Sgt. Slaughter Calls Undertaker WWE Hall Of Fame Snub 'A Slap In The Face'

WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter has called not being invited to The Undertaker's 2022 induction ceremony "a slap in the face". 

Speaking with Bill Apter for Sportskeeda WrestleBinge, Slaughter noted that he played a significant part in getting The Deadman his WWE tryout, saying: 

"I just feel like, you know, I found Mark Calaway in a box of tapes. As a lot of people know, my back was hurt. I had to go work in the office. One of my jobs was to go through this wannabe office. I had all these tapes and boxes and envelopes and pictures and letters from wannabe wrestlers and managers and valets and announcers. They wanted me to go through all these things. One, just one, was Mark Calaway and I brought him in. I said to Vince, 'You gotta see this guy'. I said, 'He's a wrestler, he's down in WCW, and he's got short red hair, but man, what a talent'. He said, 'Well, I've never heard of him, so bring him in.'"

Slaughter said that the tryout was successful, resulting in Calaway being hired and subsequently being given The Undertaker gimmick. 

Addressing 'Taker directly, Slaughter said: 

"If you're listening, Mark Calaway, I just want to ask you one thing. I found you in a box of tapes. Sgt. Slaughter found you in a box of tapes and I called you three times because the first few times he hung up on me because he didn't believe it was me. Finally I gave him the office number and I said, 'Ask for me when you call this number'. He said, 'Oh, it is you?' I said, 'Yeah, it is me'. Guess who he didn't invite to his Hall of Fame? Me, Sgt Slaughter, the guy that found him, the guy that brought him to Vince McMahon and said, 'Here's the guy. This is your guy'. Can you imagine not being invited? I should have been in the front row." 

Continuing, the 74-year-old added:

"I always kidded Mark, you know, over the years I said, 'Hey Mark, how's it going?' 'Great'. I said, 'You know, every time I go to my mailbox I expect to see a little percentage', and he said 'Oh, the checks in the mail, Sarge. The check is in the mail'. Then you know, that gives us a little bit of a haha for a while, but boy, you don't invite somebody that kind of brought you to where you are today, not even to your Hall of Fame? I mean, that was a slap in the face right there, and if you're listening to this, Mark Calaway, I don't understand it. I really don't understand it."

Slaughter recently revealed that he turned down the opportunity to come and work with current WWE star Lacey Evans. 

H/T WrestlingNews.co

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