Upon returning to the WWF-again with the Grand Wizard as his manager- in 1983, Slaughter was a top contender to Bob Backlund's WWF Championship. In late 1981, Slaughter joined Mid Atlantic Wrestling and won the NWA United States Heavyweight Title and the NWA World Tag Team Titles with Don Kernodle.

Patterson accepted on television and was escaping from the hold when Slaughter released it and put a beat-down on Patterson, starting a hot feud which culminated in an ' Alley Fight' in New York City's Madison Square Garden between the two that is widely regarded as the best 'hardcore' match of the Kayfabe era. Slaughter then engaged in a feud with Pat Patterson, which stemmed from Slaughter calling Patterson 'yellow' and offering him $10,000 (double the usual amount) to try to break the cobra clutch. Slaughter was the only WWF-based challenger not to do the honors for Backlund at MSG (Backlund defeated him at the Meadowlands, but never in the Garden). He would eventually face Bob Backlund for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship across the WWF territory in 1980, earning two-or-three main event matches in most markets.

He quickly rose to the status of number one contender on the strength of his 'cobra clutch' challenges where he would seat wrestlers in a chair in the ring, and apply the hold, offering $5000 to anyone who could break it. Between 19, Slaughter wrestled in the WWF under the guidance of the Grand Wizard. He then signed with the WWF and was pushed as a heel. During the late 1970s, Remus worked the American Wrestling Association (AWA) territory under a mask as Super Destroyer Mark II with managers Lord Alfred Hayes and Bobby Heenan. Slaughter held numerous regional titles early in his career and experienced his first major success in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) capturing the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Don Kernodle.

1.5 Return to World Wrestling Entertainment (2010–present).

1.4 World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2009).

1.2 American Wrestling Association (1985–1990).

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