 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and Cobra Convergence 7 kicks off with a bang with our guest here Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse Please introduce yourself to the audience. Let us all know who you are and what you do Yo Joe and Cobra G'day guys. I'm Zazel from Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse. I'm an Aussie I live down under but I'm a big big fan of the real American hero sergeant slaughter if you can't tell by the name But yeah, basically come and check us out sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse is basically the one-stop shop of all things sergeant slaughter We don't actually sell anything But if you want to go and check out all the commercials or the interviews basically anything that I find To do with sergeant slaughter I upload there and originally that's all it was for all I was ever doing was wanting to put in one Convenient location all the sergeant slaughter stuff and if anybody else watched it it was a bonus But it basically was just there for me to gawk at But yeah, a few people also seemed to like sergeant slaughter. So yeah, come on over and check us out And this is your second time in Cobra Convergence, right? So you were in Cobra Convergence last year and my recollection is that you helped kick it off So for anyone who missed it, hopefully they'll all go back out and check it out. But Tell everybody what you did last year to start off Cobra Convergence six right so I I kicked it off first day in Being also that I live in the future. I think I actually kicked it off a day before the official kickoff but we did a we did a live stream and we were talking about The the episode at world's end and we were talking about what other alternate sort of universes could exist But I think the the best thing that I did and the thing that I was most proud of was getting a live action Communication from the serge himself for Cobra Convergence And I believe he gave a few orders and he said he was keeping his eye on you Brian. So I think he still might be I feel watched I I feel I feel like he's got an eye on me That was awesome. It was a ton of fun. I'm really looking forward to doing Or just seeing what you guys come up with this year You obviously your Channel is mainly focused on serge and slaughter talk about how you came across that fandom And how you developed your appreciation for serge and slaughter That prompted you to Launch this this youtube endeavor So for me, um, I was always a big fan of sergeant slaughter in gi joe Unfortunately, I was never ever able to find sergeant slaughter As a action figure But I did dress up as sergeant slaughter as a kid and so therefore I became the serge And I would dress up as serge I would give all my orders to my joes and then I would take my joes outside and would have our adventure um after that it was basically Um, you know, I'd collect it as an adult collector I started collecting sergeant slaughter action figures I ended up amassing quite a collection of them because some of them were a bit damaged and some of them were mis-parted So and by mis-parted, I mean wrong arms or whatever So I'd find more bits and eventually I ended up finding out that when I put everything together I had quite a collection of them and then I thought to myself I wonder how many sergeant slaughter action figures I could reasonably collect So I gave myself the unreasonable number of 777 sergeant slaughter action figures I'm about at the 400 mark now It sort of slowed down I think I single-handedly raised the price of sergeant slaughter action figures So it makes it very difficult to keep collecting them But I think 400 plus is a pretty good number if I stop there, I'll be fine Uh, but as far as sergeant's concerned, I I didn't know At first that he was a real life person. I just thought he was a cartoon character And we were watching with my friend G.I. Joe the movie and it said sergeant slaughter as sergeant slaughter And I said to my friend, I said, why would they do that? Why wouldn't they just say who the who the actor is and he goes, that's a real guy I said, what do you mean? That's a real guy. So he uh, he put in a vhs tape of of random wrestling stuff and out came To the ring was the real life sergeant slaughter and it blew my mind I was like, I can't believe this is the real guy So I was already a fan, but that just right into the stratosphere Of of being the ultimate childhood hero for me and thankfully since Doing the channel I've um, I've been able to interact with the serge and form what I call a best friendship He might not call it a best friendship. He might just You know be a little bit more casual about it than me, but I'm almost certain we're best friends now Yeah, I think that counts. So you came across sergeant slaughter through gi joe first And then discovered his wrestling career. I think for a lot of kids. It's kind of the other way around so so how since then How has your appreciation for sergeant slaughter grown and um, what has what has your sergeant slaughter fandom experience been like So the the first interaction I ever had with serge the Individual was during the height of the pandemic. So the pandemic was pretty bad for a lot of reasons and for a lot of people But the one positive thing that came out of it for me was that They started doing Live signings and conventions and stuff Via the internet so you no longer could go to these events in person So someone had the genius idea of putting it out. There was a virtual event and so I woke up one morning and I saw that there was going to be a Live signing with sergeant slaughter and I could sit like this talking to him like I am with you um Over the power of the internet. So I was like, all right, I've just woken up. I'm very tired My eyes are tired. So I threw on some shades because that works because it's sergeant slaughter He's not gonna mind if I'm wearing sunglasses um What I didn't realize at the time was that he actually was taking over for the million-dollar man Ted DiBiase And uh, he couldn't make it to that event. So he was a last-minute addition And so one of the first things he said was oh, sorry. I'm not Ted DiBiase the million-dollar man And I was just sort of like casual playing off. I was like, oh, it's okay. Not, you know, internally thinking That's the best deal ever for me. Sorry Ted DiBiase But I'm here for the serge I think one of the one of the most uh, I've got to also interact with kelly slaughter daughter remiss who's uh A good friend of mine and the real daughter of sergeant slaughter and being able to talk to her and him about the Um, the iraqi sympathizer days I think I've got more of a deeper appreciation for what goes into um A character and and what the real life impact of doing something like that can be So my appreciation skyrocketed even more so for the individuals That were involved in that and if you if you want to check out slaughter daughter's channel, please do they talk about a lot of that stuff I also have a Um a video on my channel where they do a deep dive into talking about that part of their life And a lot of people were hating on sergeant slaughter because of that but um after hearing him tell the story I've got a greater appreciation for what went into it So we we didn't like that he became an iraqi sympathizer But we weren't supposed to like it. So it was a job well done and he completely sold it But it had real world uh consequences for him and his family. So Um, that part I wasn't really that that aware of yeah Uh, and that has kind of come out more and they've talked about that more So I think people do have more of appreciation for that I think I like you I I was a fan of sergeant slaughter through gi joe first But by the time I became aware of his wrestling career It was during the iraqi sympathizer Thing it was on tv and I said what? What now? um, but but but uh a lot has been said about it, uh, and you I guess had a chance to Um, uh to really explore that uh, and yeah, uh since you mentioned, um, Kelly the slaughter daughter I'll make sure to toss in a link for her channel as well. You're absolutely right. People should check that out. Yeah And uh, and you have corrected the uh oversight or the the difficulty that you had getting a sergeant slaughter action figure as a child now Many times over now Excellent. So so yes, you're you're responsible for any inflation of sergeant slaughter action figure prices. Sorry guys, you know Yeah, my bad. Yeah But uh, uh, you you were in cobra convergence last year. This is your second year and you're kicking it off again We are recording this Well in advance. Uh, so, you know, this is pre-recorded Do you have at least uh at the time that we're recording this an idea of what you would like to do? Yeah, so, um the theme is essentially talking about You know the spies or the uh Infiltrators, you know that that sort of character and I thought who better to do a spotlight on than the renegades the the ones that infiltrated the Terror drone in g.r. Joe the movie and basically obliterated it Sent it down to floor level, you know, they had a sub level, but yeah, it was toast So i'm actually going to go and take a deep dive into The individual renegades themselves how they fit into g.r. Joe and what? variations of the original figures that we have I might I haven't decided yet as of now in the future I may have decided on whether or not I will include the modern era versions of them But I would definitely be looking at the o-ring versions and including some customs that were sent to me as well of the renegades, but in marauders colors Nice, that's that's a cool idea. Um, yeah, sergeant slaughter had he did have two Two teams he had the the renegades and then later on the uh, the marauders. So that's that's awesome. Yeah and um Again, we're recording this well in advance, but um at least The last time we talked you were making an effort to come out to the states and Uh and meet sergeant slaughter in person. Uh, is that that's still on? So, uh, this is like you said pre-recorded by the time this comes out I should have gone to joe fest and met my childhood hero sergeant slaughter. I had a very successful Go fund me where all my friends and family came together and decided that yeah, this is a uh an opportunity too hard to miss Um and to to go and meet my childhood hero Uh, I don't know how I would have been able to do it otherwise. So I sincerely and and heart feltly Thank everybody that was a part of that whether uh, they contributed a little or a lot it meant a lot And uh, I was able to yeah, it's happening. It's happening, man. It's happening. I can't wait That's fantastic. I I'm thrilled. I'm sure I have you thought about what your first words will be In person to sergeant slaughter. Have you thought about it? It's definitely going to be something along the lines of Yeah, I don't know something like that Somebody's got to capture this. Uh, somebody's got to immortalize this. This is an important. Yeah. So I'm gonna So I've got um, I'm spending a week there. I'm spending uh that week with kelly Um, and then when we get to joe fest, it's it's basically going to be I want to I want to experience as much as I can without being behind a camera I want to I want to go out there and experience it with my own eyes I'll try and get as much video footage of stuff that I can But it's not it's not the most important thing for me to record it It's just for me to experience it. So there's going to be um on top of you know, the obvious Greatness I've been able to meet sergeant slaughter But I'm also going to go and meet a lot of people that I wouldn't Be able to like I'm going to be able to hang out with you brian I'm going to go and hang out with some of my guys. Um, you know that I've made friends with through this channel You know adam from go figure ken from toy connections Uh, you know the the names go on and on gas. Everyone knows gas gas in everyone's uh chat feed Uh, yeah, so there's going to be a bunch of us that are all going to be catching up And I don't know how we're going to have all the time for it But I'm going to try and have all the time possible I can for uh meeting meeting you guys meeting and yeah making Long time friendships That that is the challenge is is just finding the time to spend with everyone because it is so much Um, but that's going to be awesome. So uh, so I guess past me is is going to say to future you Nice to have met you When I met you so So, uh, but cobra like joe fest in june cobra convergence in july. So we've got a one two punch um, so talk to me about like What was cobra to you? Uh back in the day back in your childhood. What uh, was there I mean, how did you play with cobra? Were you on team cobra doesn't sound like it sounds like you're more on more of a go Um, so since we're we gotta bring it back to cobra stick with steam Uh, tell us about your cobra experience so, uh, I had uh and still do have two brothers growing up and So what that meant was that the collection would always grow Threefold right whatever I had whatever they had uh, and if you were getting along with your brothers Well, then you could have a pretty epic battle if you don't get along with them that day Then, you know, they're subtracted from whatever game you want to play out of spite usually Uh, but so, um, if if I got some joes And my brother got some cobras Which is usually how it would go I wouldn't get too many of the cobra characters unless I felt like they Added some value to my personal collection. Uh, but there were always cobras around and Um, the one the few ones that I did have that were in my personal collection We're sort of like the oddball ones like croc master Um, you know because size needed to wrestle someone even though I never got to get a serge But I didn't know that at the time See that and that's another thing as a kid I didn't know that once an action figure comes out It's you know, it only survives a short while before it's taken off the shelves again I just always figured I'd find one Um, and and to be fair I did find a sword as marauder serge once But passed on it because it wasn't the version of sarge that I wanted I wanted the triple t sarge. I was like no, no, I won't get this one today Had I known I would have picked it up So croc master, uh road pig big bower those sort of um oddball ones were were basically the the ones that I would gravitate towards Whereas my brother would be crimson guards. I didn't have a bat because obviously it's a robot and that's pretty damn cool Um, and I guess if I had to pick Uh out of one sort of leader type it would have been destro so destro and the oddball Characters that were that were cobra for me Uh, you know and and and a robot or two android What would destro be your your favorite of the cobra's and I think he does count as a cobra Even though he's sort of independent, but I still counts. Would he be your favorite? Or is there is there another one that that stands out to you in the leadership role? Um, I would say uh destro pretty much had Put it down. He had the he had the metal Uh helmet or mask or face depending on on which way you want to go about it Uh, but yeah, I guess the only other one that I thought was cool Uh, other than you know cobra commander Has some pretty cool looks. Uh, it wasn't really big on sepento But I did enjoy, uh the rivalry between size of slaughter and nemesis forza Now whether or not you like cobra liar is irrelevant. That is one epic clash of titans They and they set up, uh, how a strong and powerful nemesis enforcer was uh in that movie. So That that fight was was significant. So yeah, uh One of the one of the uh, the better parts of the epic conclusion That was before, you know duke revived from his coma. So, uh, you know Just placing that within the movie timeline Um, but uh beyond uh beyond gi joe beyond cobra beyond sergeant slaughter Do you have any uh other things that you're passionate about any other things you collect? What what else are you into? Uh, well, I've sort of started getting into uh the masters of the universe origins line um that Uh, that sort of has taken over I was only because they brought out a masters of the wwe universe Which is a mashup of wwe and masters of the universe. They brought out a sergeant slaughter version of that Now I wasn't collecting origins before that and I wasn't collecting masters of the wwe universe before that either But when they brought out sarge, I was like, well, I gotta have that one because it's sergeant slaughter So I got that and then because he was based on man at arms, which was one of my favorite characters I was like, well, I got to get man at arms too And then I lied to myself and said well I'll just get he man because everyone's got to have a he man and then before you know it I've got well, there's castle grace go in the background. Yeah Over to the other side. I've got a full glass cabinet filled with uh masters of the universe and masters of the wwe universe So yeah, I guess now I collect that now so So this is how it starts though. You start you start this much and then it just it's snowballs Right exactly right So you you started your channel kind of To collect I guess media of sergeant slaughter But it's evolved since then so Now when somebody goes to your channel and checks it out, what can they expect to see? Well, one of the fun things that I do is the slaughterhouse wrestling championship Which is basically I grab my action figures and I make them wrestle It's not as clumsy as that sounds it takes a little bit of work and it takes a little bit of effort but I've got about five episodes of that up now and basically it follows um sergeant slaughter and The slaughterhouse, which is now a big rolling Fortress that you know, he does all this worldwide travel in somehow he gets around the world in this rolling slaughterhouse Uh, and and basically I picked two characters together that I think would be a good match I get my friends to voice them So, you know, uh originally it was just me and some of the joe burg boys But now it's got to the cast has exploded In fact, I've even got the real life sergeant slaughter doing a voice But because I already did the voice for sarge. I was like, sorry sarge that that that role has taken Uh, but uh, he does the voice for super cop, which is the fun school India version of uh of kind of like sergeant slaughter, but it's um, yeah It's a police version of sarge. So he does a voice and which again blows my mind Uh Having my childhood hero do a voice in a production of of anything that I do He also does a live action segment before every single episode. So kind of like the old gi joe stuff there, too Uh on top of that I also do incoming transmission with space commander where we talk about palatory action force Because uh, he was one of the guys that sort of reached out. Um, or I reached One of us reached out to one of us because um, he was watching the channel It was talking about action force and I was like, I don't really know anything about action force Um, so yeah now we we hang out every so often and talk about palatory action force Uh, other than that we do members games nights, which is supposed to be fun But sometimes ends up in a bit of a rivalry Friendly rivalry, but that's always fun, too Um, and yeah, and then just stuff like this where we get to talk and chat and have a good time That's everything is a blast your your channel has a really fun atmosphere. Uh, and I hope that people check it out Um, there will be a link to your channel in the description of this video So please make sure everybody you go check out, uh sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse so, um So you you've had now I guess quite a bit of interaction with sergeant slaughter I mean he started out as kind of a an idol, but now he's he's doing Voices for your show. That's that's gotta be a trip. That's gotta be pretty cool If I ever get used to it, it'll be a disappointment. It's always it's always gives me that feeling of Excitement and joy. I would never ever take it for granted um having a weird name like zazel I guess sort of helps to you know It implants in your in your memory, but When I was first doing the um the live signings I did one and then I thought they were great and then just continued doing them, you know to support my childhood hero Uh financially, you know by purchasing things like signatures and so forth Which I still do to this day if he does another one, I'll jump on there and I'll purchase something um and then um You know having watching that evolve from oh, that's you know, write that name down And then to see it like a second and a third time go. Oh, I know this guy, you know Oh, okay, so he remembers the name Um and then having face-to-face interactions if I never got to go to America I would be just as happy with the interaction that I have had over the internet and would consider myself You know to be to be blessed just for that But uh being able to go to joe fest is just icing on the cake to be able to get a cobra clutch from the sarge I mean He does that you have to get a picture and it's that cobra clutch. That's that's serious business They you know, you could you could do some on in with that. That's uh, that's a real deal Yeah, yeah, hopefully he'll let me tap out or I won't let him tap out. One of those two things are gonna happen Um, but yeah, you I mean you've mentioned uh, you mentioned joe berg and I I am as thrilled um To to see you have that opportunity to meet sergeant slaughter as I was with the joe berg guys when they came from South Africa And they were able to like meet uh larry hama and it was like, you know, I love seeing that I I enjoy seeing that kind of thing. I'm thrilled. I'm vicariously enjoying it. So I think a lot of my friends and family understand that this is a um Something that has been coming for a long time Something like a if if I never do anything else for the channel other than meet sergeant slaughter Well, then I it would I would go out on a high um, so it's I think it's one of those things where Uh, my friends and family came together and and really supported this idea because it does mean a lot Uh, I'm in I'm in no position where I can just globe trot Uh jump on a plane and in in such short notice and go meet my my hero And you know time is a factor as well, you know, we don't have a long time on this earth We're only here for a short time So, you know, we you got to make the most of the of the time that we do have But I will never not be appreciative of the people that have Donated or helped me in some form or fashion And I've I've made it my mission to make sure that everybody that has Shown support will get something We've already given out some gifts and we've already given out some prizes already for the for the go fund me But I want to make sure that everybody that did donate will get something of some description so that I can show my gratitude Well, I'm I'm grateful that you'll you're able to go. I'm extremely thrilled about it. Um, so Do you have do you have a favorite sergeant slaughter action figure? What's the top one? so, um The the least favorite was always the marauders Sergeant slaughter, but I've since grown to appreciate that character. He's still not my favorite, but I've come to appreciate it But I think the favorite for me and it is a tough choice Is the mail away version? It's the first one that came out It's the outfit that he would actually wrestle in when he was wrestling still with the a w a It was the The outfit that he would use in his live segments Whether he was introducing the cartoon or whether he was Doing the commercials that was His real life outfit as well as the outfit for the mail away. That's the first one. So that's pretty cool And it has some nice colors on it too. I like the colors on that that it really pops um I've seen him Like at shows he wears a camouflage like gi joe um Fatigue shirt It looks like the same one that he wore in the later commercials Uh that he did like to do in the course have you ever like has he ever mentioned? Is that the same shirt or does he had just did he just get another one? Um, I will I will ask him. I'm very curious I don't think it's exactly the same as that because he would he would Sort of wear that that jacket with gi joe on it. I don't think it looks exactly the same But I wouldn't be surprised if it is You know, he has a huge collection of things that he had during that time I know a lot of that stuff he did lose Um due to a flood a lot of that old memorabilia stuff got lost But I wouldn't be surprised if he kept great care of that and um wears it with pride I I I've just always been curious if it's not the same one. It's very close We'll find out at joe fest. That'll be one of the questions. Yes. This is the hard hitting journalism that you will get From us at joe fest So, yeah, we've got a few more minutes. Um, what I would like to do before we wrap up is just kind of, uh, Give you the the the the floor Let you Have a moment and just let the folks know Anything that you would like to say to wrap up Before I do that, I will remind everybody link will be in the description Cobra convergence for sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse. Um at the time you see this They should have their stuff up. So go check that out and make sure you subscribe to their channel. So the floor is yours Well, thank you very much. Uh, well, first of all, I want to say thank you for allowing me to come back a second time I was just as thrilled to be able to come back this time as it was the first time It's it's the cobra convergence is something that I'd watched. Um for many years I I want to give a special shout out to rob vegas who last year Every day for He put out a video. He is the hardest working australian. I know I am not the hardest working anything But he did a tremendous job there. Um, so I'm just very happy to be hanging out with fellow contributors people that You know, I think everyone should go and check out if you're checking this out first Please do check out who else is on on the list. Um There are some great people on there some that are new for this year uh, and these are all channels and contributors that More than anything, I'm just super proud to be associated with It's a dream come true, uh to be able to hang out and talk to people that I've been a fan of I've been a fan of your channel brian been a fan of the joe fest guys Uh, joe fest. Sorry the joe burg guys. I got joe fest on the brain But you know all to be a part of that it just It fills me with so much joy. It's it's never it never feels like it's an any effort or work Or anything to put together a video for cobra convergence. It is only Super exciting fun stuff. So hopefully if you if you're checking out and I've dropped it on the right day maybe a day early Then you appreciate some of the work that's gone into it because um I am doing cobra convergence with a passion I'm passionate about it because I love what it's about. I love the inclusion of it. I like that it opens up People's, uh, you know perception of who's putting out what? Uh, and how and and the different types I think that the best thing about cobra convergence other than you know, great content is to be able to see the diversity of content How people do great content that is different the differentiating You know the the the stuff that You can enjoy but it doesn't have to be cookie cutter stuff and that's what I like about this. It's all different great stuff So thanks for having me brian. I appreciate it. Oh, thank you zaisal for for doing it again Uh, and thank you for talking with me. This has been fantastic. I love what you do and once again a reminder to everyone Uh, link will be in the description. Go check them out and his cobra convergent stuff should be up now Uh, so check it out. Uh, so thank you very much. Uh, thanks for talking to me and uh, I will talk to you again soon Yo joe and cobra