Wrestlers sat with Nancy Schultz Vitangeli through the trial of her husband's murderer. Wrestlers helped her pick lawyers for the web of litigation that ensued. Wrestlers took her fatherless son to Little League baseball games. Wrestlers sat with her when she was scared.
So 36 years after Nancy married Dave Schultz, and 22 years after eccentric millionaire John du Pont killed the American wrestling icon, Nancy's place in the wrestling community is as strong as ever.
“Once you're in wrestling, you can't get out,” Nancy said with a glee that belies the tragedy she's endured. “It's like the mafia.