WM 7

By Scott Keith on 15 March 2016

Scott,

What if WWF had brought in Luger at WM 7…wait, never mind.

What was the thinking behind pushing Sgt. Slaughter to the main event at WM 7? Why not do a rematch between Warrior and Hogan? Why not do Hogan-Savage II? Wouldn’t both of those been better than what we got?

The thinking was that Slaughter was an American hero and they could exploit the Gulf War to draw a buyrate. Didn’t work, but that was the thought process. Really, the choices for that kind of role would be Slaughter or Jim Duggan, so be thankful I guess.

And Warrior-Hogan was considered internally to be a disappointment from a business standpoint, and of course Warrior was a complete flop as champion, and he wasn’t gonna turn heel, so that wasn’t an option. And Savage was a midcard joke as Macho King, so that wasn’t gonna happen. So you got Slaughter.