Another Dead Wrassler - Dirty Dick Slater

Back in the early ‘80s, Slater was involved in another violent altercation at a bar in Atlanta, in which wrestler Wahoo McDaniel accidentally shot him in the leg.

“When the police got there, I told them that a sniper shot me… to save Wahoo,” Slater told Mid-Atlantic Gateway in an interview. Despite the injury, Slater returned to the ring within three weeks.

I have never heard of this guy before.

He was a regular at Wrestling at the Chase, then the Texas circuit with the Von Erichs, and the Georgia circuit with the Horsemen before they were the Horsemen.

Dirty Dick Slater was a legend in the southern wrestling alliances in the 1970's & 80's. Had a short WWF run, but nothing of significance.

He as a dirty country boy heel. There are some crazy stories about him out there.

Like getting shot by Wahoo McDaniels!

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