[10.0] "Dr. D did what was he supposed to do. I'm glad he did it. Anyways his in ring skills were great, plus he was one of the best on the mic at that time."
[9.0] "One of the most honorable and underrated men in the history of this business. True definition of the "maintainer of kayfabe". Also great stiff performer in the ring and an amazing heel in front of cameras. We can say he was a total package even only looking that he worked in New York, Mid South, North West and Japan as a top star."
[2.0] "Nope. *Punch punch punch* His ring work was unremarkable, his promos while ripe with confidence and assurance sounded like Larry The Cable Guy level hick. *Punch punch punch* I did legitimately appreciate his flying but the praise begins and ends there. Not my type o'rassler. *Punch punch punch* Overrated and it was totally fine seeing him depart from the business prematurely. 1.75 rounded up."
[9.0] "One of the most legit, tough motherfuckers to ever work in professional wrestling. A guardian for the business, who? s career was unfortunately sacrificed for it."
[8.0] "He had excellent fighting style. What made him terrible was that he had a temper in real life that jeopardized his career. People think he's an asshole because of his mannerism but he can be very blunt by telling the truth about wrestling. He told the truth about Hulk Hogan and his steroid use. Too bad that he slapped the report in the face. He was successful in Stampede and WWF. Excellent heel and very underrated!"
[9.0] "Schultz was an anti hero long before Stone Cold had ever conceptualized the notion. That is a fact. Dr. D was a legit bad guy, but we loved him on the Stampede Wrestling show where he main evented very often. His early work as a heel was good, but it was as he developed into a bit of a face with a seriously bad attitude that he gained some traction as a top guy. He was great on the mic. In the WWF/E he was used incorrectly, and the fact that he in real life took no crap from anyone did not bode well for him. One cannot forget, however, his slap of John Stossel made Pro Wrestling headline news all over North America for awhile and still gets play today. True heel work that blurred the line. It was when I saw a Hulk Hogan vs Dr. D match in WWF/E at the time that I realized that Hulks deal was phony. Seeing him go over so easy with a leg drop on the great Dr. D was simply not believable. It just wasn't He was built so well on Stampede that he was larger than life. I recall him in a great angle against Nick Bockwinkel, in which Nick put him over, but got up and left with the AWA belt. Fans wrote letters in protest to news agencies, the AWA. There was complete outrage and Dr. D was at the center of it on the mic with Ed Whalen just hammering away. He had a thick Southern Accent and just went off man. It was classic."
[10.0] "David did the right thing smacking that bi**h in the face for insulting his livelihood! I think that today nobody cares about KAYFABE anymore. He cared about it. Big time!"
"David Schultz war ein toller Redner und Heel, als Wrestler kenne ich aber zu wenig von ihm um ihn seriös bewerten zu können. Was ich in jedem Fall absolut befremdlich finde, ist die Art und Weise, wie sein berühmtester Moment vielerorts verherrlicht wird. Auch wenn es für manche ein Gottseibeiuns ist, das auszusprechen, aber Wrestling ist ein abgesprochenes Showgeschäft und auch wenn das in der Feststellung, dass der Sport "fake" ist, recht abschätzig auf den Punkt gebracht wird, ist das kein Grund, jemandem, der das so ausspricht und offensichtlich auch noch körperlich unterlegen ist, körperliche Gewalt anzutun. Schultz kommt in dem Moment definitiv auch nicht wie ein sympathischer, prinzipienfester Märtyrer rüber, sondern wie ein überempfindlicher und aggressiver Trottel. Mit dem Bild, das er so vom Wrestlinggeschäft in die Welt getragen hat, hat er dem Biz definitiv keinen Gefallen getan - außer man misst das in einer sehr kruden und gewaltverherrlichenden Logik. Und was würden diejenigen, die Schultz bejubeln sagen, wenn ein Bänker oder ein Politiker einem frechen Reporter eins überbraten würden, weil der nach seiner Vorstellung sein Geschäft geringschätzt?"
[10.0] "David Schultz war ein grossartiger Talker und hatte sogar eine Siegesserie, im Ring war er ein Redneck, genauso wie ausserhalb also schlicht gesagt sich auf Schläge und eingie wenige Moves beschränkt. Ich finde ja, wäre der Slap nicht gekommen, wäre er heute noch gross, jedoch hat er sich entschieden dass Business um allen Wert zu verteidigen, darum verdient er aus meiner Sicht 10, auch wenn ich schreiben muss wie er so war, obwohl seine Karriere ausserhalb der WWE, spärlich dokumentiert ist. David Schultz was a Redneck before being Redneck was cool by Honky Tonk Man."
[10.0] "Ich geb ihm sicher keine 10 Punkte wegen dem Slap! Sondern weil er in sachen Mic-Work eindeutig ein Vorreiter war! Hat zu seinen Zeiten Promos gehalten, die es vom Können locker mit Promos von The Rock aufnehmen könnten! Außerdem war er alles andere als ein schlechter Techniker und Wrestler! Wäre dieser Vorfall nicht gewesen, hätte er noch einiges an Erfolgen in seiner Karriere feiern können... tja leider darf man nicht immer zuuuu cool sein ;-)"
