Either way, the slap took old-school wrestling lovers back a few decades where they bought into a smack heard around the world, too. It's seen a lot in the UFC, with fans not buying into heated rivalries and characters such as Colby Covington, causing them to wonder if the Smith slap was a publicity stunt. In that sense, it was revolutionary, which is why many are skeptical now about public spats. It was later revealed that the whole thing had been planned between the pair. This incident came after a wrestling match between the two earlier that year in which Jerry. The clip ends with the comedian hurling both profanities and a cup of coffee in Jerry's direction. The pair regularly clashed on talk shows, while things reached a head when Lawler slapped Kaufman on Late Night With David Letterman. The feud reached its apex in July of 1982 when Andy, already in a neck brace, got slapped by Jerry while they were on David Letterman's talk show together. That said, both men back then knew their ploy would transcend professional wrestling, up their clout and come off as a legitimate conflict, to the point that Vince McMahon even had toys made. During his career, Kaufman had a long-standing public rivalry with the wrestler. Ironically, Carrey lambasted Smith for going after Rock. Thirty years after their infamous confrontation on NBC's 'Late Night with David Letterman,' WWE Classics sat down with 'The King' to look back on one of. Carry also played Kaufman in the 1999 film Man on the Moon, recreating that scene, so he had all the details on how The King improvized and Kaufman plotted. Andy Kaufman insisted he was never a comedian he was a performance artist, and his legendary rivalry with Jerry Lawler was a sports-entertainment masterpiece. Both men agreed to fake the rivalry, maintaining kayfabe to dupe everyone, including the host. David Letterman and Paul Shaffer after the final taping of the Late Show with David Letterman, on Wednesday, May 20th, 2015. Ten years after Kaufman died, aged 35, in the Emmy-nominated documentary A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman on NBC in 1995, Carrey confessed that it was all staged. RELATED: Will Smith's Men in Black III Red Carpet Slap Resurfaces in Wake of Oscars The pair appeared on Letterman’s show in June 1982 to hash it out, Kaufman taking an aggrieved tone and Lawler assuming an arrogant, lackadaisical pose.
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