Richard Belzer is a comedian who was the host of "Hot Properties" on television in 1985. During one episode, he was interviewing Hulk Hogan and Mr. T live for their upcoming World Wrestling Federation WrestleMania I tag team match. Belzer persistently asked Hogan to put him in a wrestling hold, which Hogan initially resisted doing, but later acquiesced to the request, after comments from Mr. T and the audience. Hogan put Belzer in a front chin lock and applied it, which led to Belzer passing out. As he did so, Belzer slipped from Hogan's grasp and hit his head on the floor. Belzer later awoke to cut to a commercial break, and went to the hospital to have nine stitches in the back of his head where he hit the floor. Following the commercial break, Hogan, keeping kayfabe, apologized for injuring Belzer, and cited the dangers of using professional wrestling moves on people who were untrained. Belzer appeared on "Hot Properties" a week later, and showed the stitches that resulted from the incident. He sued Hogan for $5 million in damages for personal injury.