the Awesome Highlighter

In 1982, Lawler had a notorious feud with comedian Andy Kaufman   remove

At the time, Kaufman wrestled women as part of his skits and had declared himself the Intergender Heavyweight Champion.   remove

On April 5, Lawler, who had taken exception to the skits, wrestled Kaufman in Memphis.   remove

During the course of the match, Lawler delivered two piledrivers to his opponent, sending him to the hospital.   remove

On July 29, Lawler slapped Kaufman in the face on an episode of Late Night with David Letterman.   remove

Kaufman responded by throwing his coffee on Lawler.   remove

Years later, Lawler appeared as himself in the Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon; and according to the movie, Lawler's feud with Kaufman was kayfabe (staged).   remove