Wrestler appears to knock Andy Kaufman out of chair on ‘Letterman’ show 30 years ago today (1982)

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(Wednesday, July 28, 1982) — Entertainer Andy Kaufman and wrestler Jerry Lawler appear to get in a fight today during a taping of NBC-TV’s Late Night with David Letterman, with Lawler knocking Kaufman out of his chair. It was later revealed to have been staged.