ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – WWE Champion and Hall of Fame Inductee Sergeant Slaughter joined WFXR News in the studio on January 31 to talk about his appearance at the 2025 Big Lick Comic Con when an unexpected moment occurred.
While delivering the afternoon forecast, Meteorologist Kara Thompson received an honor not many people have experienced.
As Kara is speaking, the towering shadow of Sgt. Slaughter suddenly looms behind her. He then proceeded to place Kara into his signature choke hold, the Cobra Clutch!
Kara and the production crew could hardly believe it as the American icon then handed her a coin, cementing her place as a “Proud Member of the Cobra Clutch Club.”
Robert Remus A.K.A., Sergeant Slaughter, is an American wrestler with the WWE who began his career in 1974. Sgt. Slaughter is a WWE Champion and Hall of Famer who became a fan favorite across the wrestling universe. He fought the likes of other household names, including Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik.
His likeness was also used for action figures by Hasbro, in comic books and toy franchises like G.I. Joe, as well as animated series.
Slaughter competed at WrestleMania VII and SummerSlam 1991, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004, and then retired from competition wrestling full-time in 1992. He then returned as WWE Commissioner in 1997.
Sergeant Slaughter now serves as an ambassador to the industry and remains one of the most recognizable WWE personalities to this day.