Greg Valentine - When David Schultz Slaps Reporter John Stossel in WWF
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- Greg "The Hammer" Valentine discusses the 20/20 incident when WWF wrestler David Schultz slaps reporter, John Stossel. Streaming now 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
Back on December 28, 1984, John Stossel was backstage Madison Square Garden conducting interviews about the secrets of pro wrestling. Valentine remembers it well, the moment when Stossel told Schultz (aka Dr. D) "I think this (wrestling) is fake".
Within seconds, Dr. D slaps John Stossel with back-to-back open hand slaps. Stossel would go down both times before running off down the hallway. He would go on to sue Vince McMahon's WWF (World Wrestling Federation).
Schultz would stay in the company for another couple months but was ultimately fired. Find out what Greg Valentine witnessed backstage a WWF show at the Los Angeles Sportatorium.
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There's a reason why Greg lasted so long in the business, and his reputation was never tarnished. Just a very no-nonsense, professional guy.
Just like pop.
@@teller1290 really all those guys that came before the Monday Night War era lasted longer, because they weren't talking the high risk moves that say... the luchadores do. They paced themselves in the ring, and knew how to work a crowd. Something that is lost in wrestling today.
His Dad trained him well on the business.
That is how it was then them men didn’t take nothing from no one.
Yet in this interview he cant tell the truth of what happen, what was said nor who were involved...
He lasted this long because he didnt develop brain damage until later and he was so high on steroids his body could last this shady business.
The more this site shows of Greg Valentine, the more I like him.
Valentine is a mans man
I have to agree. But man did I love to hate him in the 80's!
Was never a big fan of Greg Valentine, but I always liked the way he sold by falling flat on his face in a match. After seeing these interviews, he has become one of my favorites. I would love to meet him and shake his hand. What a great man.
@@edgein3299 He is one of the very few wrestlers, who doesn't rip the other ones apart. I feel the same way about him. I liked his face fall and toughness, but wasn't a huge fan. Seeing him here makes him one of my favorites now and I have been watching his wrestling videos from the 70's and 80's.
I'll agree novusmundi
I'm so enjoying getting to know Greg through these interviews. What a wonderful, insightful, incredibly likable person.
He told me he is enjoying getting to know you too 👍
and u left out that he is a racist P.O.S.
Seems a little plastic IMO.
He could not tell the truth of what happen, who were involved no what was said...
There is not much genuine about him, his muscles are fake, his hair is fake, his act is fake.
I remember seeing that slap on 20/20 as a kid and never forgot it.
I'll never forget what Greg's father, Johnny, once said. "I can't make you believe that wrestling is real, but I can make you believe that I'M real."
Credit Jim Cornette.
PRICELESS
Johnny Valentine was a tough man, Terrific wrestler, I'll always remember my mom and I watched him break Tim Woods leg applying the figure 4 one Saturday on NWA wrestling back in the 70s.
Greg is gaining a whole new group of fans with these terrific interviews!
Valentine is what a Professional wrestler truly meant. In good shape, tough as nails, had the respect of his peers and respected others, smart, and a true athlete. Saved his money and didn't get strung out on drugs like many in his era. Watching these shoots is truly a breath a fresh air. He has left a legacy that he can be proud of. Love Valentine!!
Vic707b,,,when I was little boy I remember seeing his father, Johnny Valentine. Greg looks just like him! I came close to meeting Greg at a Comic Con show. I was with my then g/f and we were having such fun with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and The Nasty Boys, we never got around to meeting Greg. Met Brett Hart too!
Doctor D gave his entire career to protect the business at the direction of the guy that ultimately killed the business. Doctor D is a hero in my book, a heels heel!
I hope that he eventually found him a Wo-man!
@@DingusTheGenius “What’s the matter with you Gene? I’m telling it like it is baby!”
@@DingusTheGenius in San Francisco 😂
He didn't protect anything and was dumb to do it and I'm a huge wrestling fan
@@ivangamez9773 👏🏻 Gold star sticker 4U ⭐️
When your company get the cops to restrain you for 45 minutes in front of your colleagues and the customers, it's probably time to move on.
Dr. D was like the original Stone Cold
Greg Valentine looks about 75 in the face but his hair looks 25. The Hammer is one of the all time greats. Just a wrestler's wrestler. He was old school before anyone knew what old school was.
The Hammer seems like a nice guy.
I remember I got mad when I got a Greg Valentine action figure, my grandma thought it was Hulk Hogan. Lol
🤣🤣🤣
This ain't no damn Hulk Hogan.... 😂
Hogan was my damn hero man. I wrote stories about him in 88 as a 2nd grader. My mom still has them.
I'm sure a lot of people in and out of the wrestling business wanted to slap John Stossel.
Yeah, how dare he do his job of being a reporter. How dare he.
@@ross-carlson Except he wasn't a reporter. He was an MSM antagonist publishing his and his network's opinion in an attempt to gain ratings.
and probably one or 2 fans..
@@timyumichuck9262 oh the horror, publishing an opinion to gain ratings where does this guy think hes living, in america?! We dont do that around here.
Stossel was a douchbag.
Stossel says his ear got better when he got his settlement
lol.
What?! 😅
yea cause he was making it up like a bitch. He wanted to be able to be a dick to people, but not have to face the consequences.
Yeh that’s what I heard
Assuming that there was no doctor to verify Stossel's claim of an ear injury,
that's giving a false report and lying under oath before a court or a jury, which is illegal.
So not only is Stossel an asshole... he's also a liar. Imagine that.
It seems the ol Hammer tells the truth about everything and does it in such a way that he doesn't talk shit about ppl. I respect him a lot more now
I saw the "20/20" episode when it first aired. Stossel obviously crossed the line and got what he deserved.
Why, because it is fake?
@@monkeystank5241 no because he assaulted a man doing what you call “fake”
@@arthurmorgan7086 look, I've been watching wrestling since the 60s. If you didn't know it was fake, you were a moron. Sure, the wrestling world wanted to make us believe otherwise, but if you watched it, you knew otherwise.
@@monkeystank5241 Not fake so much as choreographed. Ya, obviously no one is really getting beaten with a bat or sledgehammer, or getting their heads driven into the mat. Obviously THAT STUFF isn’t real. However, it takes a lot of training to do what they do and NOT hurt people. I see them more as stuntmen. They still get hit & thrown around and injured, but it’s controlled & choreographed.
Stossell found out just how “fake” an open hand slap is, which the wrestlers do all the time.
@@ryanatorryanson9535 exactly, my cousin considered joining and worked with the Great Melenko in Tampa, 70s I think. So cool watching them.
Dr. D had the best afro in the business
Schultz was a legit Steve austin and just interrupted a match or segment like a total badass lol If Vince wouldn’t have had his head shoved so far up Hulksters rear he could’ve capitalized on Dr D and had a real life stone cold feuding with Hogan. Can you imagine how hot that angle would’ve been?
I agree if it was 1997, this was 1984 it wasn’t time yet but yeah if timing was right
@@robertsmith4831 a great heel is a great heel. I agree with times being different which is why Schultz would stay heel and work with Hogan. However we can’t say the gimmick wouldn’t have worked as a baby for sure. Look at Roddy Piper.
I agree it could have worked but Vince wasn’t even probably a millionaire in 1984. Now he is a multi billionaire and the settlement with Stossel would had been nothing. I’m sure McMahon lawyer said ditch Shultz immediately.
If you listen to Shultz's interview, he claims Hogan was insecure and afraid that Shultz would take liberty and really try to beat and humiliate Hogan. It's hard to believe everything wrestlers say because sometimes it's a work, but I could believe that. I know Hogan wrestled Shultz once on Saturday Night's Main Event, but don't recall any other matches. Hogan probably didn't want to work with Shultz because of his insecurities. Who knows the real truth?
I do not think that would have worked in 1984. The WWF was pushing family oriented cartoon entertainment. They were more interested in kids buying Hulkamania t shirts, ice cream bars, the rock and wrestling connection with Cindy Lauper, and watching the WWF cartoon on Saturday mornings. If Dr,. D was to go out there and cut a foul mouthed SCSA type of promo it would have all been over. Time was not right.
He’s a great interview , love his insight !
After all these videos I have watched of Greg as well as many
of his matches, I have more respect for him than ANY other wrestler.
Thank you Greg Valentine for everything.
Same
Stossel had it coming. You didn't go around saying its fake back then.
Shawn Baker+ You shouldn't be doing that now considering even a retired Pro Wrestler could kick the shit out of the average human being walking the streets. Why do you think the majority of those guys work security gigs in their retirement years.
@@travissloan6864 No doubt especially the retired ones. The new guys probably not. They would be to busy working on flips and playing video games
@@shawnbaker3245 + OLD or NEW, I'm not giving ANY of those fucker a try. I don't heal up as fast as I used to.
Greg did good in Throw Momma from the Train
I liked him better as Ma Fratelli in The Goonies
@@bshaun 💥😂
Hahaha ..”Owen loves his mama “ brutal!
LOL " he wacked him"... lmao Greg is great.
Greg Valentine is a great storyteller! Love listening to him.
I remember when this happened -- I was in Jr High at the time, and just started watching pro wrestling. My parents wigged out when Stossel got slapped.
What does wigged out mean the put a wig on?
Greg The Hammer Valentine a straight shooter I really like his interviews..........
My 68 year dad still thinks this was Hulk Hogan and Geraldo.
Be patient with him. He was there for the social fallout, and trying to psychologically digest a million versions of "big blonde dude knocks out some tv talk dude!" And, tell you're dad he's cool!
I’d love to meet the Hammer. These clips are pure gold 🤙
The Hammer could really sell after a bump or a shot to the face. He could fall forward right on his face. So believable. What a showman
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Dr. D dropped the reporter with the 1st slap and again with the 2nd slap.
Yep like a bag of cement he hit the floor.
Then took off his pants and blew him.... pity they don't show the whole video anymore.
Dr. D was a legitimate tough guy. After being blackballed in the business he became a bounty hunter and went into the toughest neighborhoods to get real life criminals. He wasn't scared of shyt. I know a guy who was 6'4 300lbs who was on Dan Marino's offensive line at Pittsburgh. He trained under Dr. D to become a professional wrestler and even he said Dr. D was the real deal
I can't remember who it was, but I remember reading that someone heard Schultz tell Stossel he'd be happy to answer any questions - but not to ask him is "wrestling is fake". And that was the first thing Stossel said.
😳 Don't under estimate John Stossel he was one of the toughest News Reporters in history! and Not a Pussy! He has more Balls then most Pro Wrestlers! He got up in the face of the Greatest! Most
Dangerous Wrestler's face
😳Dr David Schultz! and he got hammered! Like a Fly and went down and got back on his feet like grease Lightning! Dr David Schultz wasn't going to take any chances and struck him again!
😳I can't say I blame Dr David Schultz for striking him again
😳 Just don't call the Greatest Wrestler Fake!
Thank you! Greg Valentine for Sharing Your a good word about the Greatest!
😳Dr David Schultz! 👍
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Stossel had it coming
especial.now with Stossel and his right-wing conspiracy theories
Nio he didn't. You can't handle criticism then you need to stay out of the job.
@@theviking2877 Most of those conspiracy theories have turned out to be true.
@@theviking2877 I’m neither left or right wing. I’m tired of the extremes from both sides
Cool, classy - the Hammer. I remember watching him in WWWF in the 70s as a teenager w my dad on UHF channel. So funny, I was always afraid he would hurt his opponents. Ahhh, the memories...
Its worth remembering that Schultz didn't get fired for hitting the reporter. They fired he when he went into business for himself during a show in LA in February 1985. He tried to do his own angle with Mr. T at a show and they got rid of him that night. The story is that supposedly he found out he wasn't in the main event at Wrestlemania and thought that fight with Mr. could get him into the main event.
Greg was always one of my favorite wrestlers. That shoulderbreaker he used to do was right up there with the Orndorf piledriver for the coolest
Reporter gets slapped for calling out fake news
Everyone in media today should get slapped by Shultz……..
Just sayin…..
ABSOLUTELY!!
Yes, yes! Now that’s the best comment I heard in a long time..... thanks for that Terry
I'm guessing that you guys are Trump supporters so you hate the media but love insurrectionists and White Nationalists
You’re not smart enough to post here. There’s a thong wearing contest you can enter somewhere
@@terryduffield5860 So stop being a pretend tough guy.
I think he also asked Dr. D why he went to San Francisco.
He went to go find a wo-man.
The Hammer is a good dude. Great wrestler during a great era.
Wow I never knew that about schultz about him being handcuffed
John Stossel is originally from Chicago. I would say that Dr. D David Schultz, and Sid Vicious, had intense faces.
Thank you
If you go watch the incident again Stossel never asks a question. He never asks he says I think it's fake. That set off Schultz.
It’s not just what he said it was the condescending tone to it. Incredibly demeaning, he didn’t approach the other wrestlers in that manner and it didn’t leave Schultz much choice. If he had allowed Stossel to disrespect him and his profession in that manner on National TV and just took it, it would’ve destroyed Schultz career as well. Not to mention damaging the image of pro wrestling.
But it is fake. So why hit Stossel?
@@monkeystank5241 could you miss the point anymore? and "fake" is unfair and inaccurate. pro wrestling is not cirque du soliel. sure, they know the end and maybe a few spots depending on who is wrestling who, but it is still very tough on the body and an incredibly hard lifestyle. you should read Schultz's autobiography. if you are interested in expanding your narrow horizon you just might learn something
He said "I'll ask the standard question" and Schultz repeats that and Stossel said I think it's fake. He found out Schultz sure as hell wasn't
@@monkeystank5241 because, back then, saying it was fake could cost a LOT of business to die off and people wanted to feed their families
Shame of it is, early in Hulk's championship reign, he and Dr. D did wrestle and had some tremendous matches. Bloody ones too. You can find them on here.
Greg is one of my all time favourites. A real gentleman. And tough as bejaysis!
From smacking stossel to just showing up in the middle of a match Dr D was the real Stone Cold
He confused his gimmick and real life or was plain stupid to act like that. He got what he deserved.
Dave Shultz was the real deal. Good for him for maintaining kayfabe.
But it is fake.
Yeah, remember that huge spike in n the number of people who believed pro wrestling was a legit athletic competition after Schultz slapped Stossel.
Yeah, me neither.
@@streetsofsouthphilly Nobody believes, or ever really believed, that they were actually fighting. It’s a show, like a movie or stage play. the wrestlers maintain kayfabe out of respect for the business, but also out of respect for the fans. It’s a couple of men in their underpants fake fighting, right? Suspension of disbelief is part of the show.
So if the wrestlers were to laugh in your face about it afterwards, that would be disrespectful. In this respect, they maintain the illusion for the sake of the fans.
@@monkeystank5241 Ahh, it’s not fake. It’s fixed, but they’re really out there doing live stunt work and improv. ^_^
Greg "The Hammer"... Dick "The Bruiser"... Ray "The Crippler" - 3 of the greatest ring names
" I went looking for a wuman, you know what I mean? I wanted a WUMAN!"
I couldn’t find me no Wuman!
"lotta men who luk like wimen"
I'm telling it like it is baby...
Valentine was a rugged heel.
Schultz was a great heel.
Some wrestling company should have taken advantage of the 20/20 segment in 1985 with Schultz.
I always enjoyed watching the “HAMMER” work. A real talent. Thanks for the memories.
He’s at the Venetian Hotel in Vegas, my favorite 🤩
Dr Dave and Sid would have made a great tag team
Valentine/Schultz hair vs hair match woulda been great 🤘🏼
All the dead wrestlers since then, and these two guys still have a full head of hair.
@@DBBMed No doubt 😎
Greg Valentine with the real talk. He was a badass and not to be played with. Also remember his father, Johnny Valentine was not the one to screw around with. That was in the days when the wrestlers actually did grapple as much as they staged.
Valentine would have been a good horseman
“What’s his name again?” Exactly…
I never thought I would ever see another human being with Gary Spivey's hair-do. Until now.
These are awesome!
Iam glad to see Greg and Don Muraco doing good most of the wrestlers of that Era are dead or in very bad health! Keep it up love watching their interviews and the stories they have about other wrestlers!!
I mean who hasnt wanted to slap an NBC journalist, especially nowadays
ABC.
"Fake" the last word you can say in front of a pro wrestler.
I had the privilege of working with the Hammer. Greg was one of the very best workers.
This is exactly what mainstream media should be getting and more than slaps
I remember them big slaps! LoL! I remember when Geraldo got a broken nose on his own show. That was back in the 80’s also.
Dr. D was great in the 70s and 80s but he wouldn't be able to do that stuff today. His gimmick would cause too many problems in today's world.
Greg is cool as hell, always has been!
I honestly had no problem with him slapping the shit out of that reporter. Typical reporter being disrespectful and thinking they can get away with it.
Dr. D ..THE GREATEST!
The Hammer doesn’t seem to age at all or should I say the only one who aged prettier and healthier than most of his peers. It’s clear he wasn’t ever on steroids judging from his physique then and now. Respected.
It’s ironic on that night Schultz was wrestling Inoki, who slapped a teenage boy on national TV himself. It’s funny that the boy took it like a man and bowed to Inoki. After that, fans in Japan would ask Inoki to slap them instead of an autograph.
Greg Valentine is worth around $15 million and has had the same wife since he was a young guy. Rick Flair, who was arguably, a bigger star and made more money, is currently worth around $500 k, and has had multiple wives and untold family problems. Not shixxing on Rick, but there are some life lessons there somewhere.
15 million? Where'd ya get that?
@@teller1290 just Google Greg Valentine Net Worth, multiple confirmations
I saw the interview and and the reporter got slapped very hard in both his ears, Dr. D was probably offended by that question
Of course it was offended John Stossel try to spit in the man's face essentially and make his career look like it meant nothing to the entire world
💯✊🏼David Schultz one of the best ever.Thanks for sharing Hammer much love and respect to the both of you guys
I would’ve thought Greg would’ve been one of the boys that respected David for standing up for the business
When your last name is Stossel and you still don't understand what backpfeifengesicht is.😆
I like Stossel because he’s more libertarian than bourgeois woke liberal than most reporters but he crossed the line and got what was coming to him.
Stossel doesn't believe a thing he says on Fox or anywhere else. He wants to keep his job at Fox plain & simple! If they asked him to be the new Alan Colmes tomorrow and espouse "liberal beliefs" to be a foil for Hannity or some other host there he'd do it. Don't believe for a minute he believes anything he says on the air.
Exactly why he should have never called wrestling fake cause he is a big fake his self
Stossel is a con man. He will be anything that makes him money. He was just as strong a liberal when that was a way to make money as he is libertarian now. He doesn't believe in anything.
I always loved his matches. To me he was always believable but watching these interviews... He is a straight to the point without an ego wrestler that cared about the business... However, I read or heard that if you took liberties on him that he didn't approve, he would stretched you in the ring and really mess you up. He was tough in a world of tough men and respected.
Will Smith ain’t a stain on Dr. D’s shorts
That's the only part of wrestling that wasn't scripted lol.
Dr. D definitely worked with Hogan at least once. I saw it on VHS as a kid.
Greg the hammer is a 💎 in the rough in the WWE universe.
How thick are Greg's fingers !!! My God !
Dr D went to ABC looking for a woman, but he didn't find no woman.
Greg is a nice guy and wrestling legend, and I have gotten autographs from him, Dr. D slapped that guy hard, and how about a good dream match with Greg Valentine as a member of the Four horsemen vs Magnum TA for the US NWA Title at a Starcade in the cage.
I was always under the impression that sid vicious was the guy you slapped stossell
Dr D sent Stossel flying on the second slap ha
Schultz always struck me as a loose cannon
With Greg, what you see is what you get
Dr. D had enough of Stossel's Bull S---T.
Great story bro
From David Schultz slapping the hell out of John Stossel to Hulk Hogan choking out Richard Belzer call we all agree on one thing and that's reporters shouldn't do interviews with wrestlers because it's not going to end well 😂😂😂
It's just reporters gotta watch what they say and don't talk like an ass that's all.
I remember seeing that back in the early 80s and just laughing hysterically! Stossel couldn't have picked a worse person to say that to! Sounded like a shotgun blew a water melon up lol!
Luv ya Greg. Thanks for everything 😎
I remember that. I was a kid.
Never liked him as a wrestler, but listening to him has changed my opinion of him
Wow, great insight hammer!