Sgt. Slaughter Discusses Bringing Kevin Nash to WWE and Brock Lesnar vs. The Rock

As noted, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat recently discussed dealing with WWE developmental. But “Dragon” wasn’t the only WWE legend who opened up about his experiences bringing in talent for WWE.

In the same piece by The Miami Herald, WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter talked about being the man behind several future WWE big names, including a future WWE Hall of Famer:

“Whether Shawn Michaels called him or not, I did discover Diesel in a box of tapes one time,” he said. “I showed it to Vince McMahon, and he told me to give him a tryout…I’ve been around a long time. Coming up the ranks I’ve got to see those who were sons of professional wrestlers get in the ring when they were five years old. I would wrestle around with them. Guys like The Rock and Randy Orton. Just to see some of the other Samoan kids now. That’s all they thought about was professional wrestling. They would get in the ring, and we would work out with them. Now to see them blossoming the proper way to get into pro wrestling and sports entertainment business, just makes your heart feel good.”

He also noted he believes the time could be right for another Brock Lesnar matchup with The Rock. This match happened once before at “SummerSlam” in 2002, and had initially been scheduled for WrestleMania XXX before the latter got injured:

“That would be an incredible match,” he said, “especially, now that both have matured in their businesses. It would be sensational. I said we would have WrestleMania on Mars one day. I think that would be a match to see.”

More from the interview can be found at this link.

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