Flashback To The Time A Pro Wrestler Slapped A Reporter (VIDEO)
John Stossel (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for American Institute For Stuttering)
With this insane Will Smith/Chris Rock incident still in the news…we thought we’d flashback to a lesser known but still notorious televised slap!
The year was 1984…and at a WWE show in Madison Square Garden…John Stossel of 20/20 interviewed a few wrestlers backstage.
When Stossel (who was intent on showing that wrestling was predetermined) spoke with infamous villain, David Schultz, about the sport of professional wrestling…Shultz answered one of Stossel’s questions with a slap (and then another slap) to the reporter.
Schultz would eventually get released from the WWE due to fallout from the incident…and Stossel ended up suing. Check it out!
– East Side Dave
“East Side” Dave McDonald has been the co-host of The Morning Rat Race for the past ten years. A lifelong Monmouth County resident, Davey Mac was raised in Spring Lake and graduated from Monmouth University. Additionally, Davey Mac co-hosts The East Side Dave and Son Wrestling Show (which is available on WRAT.com and is nationally syndicated by Beasley Digital Media). Davey Mac is a mega-sports fan, crazy wrestling enthusiast, Star Wars obsessive, rock and roll freak, and all-around Pop Culture nut. From the hottest streaming shows to the best in live sports, Dave tries to watch everything.
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