Maple Leaf Wrestling
Aired July 1984
This segment between "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Maple Leaf Wrestling's Billy Red Lyons aired months before the incident in December 1984, when professional wrestler David Schultz slapped ABC News journalist John Stossel during the filming of a 20/20 news report at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is possible that Piper’s July slap of Lyons served as inspiration for Schultz. The December altercation sparked a major scandal, ultimately resulting in a lawsuit and a $425,000 settlement for Stossel, paid by the World Wrestling Federation.
David Schultz slaps John Stossel
Filmed December 1984
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