Sgt. Slaughter On Ziggler And Bryan Not Being Used Properly, Undertaker's Name

WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter recently spoke to The Baltimore Sun.

On Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler:

"I don't think he's being treated fairly," Slaughter said. [The people at WWE] are making him work awfully hard to be successful and he's not letting them down. He's working harder than ever. He's like a giant slayer. He takes on the biggest and the best. Kind of like Dolph Ziggler -- he's another talent I thought he wasn't being used right, and I brought it up in several production meetings that they shouldn't do his character as they were.

"It takes time. You can't do it for everybody. For example, a guy like Randy Orton, there wasn't much to teach him inside the ring. I wrestled his grandfather and his father. All the teaching for him was done outside the ring. He was a tough nut to crack. He had a mind of his own, and still does. He's another talent that exceeds and has so much ability."

On Undertaker's ring name:

"We would have meetings after shows to talk about what happened and plan things out creatively," Slaughter said. "The topic turned to Mark and Vince said he had an idea for a character name and he brought up the name Paul Bearer. The next day I went to Vince and I said I didn't really care for that name for Mark in particular. I thought he looked different than that, and Vince said 'like an Undertaker?' and I said yeah! Maybe we should do Paul Bearer as his manager."