Sgt. Slaughter Says He Doesn’t Watch SmackDown Because Lacey Evans Is On The Blue Brand

Sgt. Slaughter does not support Lacey Evans using his moves.

Evans has been in the social media hot seat lately, as she has been accused of being ableist amongst other arrogant statements from the SmackDown superstar. This has lead to her being reduced to being someone to beat on the blue brand over the last few months.

Speaking with Bill Apter for Sportskeeda WrestleBinge, the WWE Hall of Famer was sharing his thoughts on the current product when he noted that he doesn’t watch as much as he used to, noting that he refuses to watch SmackDown because Lacey Evans is on the blue brand.

I don’t watch it as much as I did because I’m a little upset… I watch more Raw because SmackDown had Lacey on it, and I don’t want… it doesn’t upset me because I know she can’t put a Cobra Clutch on like I do, but it’s just the thought that she’s using a move without…at least I would think the writer or somebody or somebody would call me up and say, ‘Hey, you mind if we use the Cobra Clutch,’ or maybe call it something else. DiBiase brought it in and when I was gone with G.I. Joe, he used it as the Million Dream. She could have maybe come up with another name. But just to call it the Cobra Clutch… I had to end up using the Camel Clutch when I came back because DiBiase was using my hold. So I asked Khosrow, I said, ‘Is it okay if I use your move?’ ‘Oh, yes, it would be an honor for you to use that.’ That’s the way the business was. You respected your talent and your people that you worked with. I would never have used it unless he would have said yes, go ahead and use because he’s the one that made it famous,”

Sgt. Slaughter

Slaughter is clearly not pleased that Evans continues to use his move, but with her not winning many matches lately, she hasn’t had the opportunity to use it.

We will have to wait and see if Lacey will continue to use the Cobra Clutch when she gets back in the win column.

H/T to Fightful

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