it all these years.
Wow, so this is the original?
It's the original.
In 1979, I was asked by Vince McMahon Senior
to come up and do a promo for Sgt. Slaughter,
and I was wearing that same cover.
Wow.
When I speak, you shut your mouth.
Who gave you permission to speak?
There are action figures, and lunchboxes, and posters,
and all these different items that have Sergeant
Slaughter in that exact hat.
That's iconic Sergeant Slaughter.
Been through a lot of wars.
Probably 15 years before I retired.
Would you do me the honor of putting it on?
Oh, sure.
Have to screw our hats on,
[LAUGH]
But that's why they call us jar heads.
As you were.
Been a while since I had this one on.
As you know, the entire point of this mission
is preserving the history of legends like yourself for WWE.
To really fully tell the story of Sgt. Slaughter,
not only do you need the swagger stick,
but I think that they would like the campaign cover.
Would you be willing to work with me
so that I can take these back to Triple H and Stephanie?
Well I'll tell you what, AJ, you don't have
to pay me anything for the swagger stick,
or the campaign cover.
So you're-- so you're just going to give these to me?
I want you to display those.
I know that these things have be seen
by the WW universe, and other fans,
and I-- it would be an honor to display it.
No, it's an honor for me to be able to try
to preserve your legacy because you deserve it.
When I first started Sgt. Slaughter in 1975
in Kansas City, that's when Khosrow started The Iron Sheik,
and never ever thinking that we would ever
get where we are today in the history
of professional wrestling.
Some of our matches are, they say, the greatest of all time.
ANNOUNCER: There's Slaughter, just inviting the Sheik
to try him on a 10-1 time!
Make sure you become the best you can be.
Oh, I have no choice now.
I'm going to give the ring with you.
I will take a cobra clutch right now.
[LAUGH]
You know, it's always a dance.
It takes two to tango, it really does.
I'll kill him, I'll kill you!
And they have a relationship, a very special relationship
that has endured for decades.
Oh yeah.
Watch out, I got one more in me.
One more match, one more match, one more match.
All right.
Boy, you're hired.
[LAUGH]
When you start to talk about certain performers,
of their body of work and who they had programmed with
and who their story lines were with, and what
those story lines were, who bigger than The Iron
Sheik and Sgt. Slaughter?
Two of the greatest performers I've ever seen.
You're dismissed.