This is one of the best (worst?) examples of circumstances conspiring against you. David Schultz is not known to a lot of wrestling fans today, but in 1984, he was on the cusp of becoming something pretty notable. Schultz was brought in to the WWF and became a top heel in the company just as the Rock n Wrestling connection was being forged. It looked like he could be an important component of the WWFs explosion into the mainstream. And then it all fell apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ During a backstage interview with John Stossel of 20/20, Schultz delivered two open-handed slaps to the reporter on camera after Stossel asked Schultz if wrestling was fake. Stossel sued WWF and Schultz was fired just as WrestleMania was taking hold. He missed out on being part of one of the biggest boom periods in wrestling history as a result of defending the business.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
