David Schultz - When I Slapped John Stossel for Calling Wrestling Fake

"Dr. D" David Schultz watches himself slap 20/20 reporter John Stossel at Madison Square Garden. Full shoot ➤ http://TitleMatchNetwork.com

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Back in 1985, 20/20 news reporter John Stossel was doing a long-form story on Vince McMahon, the WWF & the age-old question of "is wrestling fake?".

Now in some rarely before seen footage, David Schultz shows us the raw video that his lawyers gave him during the deposition. It shows what happened moments before Schultz slaps John Stossel and the immediate aftermath.

You will see Iron Sheik, Mr Fuji and even Vince McMahon walk into frame just after the slap heard round the world. It was at this moment that Schultz slaps Stossel across the face stating, "yeah is that fake? That's an open hand slap!".

The slap was met by praise from wrestlers in the locker room but it turned into a legal nightmare for WWF owner Vince McMahon. The promotion would be sued by Stossel and 20/20, leaving McMahon to pay out more than half a million dollars.

Dr. D David Schultz would never truly recover from this incident, though his name was forever etched in infamy. Recently seen on Dark Side of the Ring and other programs reliving the incident, Schultz has undergone another wave of popularity and exposure.