ABC's 20/20 Exposes Pro Wrestling Part 2 of 2

In 1984, ABC 20/20's Emmy-award winning reporter John Stossel exposed pro wrestling as fake on the network's highly-rated and popular primetime news show.

Checkout former tag team partners "Continental Lover" Eddie Mansfield and "Doctor D" David Schultz in this video, both of whom will be featured guests at the 2011 Georgia Wrestling Legends Fanfest Weekend in Atlanta.

In this video from ABC's 20/20, Mansfield demonstrates the secrets of the trade and even explains how wrestlers cut themselves. "Red turns to green," he said then as he sliced his forehead open.

As for Schultz, we all know what he did when the arrogant reporter claimed the very popular sport was fake...

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• NWA
• Georgia
• Wrestling
• Legends
• Fanfest
• Eddie
• Mansfield
• David
• Schultz
• ABC
• 20/20

[StanHowser]

@emmit127

Someone had to slap the piss out of him. Stossel had no idea what he got himself into. Their livelihoods were on the line.

[nameanking]

Ear damage? lmao bull$hit Stossel

[Venom101002]

I remember watching this show with my father when it originally ran on 20/20. We were both surprised about them blading back then. I was always told the blood was fake. If I remember right, Stossel sued the wrestler who hit him, and won. He was kicked out of wrestling soon after that.

[TheBlanco85]

@nameanking Fail

[motleyhar]

@kobinho07 Jim got bitch slapped. Come on, everyone has always known that it's fake. It's still fun (sometimes).

[motleyhar]

This is before the birth of the term "Sports Entertainment".

[XblCheeseofdeath2008]

@nameanking Yeah If you hit someone an open hand slap to the ear it will really fuck your ear up.

[MurrayHerts]

lol wtf slapped the shit out of him

[kobinho07]

LOL oh john stossel i miss his interviews and then for it to totally come out years later it cracks me up!

[AlphaMaIe]

hahahaha his earth hurt what a lier

[Tom6093]

@natureboy19831 I wonder what David Schultz thinks about that now. Ooh and about Andy Coffman wrestling women, that was back in those days ..wasn't it ? I know Edge and certain other wrestlers have admitted that wrestling is fake. But it's also not about it's livelyhood anymore. Getting rid of JoHn Cena and John Luranitus is...Lol

[natureboy19831]

what the hell is wrong with you thats an opened hand slap? lmao