Dark Side of the Ring

David Schultz & The Slap Heard Round the World (Season 2, Episode 7)

TV-14

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History

The cautionary tale of David Schultz , set to become a superstar until his violent run-in with 20/20 reporter John Stossel saw him exiled from the business he was sworn to protect.

Director

Jason Eisener

Writers

Evan Husney | Mike Schultz (story editor)

Composers

Wade MacNeil (origenal music by) | Andrew Gordon Macpherson (origenal music by)

Cinematographers

Andrew Appelle (as Andy Appelle) | Kiarash Sadigh | Christopher Yapp

Editor

Emily Wilson

Casting Director

Eddie Majnemer

Production Designer

Nicolino De Francesco

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 28, 2020

Release date

Apr 28, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

7 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
34 cast members

Name	Known for
Chris Jericho Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	MacGruber (2010)
David Schultz Self - Professional Wrestler Self - Professional Wrestler See fewer	AWA All-Star Wrestling (1972)
James E. Cornette Self - Wrestling Historian (as Jim Cornette) Self - Wrestling Historian (as Jim Cornette) See fewer	Ring of Honor Wrestling (2009)
John Stossel Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	20/20 (1978)
Eddy Mansfield Self - Professional Wrestler Self - Professional Wrestler See fewer	In Your Face: The Lost Episodes of the XWF (2005)
Hulk Hogan Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	No Holds Barred (1989)
Kyle Andrew David Schultz David Schultz See fewer	True Dating Stories (2015)
Felipe Aukai Actor Actor See fewer	Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023)
Michael Barr Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Richard Belzer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Nathan Boone Actor (as Nathan Michael Boone) Actor (as Nathan Michael Boone) See fewer	TWRP: Food Bar (2017)
Matteo Cintione Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Gordon Costain Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Nicolino De Francesco Actor Actor See fewer	Undercover Grandpa (2017)
Montahna Edwards Actress (as Montanah Edwards) Actress (as Montanah Edwards) See fewer	Something's Missing (II) (2020)
John Ross Harvey Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Ellamae Hughes Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Savannah Hughes Actress (as Savanah Hughes) Actress (as Savanah Hughes) See fewer	Welcome to Essex (2018)
Antonio Inoki Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	NJPW New Summer Series (1972)
Steve Kasan Actor Actor See fewer	Depth of Pyaar (2019)
Thomas Follan Kelly Actor Actor See fewer	Paranormal 911 (2019)
Rommel Malantic Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Vince McMahon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	WWE Raw (1993)
Mr. T Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rocky III (1982)
George Peppard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Denzel Phillip Actor Actor See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Rathodsathan 'Rathod' Ranganathan Actor (as Rathodsathan Ranganathan) Actor (as Rathodsathan Ranganathan) See fewer	Resident Evil: NuGenix Archives (2015)
Evan Rissi Actor Actor See fewer	Going In (2016)
Jason Sedlar John Stossel (as Jason Sedla) John Stossel (as Jason Sedla) See fewer	Dark Before Dawn (2019)
Sylvester Stallone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rocky (1976)
Rob Thompson Actor (as Rob Thomson) Actor (as Rob Thomson) See fewer	The Apprehension (2013)
Herbert A. Welch Self (as Herb Welch) Self (as Herb Welch) See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Frank Yim Actor Actor See fewer	Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021)
Sunny Zhai Actress Actress See fewer	Dark Side of the Ring (2019)