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 ➤ 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.

[@TitleMatchWrestling]

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[@danao1796]

Wow. Ya we see. That wrestler is an impotent 🤡

[@Mr.Estadity]

This is actually more damning than the shorter version lol.

[@shadowdog_dogchase4187]

Holy crap, Dr. D looks AMAZING HE LOOKS BETTER AND YOUNGER THEN HE DID YEARS AGO!! WOW what ever you are doing Dr. D keep it up, I can’t believe how great you look!!

[@boondox270]

Bret Hart even said that Stossel deserved it. If Bret Hart said it Schultz wasn't in the wrong then you know it's true lol

[@Mr.Estadity]

@@boondox270 I'm surprised Bret hasn't somehow blamed Goldberg for what happened to Stossel lol

[@seanwest5330]

I don’t think this version of the video really helps his case lol

[@hardyzme]

😂😂😂

[@paulg8065]

Not one bit lol. He’s a maniac.

[@rogueinfidel4160]

Justified the slap if you ask me. Lol

[@kevine.lemaster8473]

Not at all

[@rookiecollins7820]

Hope the incident ruined him

[@markfrank5937]

I remember this. I was young, and believed wrestling was real. He helped convince me further. 😂

[@Ricobaca]

He saved kayefabe for me😊

[@ettorebugatti9354]

It is real. He slapped the reporter just like they slap each other in the ring. So was the slap fake? That's the whole point. It is scripted and they do things and try to hurt each other as less as possible but the bumps they take in order to make a show are real.

[@markfrank5937]

@@ettorebugatti9354 he ruptured his ear drum, and was sued. It was real.

[@jefferyfite7122]

@@markfrank5937 Deposition proved that his ear drum was never ruptured. He settled out of court because they couldn't prove a crime had been committed.

[@markfrank5937]

@@jefferyfite7122 even though he said on TV, that it was ruptured? 🤔

[@friotaiocht101]

That was the easiest half mil Stossel ever made in his life...

[@swervebenz]

how do you know it was a 500k i can’t find it

[@smellmapitts5065]

I read it was closer to a quarter of a mil

[@seewhativescene]

Pocket watching is never the answer, especially from decades ago ​@@smellmapitts5065

[@Akimbo1313]

💩🗣️

[@friotaiocht101]

Well than good for you...@@smellmapitts5065

[@SaintD382]

Does he think this footage somehow exonerates him? It still looks every bit as damning to me.

[@waynebell6835]

Possibly worse

[@thisislocombia]

and at the end of that video you can see vince himself, so he slapped a reporter in vinces presence, that wouldnt help a lot

[@SaanMigwell]

He does, they are usually pretty stupid and very shitty people. Hulkster is probably the worst.

[@cleightorres3841]

he's a moron, it makes him look even worse

[@Mandy-lu6pk]

I still love Dr.D he is amazing

[@Interceptor810]

The older David Shultz looks like that cool physics professor at a local community college

[@Roger-ug6bp]

He looks like a ripped version of that fat kid from Bad Santa.

[@Syne111]

Wow he really added context to this obvious assault.

[@sbtopjosh4098]

He's a loser. Let's move on with our lives

[@Freddy_Confetti]

And it was obviously deserved

[@msoi215]

He should've slapped Vince McMahon like that

[@johnm5260]

That would require REAL balls going after McMahon. Instead he went after a 145lb reporter. What a dickhead !

[@juanbaclavab]

Vince would've died on the spot lol. He gets injured or starts bleeding every time he tries to do something remotely extreme

[@NoahStephens]

Right. Stossel is annoying. McMahon was actually exploiting the guy. Go slap him lol

[@incelsshoulddie2548]

​@@juanbaclavabvince would have kicked his ass

[@ianirwin9480]

Vince definitely deserves a few slaps like that

[@Kargo_Ken]

Ok he didn’t slap everyone in the hallway thanks for clearing that up.

[@malachisgrace1047]

😂

[@guccibandana1915]

His point was that he was commanded by Vince McMahon to stay in character and rough up the reporter. He noted the other wrestlers didn't try and stop him because it was "scripted" but surely you can't hit a reporter that isn't in on it

[@gurnblanstein9816]

That's pretty much what I saw on TV when it happened lol

[@GeauxRight777]

Yep

[@nemonucliosis]

But what you saw wasnt from HIS video cassette

[@GeauxRight777]

Definitely

[@joefox9765]

You all got it wrong.The video aired didn't actually show how hard slapped him. This video came from his heart 😅

[@philippinefanboy3561]

Finisher: that's open hand slap

[@Freddy_Confetti]

A*

[@AdamKlownzinger]

Umm…did he think this would make it look justified?

[@Havok999]

It was justified

[@drunkplaylists1829]

Lmao how was it not justified? Or are you one of those people who thinks actions don't have consequences?

[@arthurmorgan7086]

He looked terrifying back then and seems like a nice guy here haha

[@Rihardololz]

Like uncle you never seen long time ago in family cookout.

[@user-hx4le1vn2c]

He looks like a cool math teacher

[@Blueswailer]

I'd bet David Schultz is still a man no-one in their right mind would want to mess with.

[@Keviekev115]

Off the roids now

[@deenice9169]

That’s why you gotta be careful with old heads lol. Lotta middle aged guys in my neighborhood were scary in their young days and now they’re all peaceful, mature, and calm. Young kids look at them like “I don’t get why everyone is scared of them…I could take him.” I’m just like…….”i don’t knowww🫤”

[@thetoxicquipster]

He seems like a friendly chap. I'm gonna bring my friends over to his house and set up a tent in his back yard.

[@decimated550]

One of your friends is going to get drunk by a small amount and then start popping off and Dr. D is going to handle him like he was a bratty dog and you guys will have to pick him up. Apologize for his behavior and slink off into the night

[@johnharrison6745]

@@decimated550 That's okay. We'd just *VENTILATE* the walking, talking dog-dropping when he tried to "handle" us. He's a fossilized "more awn"; and, his fans are knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers. 😜😜

[@foreverunsaved6661]

​@@johnharrison6745- and your mother is an egg sucking dog.

[@jamesharden8033]

It’s hilarious how he thinks this “full version” justifies his actions…this is so 2006 lmao

[@ROBERTMORAN-mv7eq]

That just shows us how many times he got his bell rung.

[@MightyJabroni]

@@ROBERTMORAN-mv7eq Probably not as often as Stossel, who thought that messing with the hussle of a bunch of roided up tough guys would be a great idea ..... somehow.

[@MrSilus2000]

It does. You must be his son. Your daddy is a work

[@Freddy_Confetti]

@@ROBERTMORAN-mv7eqtoo bad he didn’t slap you

[@ianrutherford3819]

He was basically a bully..

[@Havok999]

The reporter instigated the whole thing

[@amitypredator9385]

Sure he did. What did the "punk" camera man do?

[@frankdunlop6865]

The “original”stone cold Steve Austin!!

[@BrightthgirB]

🎯🫡

[@billsfan1996]

@Joe Beef Hash cry about it

[@ajs510]

I can see a whole lot of Stone Cold's mannerisms and attitude originated from Dr. D, there's no question

[@fredy8296]

Almost nobody's talking about the golden era

[@adamlee7875]

i think stone cold is his son

[@everettgreenwood4338]

Wtf is he showing me that is different from what was shown on TV? He asked a question and he slapped the shit out of Stossel. He is acting like this tape shows that the news was lying about it but this is literally the same clip

[@PinkuStyle]

The difference is the reporter was being a bitch

[@wildestcowboy2668]

He didn't slap him that hard

[@jilhaneyisaiahdanielb.8878]

1:14 Dr. D laughed

[@jaychuck1626]

I was asking the same question.

[@SuperDodoe]

"fake news" wrestling is real just like the " open" hand of lady justice .

[@JorgeTorres-ru6jm]

Things took a violent turn when Stossel told Schultz he believed wrestling to be fake, which prompted Schultz to slap Stossel twice in the head. Upon the second slap, Stossel ran off as Schultz continued to yell at him. Because of these events, Schultz got suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission, while John Stossel filed a lawsuit against WWE. Even though it got settled out of court, Schultz joined the ranks of wrestlers fired by WWE, despite claiming WWE management actually wanted him to hit Stossel. No amount of goading Sshultz from Stossel should have turned violent. He deserved to get fired. With that said, anyone that thinks that WWE wrestling at that time was legit need to have their sanity checked. Of course it's all fake. But I still give credit to the wrestlers who put on a great show for their fans. The stuff that they do is amazing.

[@propaghandi8614]

@jorgetorresto to you betas it looks cool . Alphas don’t think like you .

[@cloak9288]

@@propaghandi8614 Gayest comment I’ve ever read.

[@salaciousBastard]

@@cloak9288 This dude thinks his life is a Teen Wolf episode. Cringy as f.

[@amado4249]

​@@propaghandi8614Man, that's about as gay as it gets.

[@es4152]

@@salaciousBastard😂😂😂 that fucking comment made my day

[@B1FFCO]

He got a CRT with the built in VCR on hand just to exhibit that one video😅

[@08magnumsrt]

Well that was from 2006 before flat screen t v's were an item.

[@Pittbull13]

I remember this as a kid-my Dad said David Schultz had taken too many blows to his brain. My mother said David was a bully.

[@cleightorres3841]

both

[@halfgod]

They were right

[@grapelund]

It’s the second slap for me. He was there, then he wasn’t!! He went down so fast.😂😂

[@alphaturd6922]

Lol is that fake!

[@kevinmalone3210]

The guy was 6'6" and 250 lbs. Jacked up on steroids too, I'll bet. Not a wise move to get in his face, then say, "I think this is fake."

[@Hugh-G.Rection]

Hahaha fr! Only if that was your mom😂😂

[@CellarDoorx06]

Just like you would be if a man of his size, bulk, height and weight open handed slapped YOU!

[@BiggerFatterBlog]

John Stossel is not much of a man. He got what he deserved. He is still a whiny little corporate news, puppet.

[@dp5124]

We need this guy to straighten up the media

[@JR-pj8pz]

yeah but stossel is one of the good ones. i'd have loved to see him do that to froto cuomo or piers morgan or don lemon. all those dudes are cock suckers

[@gordylillyhamerstockjenson2470]

What? 😂 you want him to censor media more? You’re a clown

[@MT-kx2uc]

By that you mean get the media to say things you agree with? You're supposed to do your own research. But no you want to be spoon fed.

[@GummySlayer]

Straighten it up to say things like wrestling is real, as in not staged? 😂 you're dumb. Everyone knows it's staged.

[@Aaron-wt4fx]

​@@MT-kx2uc if the media got slapped in the face everytime they lied they would change their tune 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ImZebaHD]

The guy got really humbled after the slaps but then obviously sued David and won like 425k

[@brendagranados6846]

Like a weakling he is

[@GummySlayer]

Well dang. I'm so glad to hear that. David ha no reason to slap him just cuz the reporter had an opinion which we ALL know is true, btw. It's staged. So yeah, the reporter said nothing wrong and I'm glad he got rich out of a dumbass little 😿 that can't take criticism.

[@user-pq7jj3vs3e]

This meathead should have gone to jail. How is it any different than some street hoodlum mugging you simply for exercising freedom of expression.

[@waffleMccoy]

​@@GummySlayerLOL he was so right to slap that punk ass reporter down because: It was funny

[@Aaron-wt4fx]

​@@GummySlayer you sound like a feminist 😂😂

[@flipflopmcgurt3403]

He's aged very well.

[@darrenlynch9047]

Agreed

[@cleancountershot3941]

He acts like this extra 15 seconds of footage doesn’t bury him even more lol very confusing

[@jgs8838]

I can only assume that he is as dumb as he appears. Sure, 'roids may have been a factor but he is clearly not terribly bright, which is kind of sad.

[@B77548]

High school bully that never grew up.

[@grekygrek]

And people think stossel is weak or foolish or something....dude made a quarter mil by saying a few words to a hyper sensitive cretin.

[@dl30wpb]

Or the reporter is an effeminate male that never reached manhood.

[@Havok999]

Bullying? The reporter came to his place of work and disrespected him to his face. What did you expect to happen?

[@craqerjackable]

You don’t put your hands on people unless you feel threatened. He was no threat to this bully! Can’t take criticism, and mentally deranged.

[@kanetheviking1340]

Facts

[@huytrangia2434]

He did it because he knew he was safe

[@mattieonutube273]

You obviously don’t understand how condescending John Stossel was and his hatred for wrestling. It was a different era where kayfabe had to be upheld, and calling wrestling fake to guys that are prone to injury all the time is not what you say to a legitimate tough guy. Everyone growing up these days are a bunch of pansies.

[@Lousasshol]

It was necessary

[@user-oc8sr3ml9m]

Need some kleenex??

[@MrMattd2]

So it was fake?

[@dararebreed]

Did that version of the video seem exactly like the original version to anyone else?

[@mk-qm3qk]

Weasel got checked... love it

[@mjisthegoat88]

i mean, maybe don’t go to a person’s workplace, act impossibly smug and then call the incredibly dangerous job they do “fake”.

[@joshwhite6919]

But it's fake lol. It's honestly more "dangerous" to be a journalist than a pretend wrestler.

[@getsugaallen6612]

Depends what type of journalist lol

[@decimated550]

That's an Open hand slap !

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

Its fake because it is all staged

[@halfgod]

Don't call something that is fake, fake cause a bully will slap you . Civilised person you are

[@smashedinfant]

The reporter was John Stossel. The second slap busted his ear drum. He later sued that dude and won. It was uncalled for. Shultz knew Stossel was meek and he took advantage of that.

[@notsheepish8304]

Yep, once a bully, always a bully

[@meppori23]

Y'all soft.

[@imbaroud5273]

​@@notsheepish8304lmao soft😂

[@robertowen1648]

Stossel was an arrogant wise mouth ass

[@smashedinfant]

@@robertowen1648 my boss is an arrogant wise mouth

[@DanielHernandez-gn7kp]

Happy with the 1st video and Happy with this !

[@Captain_Crayzay]

Ok thanks Dr. D, seeing the whole thing really turned my perception around. Now I see that you totally blasted that dude (twice!) for no real logical reason other than mad feelings.

[@oldschool0641]

Right, way to clear things up!🤣 what an A-hole

[@XplicitNation]

Look at him hurting your feelings over the internet all these years later haha

[@aidanmichaelov7415]

I don’t know how he thought this video made him look any better

[@jefferyfite7122]

His boss told him to blast him. The man was following orders.

[@daviderickson8699]

@@aidanmichaelov7415 I was thinking the same thing. It reminded me of when former GB Packer Mark Chmura was on trial for sexual assault, and he indignantly declared the facts of the trial would set the record straight and clear his good name. OK, the facts of the trial were that you and your neighbor came home drunk to his house full of drunk teenage girls and you, a professional athlete in your 30s, got everyone even more drunk and then stripped down to your underwear and got into the hot tub with them on your lap. Sorry we doubted you, boy scout...

[@67LOCsiNYC]

After reviewing this video evidence your definitely NOT INNOCENT sir😂

[@KrazyKatPosse]

Does he somehow believe this exonerates him? Lmao

[@toooop9]

Right lololol

[@madmantrader]

He barely hit Stossel

[@bill2066]

EXCELLENT POINT

[@thebreeze12]

I dont believe he ever said that this video exonerates him?? HE basically exposed an extended version of the interview that was never shown. Which does corroborate his version and reasoning for the slaps.

[@augustdavis7911]

😂😂😂

[@GeauxRight777]

If it weren’t for Vince giving him a job that dude would probably be in prison

[@namemcnamerton4249]

That could be said for quite possibly every wrestler ever

[@-TheExposition-]

He had the same job before and after Vince. Many men were like that back then. Even those who were cops. Products of a rugged world and rugged American culture. They were raised by men and women more rugged than them. Men have lost their lives over intentionally offended other men.

[@jefferyfite7122]

Vince settled out of court. If he lied to the police and said he never told Schultz to blast Stossel then it may have been a purjury/obstruction charge which are felonies. Vince screwed up not David.

[@emptyhand777]

Dave Schultz got out of wrestling and became a professional bounty hunter. Do a little research on that portion of his life, he was a real bad ass.

[@-TheExposition-]

@@emptyhand777 Oh I'm sure he was and still is. I'm 45 and old enough to remember Dr. D. My grandpa was a man of the same type. He just didn't play and you knew not to play around w/ him it's common sense. I will look into the bounty hunting though for sure.

[@Dena132]

So anyone who decides they want to drop the F-word in front of a pro wrestler will think twice...And they have ever since.

[@tylersmith4516]

Not really. I'd let him slap me a few times for the settlement that reporter got.

[@explorer909]

ROTFL! That looks like the exact same footage I saw on 20/20. ROTFL! What the heck is this guy talking about????????????

[@crankfotton]

He's an idiot

[@LearningWithSuj]

How does what David showed there make it seem better? Is he trying to say that because other wrestlers didn’t intervene that it wasn’t a big deal?

[@SaanMigwell]

No, he's trying to say he was provoked beforehand and that somehow makes it better.

[@buddmannable]

Dave went from looking like a Bad-ass to looking like my CPA..............

[@miked2573]

He learned it’s a tough business

[@walterpowelljr1577]

I'm coming down there to get a autograph and ya better not slap me! ......Shoot I better have a camera crew with me , Just in case!🤣

[@gurnblanstein9816]

I think that slap was worth a few hundred thousand to Stossel. I would have let him slap me for that

[@7beers]

Yeah, and he had medical problems and pain for years afterwards. Great deal.

[@BoRiS303030]

@@7beers For that amount of money it is a great deal... Maybe not for you but for 99.9% of the planet it is really good deal!

[@johnlewisbrooks]

I love the look on his face when he says standard questions lol. For a moment he looked moderately amused lol😅😅😅

[@Elendrian]

Stossel: "I didn't say I don't believe you're a coked up lunatic on steroids. You most definitly are. I said I thought thw performance was fake"

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Dave Schultz looks like a clean and calm gentleman in 2006 (and arguably today) compared to his rugged hot-tempered wrestler in WWF and Stampede Wrestling.

[@MrGfunk215]

Copious amounts of steroids back then we’ll do that to an attitude….

[@bigrod1702]

@@MrGfunk215 He didn’t take too many steroids. He took them but not that many. Hogan took way too many that’s why he went bald in his 40’s.

[@DChase19]

@@bigrod1702 OR, he could be bald because of genetics. That is a thing you know, LOL.

[@jefferyfite7122]

That was a character he played.

[@tj-mb3fy]

@@bigrod1702everyone goes bald in they 40s and if you don’t you’re lucky.

[@cwillie1492]

How did this help? Can’t see he’s not honest😂

[@JohnBGood-ry9wj]

Mr. Fuji was just waiting for his sushi 🍣

[@kjhenry100]

Hmm he seems to think the lawyers gave him some new piece of the puzzle. They probably figured he already lost the case what does it matter if we just confirm what everyone already knew.

[@user-ze6mh8fg1k]

He transformed into such a different person. Just look at him

[@jessiewellington9377]

yes this is his post steroids phase in life, he looks rather well put together

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

he looks like a math professor now, wild

[@survivalistcookbook9625]

It’s called assault unless he was in on it.

[@somethinginteresting923]

Still crazy after all these years...

[@handelknob]

Stossel couldn't see that coming😂

[@1959LP4U]

@handelknob Oh he knew it was coming! He was looking for an easy pay day just like 13% race hustlers do. Attacking police officers so they can sue the city, falsely claiming police brutality aided by MSM reporters hoping for a racist police story they can fabricate for their lunatic liberal viewers!!!

[@t.vampiro4800]

He needs to visit CNN and MSNBC

[@thomasjacks4287]

He was still a bully. He hit a man that was no challenge to him. What a piece of garbage. All the things that he talked about is what happens you’re a celebrity it’s the price you pay. He certainly isn’t strong inwardly he has no control over his temper.

[@guess8543]

Since the beginning he was angry at the reporter. And everytime the reporter asked him a a question, he answered in a way that provoked the reporter by making him small, like you are weak, you can't do what I do. So the report said what you do isn't even real. So I don't understand why you think the reporter needed to be slapped. I think u are a fool you needs to be slapped to get your head right

[@Ms10429]

@@AbtinXhe literally ruptured his ear drum. if you put your hands on someone you should be charged with assault simple. You can’t take words/insults and have to result to violence you are simple minded.

[@AbtinX]

@@Ms10429 I think you need to be slapped aswell

[@StarfieldRailway]

@@AbtinX , who was the fool? Stossel spoke the truth. Professional wrestling really is fake.

[@DashzRight]

@@AbtinXcomplete disproportionate, would be funny to let you taste your own medicine, you probably are a fool in someone else’s eyes.

[@MrVvulf]

Schultz could have showed some class and admitted he was out of line and regretted his violent actions, but sadly it appears he didn't learn a thing from the incident. It's no wonder someone with his temper was fired from professional wrestling before it cost them even more than the $280,000 Stossel was awarded.

[@jwigley3835]

Agreed. Guys like this get away with it sometimes but I've seen so many times when they get what they deserve out on the street. He obviously got lucky.

[@bigrod1702]

@@jwigley3835 No one would have the guts to fight him out on the street. He Carries guns. Plus he can fight. Plus he is a 6 foot 6 tough strong fit farmer from Tennessee. No one would have the guts to fight him out on the street. Also not sure if you are aware but many fans and other wrestlers have backed up SCHULTZ for slapping STOSSELL and stated that they would have hit STOSSELL harder. Also STOSSELL only got a big payout because he faked an injury with a crooked doctor.

[@johnpooperton]

@@bigrod1702 Hell yeah! Assault is so fucking cool huh?!

[@bigrod1702]

@@johnpooperton Schultz is a legend who belted a loser. He is cool you are not.

[@johnpooperton]

@@bigrod1702 I guess you consider child serial rapists the most cool then since you have openly admitted that violence is your determining factor of what's hip.

[@SeamHead33]

The most clean cut and soft spoken I've ever seen Dr. D

[@jonwon2943]

Dude was like the original early version of stone cold Steve Austin. He would’ve looked like him if he shaved his head.

[@halfgod]

What an idiot.. slaps someone for telling the truth. I hope the reporter sued him and took a compensation

[@Samsubduer]

That statement was haunting and pissing him off since long time and he finally decided to give it back with all he has got with his one hand slap one after the other.

[@Antoniorex]

And it ruined his wrestling career lol

[@Jamming0ut]

​@@Antoniorexi hope so, he deserved that.

[@italianozuzu1232]

I respect for standing up for himself. He should had slap him a litle more 😂😂😂😂

[@3rdGen-Media]

It’s not Geraldo. It’s David Schultz slapping John Stossel

[@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047]

Some people only understand violence. Stossel is one of those people.

[@kylelichter7]

I mean, you walk up to any business and call it bulls***, expect to get smacked. That’s just a life lesson

[@dustindustindontworry-jz8dh]

Crazy, that there is people who think like u in the world.

[@drunkplaylists1829]

@@dustindustindontworry-jz8dh Most people think like that. It's called accountability.

[@RickJamesGhostGuns]

This dude was my favorite wrestlers back in the early 80's. I believe this slap ended his career

[@realWorsin]

You believe it because it did lol.

[@RickJamesGhostGuns]

@@realWorsin Yeah, that slap was the start of Hulk Hogan's career

[@Ghost-tx4ft]

and the owner shot this guy who couldn't handle the fact that what he did was acting and not wrestling. it was always fake not matter how hard u slapped that reporter. its fake fake fake. it never even looked real to begin with. we all can clearly see its fake as hell

[@RickJamesGhostGuns]

@@Ghost-tx4ft The owner shot who? What are you talking about?

[@turkN9NE]

​@RickJamesGhostGuns lmao still trying to figure it out

[@robertg305]

I definitely wouldn’t wanna make him mad

[@HappyHermitt]

He should smack CNN, MSNBC, CBS, BBC, PBS, NPR, ETC ETC

[@greysymphonyearth]

Looks exactly what I seen on TV lol

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

Story time! I went to an Indy show and David Schultz was on the card. It was after the whole 20/20 debacle and he came over and he just stood over me. I was sitting like in the front row and he just stood there and stood over me and just GLARED down at me. And I... could not bring my head up. I could not look him in the eyes because I was terrified of the guy.

[@GeauxRight777]

He’s a scary SOB

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

@@GeauxRight777 Yeppers.

[@Bazzeboy]

What’s the 20/20 debacle? Something like Plan B?

[@marcbaigrie2295]

Gay

[@Bazzeboy]

@@marcbaigrie2295 Schultz you mean?

[@mayorhardin1171]

£250,000 per slap! That's real

[@jasonanthony166]

What!! Why wasn't the last question in the interview- "So just to clear up the confusion, is it really fake?"

[@jmo8934]

That version of the video just confirms the other ones. Stossel walked into the wrong place, wrong guy at the wrong time with the wrong questions but Dr D must have known he’d get into big trouble for hitting him. I guess he just didn’t care.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Wrong place, wrong guy? True, Stossel had no business calling his mother and sister all those foul names but still... 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@jnowak9]

I remember watching this on 20/20 when it first came out. We were talking about open hand slap for years after that 😂. I can't believe this is the same guy. He looks so different.

[@2JZwithabigsingle]

He was a pioneer, ahead of the curve. Nowadays everyone wants to slap journalists

[@ralphwbms]

Even after so many year he still thinks he did the right thing. Unbelievable!

[@TwoTwentyTampa]

Johnboy still feels it when he wakes up every morning

[@cnrails]

@@TwoTwentyTampaJohnBoy still has more money than this washed up has been

[@TwoTwentyTampa]

@@cnrails that supposed to mean something?

[@cnrails]

@@TwoTwentyTampa yeah, it was supposed to mean something. If you weren’t illiterate, you would’ve figured that out.

[@jonathanpyngrope7946]

Dats coz it WAS the right thing he did..still is😂😂😂😂

[@redman958]

He's basically saying ya I illegally assaulted him but as you can see from the video evidence he was getting on my nerves. Lol

[@DZ302-Z28]

If Mike Tyson were asking him the same question would he have reacted the same? The answer is no, this guy knows he's bigger and stronger than stossel, at the end of the day he is just a bully and a coward.

[@dustindustindontworry-jz8dh]

exactly

[@MFSINPSA]

It made John Stossel’s career.

[@LadyAngelaYaYa1966]

And now he slaps his wife ON FILM. Monster, baby, bully.

[@battlestarmarc]

lol 1:11. Schultz was set up by Vince McMahon. Awa, nwa or wccw should have used Schultz after the 20/20 segment.

[@gspendlove]

Schultz shouldn't have slapped Stossel, even if McMahon told him to. It was wrong. That being said, Stossel _was_ trying to provoke some sort of angry reaction from Schultz, because it made for a better interview, and he should have known not to use the word "fake." Professional wrestlers hate that word. It's dismissive of what they do. They put their bodies on the line for the entertainment of the fans. That's not fake. Wrestlers have been injured and killed in the ring. That's not fake. The flying, the hits, the pain, that's not fake. And they've seen guys they know end up with nothing but broken bodies, broken minds and broken spirits when their time in the spotlight has passed. That's definitely not fake. I don't defend what Schultz did, but I understand. For someone to dismiss your life's work as fake is enraging. Even Neil Armstrong once punched a moon landing denier. And I'm pretty sure that Stossel has said to himself, "Man, I really shouldn't have said that to him. That made him mad."

[@YouaNumbahOneRacist]

That was Buzz Aldrin that punched the moon landing denier, otherwise, yeah, but the moon landing was real. Stossel's whole schtick is asking hard or crossways questions, that's his _whole thing._ Assault is assault, even in kayfabe. Every wrestler doesn't like it, but every wrestler should expect it, just like MMA fighters should expect the dipshits that call MMA matches sweaty man love, or whatever. You can get angry like a dumbass, or shake your head and i don't know, generate an intellectual response?

[@rowdycmoore]

See, the problem is people MIGHT at least understand all that IF wrestlers like Shultz didn't keep insisting what they do is exactly the same as other sports when it isn't. If they admit what they do is like the Harlem Globetrotters but with more risk to the body, that's one thing. But to keep saying what they do is like the Dallas Cowboys, THAT'S fraudulent because many people consider pure authentic competition sacred. Pre-determining and fixing the result of a sporting event is the one thing guaranteed to get you permanently banned from that sport. THAT'S what too many people involved with wrestling don't get. There are millions who will respond to this with "If you are putting your body through all this damage for something that isn't a real sport, why can't you have some pride and do that for a real sport like so many others do?"

[@gspendlove]

@@rowdycmoore I've watched a lot of wrestling. I've never heard a wrestler, or even heard _of_ a wrestler, "insisting" that professional wrestling is exactly the same as football or baseball or boxing or any other sport. I've never heard one say "it's not scripted, it's all real." (And it's not "predetermining" or "fixing" the results, it's scripted. They work from a script, like actors in a TV show....Wait a minute, I get it! They're not "like" actors in a TV show, they _are_ actors in a TV show! It's not a real competition! It's a TV show, like Star Trek or The Mandalorian or The Twilight Zone. Imagine that!) Maybe you can tell me when and where you heard a professional wrestler "insist" that all of it's real. The overwhelming majority of wrestling fans are aware that these dramatic conflicts we see (say, when Rick Martel "blinded" Jake Roberts with an atomizer so Roberts challenged Martel to a special "blindfold match" and beat him) aren't real conflicts. We're not stupid. It's a scripted TV show and everyone knows it. Again, please point me to the video of a professional wrestler saying in an interview that what he or she does is as real as other sports and that none of it is scripted (and I'm talking about a legitimate interview, not an interview like this one or a wrestler being "interviewed" for a wrestling TV show). You know what wasn't scripted, though? Chris Benoit losing his mind from too many hits in the head and taking his and his family's lives. Owen Hart falling 70 feet from the ceiling into the ring and dying as a result. Those things definitely happened. Your idiotic point is....well, idiotic.

[@rowdycmoore]

@@gspendlove I have no idea how long you've watched wrestling, but the very definition of "kayfabe" comes from the time when those behind wrestling were in fact doing everything in their abilities to MAKE people think what they were doing was 100 percent competition. Bullshit rules like wrestlers always having to be in character 24/7 and heels/babyfaces never being allowed to be seen together in public. Imagine if Josh Brolin had to be made up as Thanos and not be seen with Chris Evans or Robert Downey Jr for at least all of Avengers Endgame's theatrical run. That's the crap wresters were made to do. You ask for any footage of wrestlers insisting what they do is real - that is LITERALLY what Shultz did with Stossel then. And if that's not enough, I have frequently heard people like Jim Cornette whine that wrestling died once those involved were willing to admit it's a staged show "We're not stupid?" Guess what - people like Cornette, Verne Gagne, Phil Mushnick and the elder Vince J McMahon THOUGHT you were stupid, constantly presenting their act as an actual sport and truly thinking you DID believe it was just like football. And of course no one with an ounce of intelligence really believed that - they made jokes about wrestling being fake on Mork & Mindy for frak's sake! But the people running wrestling up until Vince K McMahon came along DID keep telling people it was real competition and thinking people believed it, and to steal a line from Parks & Recreation: "Okay, but that's worse. You do know why that's worse, right"

[@Mitjitsu]

Lol, that unseen footage doesn't do anything to justify Schultz's action.

[@brodywinslow1820]

Those mustaches could have a cage match by themselves...

[@NoahStephens]

The amazing thing about this is he thinks this exonerates him.

[@Justiceisahero]

Who needs exonerating, he slapped a guy twice. It’s not exactly a war crime.

[@NoahStephens]

@@Justiceisahero Just the kind of response I’d expect from a professional wrestling fan

[@Justiceisahero]

@@NoahStephens is that you trying to mask your lack of a point with smugness

[@CoolHandLuke01]

Noah is a classic douche

[@PandaWitTheGuap]

​@NoahStephens no lie, that was a weak ass comeback. It didnt even make sense

[@erkl8823]

Aw man, totally missed opportunity...y'all know they shoulda told him right at the end, "thanks for the interview, oh & btw, we both think this is fake..."

[@markuschelios6891]

That was an open hand punch.

[@wickedchef]

PLOT TWIST: When they stopped rolling, he slapped everyone behind the camera that conducted this interview....

[@mysticalwonderland8479]

Does he really think this version vindicates him ?! … I’m stunned actually but it’s also hilarious 😂 😂😂😂

[@RightfootWestHam]

Yeah, this is what happens when you abuse steroids and takes too many hits to the head, you think you are justifed in punching others.

[@Havok999]

@@RightfootWestHam he was justified. You don’t come into someone’s place or work, disrespect them, and expect nothing to happen.

[@RightfootWestHam]

@@Havok999 The topic: "Does he really think this version vindicates him ?! … I’m stunned actually but it’s also hilarious " You: "he was justified. You don’t come into someone’s place or work, disrespect them, and expect nothing to happen." You are off the topic.

[@RightfootWestHam]

@@Havok999 You can hold the opinion that its justified to take steroids, its still off the topic. Going off topic is disrespectful.

[@Havok999]

@@RightfootWestHam I didn’t say anything about steroids. I don’t agree with steroid use. I think both men were in the wrong in a way, but the reporter was looking for that reaction out of the wrestler for a viral moment, which he got

[@jwfmechanical9864]

I will pay to watch this guy wrestle

[@tommyriam8320]

"wrestle" ? lol You mean, cavort like a clown in the ring

[@TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru]

@@tommyriam8320 Say that to his face tough guy, you'd go down quicker than Stossel LMAO

[@frankbob4043]

Didn't Stossel settle out of court for $425,000? Expensive slap that was.

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

You guys need to realize this was when Kay fabe was sacred

[@Mid.G.]

Bro thinks he’s vindicated 🤣🤣

[@peacelove6632]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrhowell6842]

You do harm against another person, you are wrong.

[@joeofmesaarizona3595]

You're a British cigarette :D

[@bigrod1702]

He was not wrong. He stood up for his family, his friends his sport and himself. STOSSELL insulted him right to his face and got what he deserved.

[@vicious26]

He’s right.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

I’m not for the violence but guy was asking for it

[@LearningWithSuj]

Dang, I was hoping the outtakes had showed the part where jada gave Schultz the disapproving look & nod, just before the slap.

[@davidaustin2109]

He don’t break character till he don’t the DVD 📀 commentary. 🤣😂😂

[@Penfold497]

It’s a shame that modern promotions won’t let the guys have cool characters like this anymore.

[@bigrod1702]

It’s because of political correctness

[@Penfold497]

@@bigrod1702 the hook nosed goblins who run the media villify anything White or working class. I miss America

[@johnpooperton]

@@bigrod1702 I guess if you mean laws are political correctness, then yes. That would also mean defunding the police would be putting an end to political correctness.

[@bigrod1702]

@@johnpooperton If you want the police defunded then don’t call them when you need help

[@johnpooperton]

@@bigrod1702 so now you consider political correctness help? Seems like you can't pick a lane for your logic to travel very far upon.