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Dark Side of the Ring is a television documentary series produced by Vice and Crave that focuses on controversial subjects within the world of professional wrestling. It premiered in April 2019. The series has covered individual wrestlers, wrestling shows, and the backstage nature of the professional wrestling industry.
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is a television documentary series produced by Vice on TV (formerly Viceland) that premiered in 2019. The series is about controversial subjects within professional wrestling, with each episode focusing on a specific event. Dutch Mantel served as the narrator on the first season (with the exception of one episode narrated by Mick Foley), while Chris Jericho took over in the second season, while physically appearing on two episodes.
, hosted by Chris Gethard, is a studio show discussing episodes with a panel of celebrity guests which premiered in 2020.
In October 2020, VICE announced a third season for the show with 14 episodes, set to premiere on 2021.
WARNING: All spoilers for the first season and the first eight episodes of the second seasons will be unmarked. Examples for the last two episodes for season 2 can be spoiler tagged if deemed necessary.
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•Adult Fear: The death of a loved one, in varying causes, has been a constant topic in the episodes. •Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: The whole premise that transpired the Plane Ride from Hell thanks to a seven-hour flight delay. Wrestlers binge-drinking an entire cart full of liquor, and some more while at 30,000 feet in flight. •All for Nothing: •"The Brawl For All": It's revealed that, following the conclusion of the "Brawl For All", Vince Russo was informed by the WWE creative team that they got nothing for Bart Gunn, the winner of the tournament. Instead, Gunn was put into a boxing match with Eric "Butterbean" Esch at Wrestlemania XV where he got KO'd in 35 seconds before Vince McMahon fired him in the locker room. •"Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Abrams Story": The ultimate fate of the UWF. As a result of Herb Abrams's partying lifestyle and severe cocaine addiction cost him everything, including his own life... •And Now for Someone Completely Different: •Mick Foley takes over as narrator in the Bruiser Brody episode while Dutch Mantel makes an actual appearance in the episode with Tony Atlas as they relive Brody's killing and their part in testifying against the perpetrator, Jose Gonzalez. Though Mantel continues narrating the last remaining three episodes of season 1. •Chris Jericho replaces Dutch Mantel as season 2's narrator, and continues narrating episodes for season 3. •Arch Enemy: •Jim Cornette and Vince Russo already have been on each others' throats since their days in the WWE, with both of them having appeared in the one episode together — The Montreal Screwjob episode in the first season and the Brawl For All in the second. The creators of the show acknowledged and lauded the rivalry of two equally polarizing figures in the wrestling business. •John Stossel to David Schultz. The latter has never forgotten the slapping he received from the latter back in the '80s and is never going to forgive him for that. •Armor-Piercing Slap: David Schultz slapping ABC reporter John Stossel at the latter's mere response to professional wrestling as "fake" during an interview for 20/20. •Bait and Switch: The Chris Benoit episodes being a two parter. Part one focuses on the death of Eddie Guerrero and how it affected Benoit emotionally, while the second part focuses on his Pater Familicide and the aftermath of the tragedy. •Be Careful What You Wish For: Vince Russo recalling how Bradshaw boasted "If this were real, I would beat everybody's ass in the locker room!" reached his ears. Vince's response? •Berserk Button: As Scott Norton experienced firsthand, badmouthing the North Korean government is basically asking for an immediate death sentence. •Big Damn Heroes: Bruce Prichard recalls Miss Elizabeth's rescue of Randy Savage after the latter is battered and beatened by Sherri Martel after his career vs. career match against Ultimate Warrior. •Big Screwed-Up Family: The Von Erich family had it rough, even more so than anyone from the Hart family. Matters don't even help that Fritz, the patriarch, was trained by Stu Hart. •Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The Fabulous Moolah episode reveals that Moolah herself was one, given the surrounding controversies of her exploiting female wrestlers as sex objects. Penny Banner directly described Moolah as a pimp who, "in return for money", rented her female trainees out "in bulk" to wrestling promoters so that the promoters and the male wrestlers could have sex with them. Banner said the women who were "sent on these tours were not told of this 'arrangement' ahead of time", and that those who refused to have sex with wrestlers and promoters were raped. •Bittersweet Ending: David Benoit, the surviving son of Chris Benoit, gained a proper closure for the tragedy that befell his father, half-mom and half-brother, as it was revealed that Chris Jericho and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. were the only known people who looked out for him, and Jericho himself helped David reconnect with his aunt and Nancy Benoit's sister, Sandra Toffoloni. •Blame Game: Jim Cornette of all people is quick to put the blame on Vince Russo for the Brawl For All. •Book Ends: •The first season's first and final episodes focuses on two women in the professional wrestling business — Miss Elizabeth and The Fabulous Moolah -- and how their respective performances in the squared circle changed the landscape that would continue beyond the following generations. •The second season's first (two) and final episodes tell the life, career, and tragic, yet controversial deaths of two Canadian wrestlers. •Season 3's first half focused on the episodes of Brian Pillman and the Dynamite Kid, both are game-changer wrestlers who made an impact in the industry, only for their careers to be cut short by the damage done to their bodies. The second half of Season 3 involves WWF's high-profile talents and upper brass under scrutiny by notable wrestling scandals within the company -- the Plane Ride from Hell and the Steroid Trials. •Boom! Headshot!: Dino Bravo was shot in the head 7 times, followed by 4 shots to the torso for a total of 11 shots. •Breather Episode: The David Schultz episode in season 2. Unlike the first six episodes, the slapping incident between Schultz and ABC reporter John Stossel is basically a wrestling-related incident that's considerably less serious... •Broken Pedestal: •The series featured many episodes showcased controversies in the past that placed Vince McMahon and WWE in hot water: •The Montreal Screwjob created a rift between WWF and the Hart family for screwing Bret Hart. This also made Canadians being hostile towards Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels over the incident, despite the WWF/WWE doing shows in Canada. This has fizzled down since Bret Hart has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. •Zig-Zagged with The Fabulous Moolah. While Moolah is forever remembered as one of the pioneers of women's wrestling, her legacy has been under intense scrutiny even after her death considering her activities under the table and the abuse she put her students through in the past. •Obviously played straight with Chris Benoit when his Pater Familicide came to light a day after WWE ran a tribute show honoring Benoit's accomplishments. The killing of his own wife and youngest son and subsequent suicide prompted WWE to Unperson him permanently, his fellow peers in the wrestling business and fans alike lost their respect for him. Both Jim Ross and Chris Jericho re-iterated that Benoit will never be inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame, and Jericho also added that Benoit's heinous crime destroyed the very business he passionately loved. •Eddy Mansfield ended up became this following the fallout of the slapping incident by David Schultz on John Stossel for revealing the behind the scenes tricks of pro wrestling to the ABC reporter. •If the aforementioned Montreal Screwjob already drove a wedge between the WWF and the Hart family wasn't bad enough, WWF continuing the 1999 Over the Edge PPV just after Owen died after his fall made it wider. It even boils down to Martha, Owen's widow, taking legal action against the WWF for their blatant negligence over the accident. •Sam Houston idolized his father, Grizzly Smith, comparing him to Superman. But, that's no longer the case once he learns the truth of his father's history of serial pedophilia after his death. •Dynamite Kid is another cautionary tale in and of itself. His legacy is still left for debate due the increasingly volatile behavior he started to show after his injuries according to Mick Foley and wrestling historian and critic Dave Meltzer. •Ric Flair following the Plane Ride from Hell episode is a tough issue even for his fanbase, with his legacy under scrutiny following additional revelations of the ordeal being brought up in the episode. •The Bus Came Back: •Vince Russo made his first appearance in the Montreal Screwjob episode where he is featured alongside with Jim Cornette, only to return on "The Brawl For All" in the second season. And again, in the same room with Cornette. •Jimmy Hart returned in "The Assassination of Dino Bravo" following his last appearance in season 1's "The Match Made in Heaven". Where he recalls his time as Bravo's manager. •Mick Foley makes a return in the season 2 episode "Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story" following his last appearance in season 1's "The Killing of Bruiser Brody" where he was filling in for Dutch Mantel as the episode's narrator. •Season 1 regulars returning in the third includes Eric Bischoff, Dave Meltzer, and Jake Roberts. •Can't Take Criticism: How David Schultz responded to ABC reporter John Stossel's comments about professional wrestling being "fake" with an Armor-Piercing Slap. •Career-Ending Injury: Subverted, Steve Williams suffered a torn hamstring in the aftermath of his loss to Bart Gunn which wrote him out of television for several months. Though he came back the following year. •Central Theme: Each of the episodes have a theme that defined the wrestler's life and career. •"The Match Made in Heaven": Love Makes You Crazy. Randy Savage's overprotective nature towards Miss Elizabeth not only affected their marriage, this also formed a rift between him and his friend Hulk Hogan both in and outside of the wrestling ring. •"The Montreal Screwjob": No matter how you worked hard to achieve success, there are some behind the scenes will try to undermine your efforts. •"The Last of the Von Erichs": Family legacy and tragedy. •"The Fabulous Moolah": The legacy of one person can be easily tarnished posthumously once their darkest secrets are revealed to the world. •"Benoit": •Dealing with pain and loss. Chris Benoit's grief and depression over the death of Eddie Guerrero was one of the underlying factors to his Pater Familicide. •Some wrestlers need to hang the boots to find greater success in other endeavors than continue to wrestle, which puts them at risk of Career-Ending Injuries or worse. •"The Life and Crimes of New Jack": Realistic and hardcore violence overlapping with the concept of Kayfabe, as summed by Chris Jericho's Opening Narration: "But, how far is too far? And what happens when a wrestler lost that his character is set loose in a world that rewards extreme violence?" •"The Brawl For All": Even professional wrestlers end up ruining their own careers regardless of the absence Kayfabe. •"Jimmy Snuka & the Death of Nancy Argentino": Can justice ever prevail on a society ruled by greed, bribery and corruption under the guise of a clean public image? •"The Assassination of Dino Bravo": Turning to a life of crime does more harm than good, that also means endangering your own family. •"David Schultz & The Slap Heard Round the World": The importance of Kayfabe in the Professional Wrestling business. Why people in the pro wrestling community take offense at the mere response of calling pro-wrestling "fake"? •"Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story" & "The Last Ride of the Road Warriors": Drugs Are Bad. How a man's vices and addiction can affect his own livelihood? •"The Final Days of Owen Hart": Legacy and how the family of the deceased left behind honor the wishes of their dead. Owen Hart might be a naturally-gifted and decorated wrestler, his family refuse to have him inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame because the WWE Hall of Fame as they are still held accountable for the incident that took his life, but instead Martha founded a foundation in honor for Owen to help the most unfortunate of people. •Both Brian Pillman and Ultimate Warrior's episodes share a common theme: the difficulties of the wrestler's ability to stay in character inside and outside the squared circle. Pillman's "Loose Cannon" persona is shown to be detrimental by the standards of Kayfabe, to the point of Breaking the Fourth Wall in wrestling, whereas Warrior's case being Becoming the Mask. •"The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage": Redemption and reclaiming one's lost glory. •"Collision in Korea": No one is safe in a country ruled under autocractic dictatorship. •"In the Shadow of Grizzly Smith": •How parental abuse affects children as they reach adulthood, for better or for worse. •Sexual abuse is a situation that shouldn't be turned on a blind eye with, the victim must stand up for the sake of their dignity and speak out against their abusers. •Corrupt Corporate Executive: Vince McMahon, obviously. The Montreal Screwjob and Fabulous Moolah episodes confirms that McMahon has been pulling the strings behind the scenes during these aforementioned events. •Darker and Edgier: As this is a documentary focusing on pro wrestling's dark secrets, this is a given. •The Fabulous Moolah episode was rated as TV-MA given the sensitive topics involving sexual assault and rape being discussed in the episode. And the Moolah episode, is by far, the only episode to be openly dark compared to the previous five episodes of the first season. •The second season had the most number of episodes that tackles darker pro-wrestling controversies: namely Chris Benoit's Pater Familicide, New Jack and the Mass Transit incident, the unsolved case of Nancy Argentino's death, the brutal murder of Dino Bravo, and finally Herb Abrams' and Mike "Hawk" Hegstrand's drug addictions. •Season 3 takes it up a notch, with episodes also tackling the more thought-provoking topics (Collision in Korea, Grizzly Smith, the Plane Ride from Hell) and ultraviolent side of the spectrum (Nick Gage's experience with Deathmatch wrestling and FMW). •Dented Iron: Wrestlers featured in the documentary experienced their physical being deteriorating over the course of their respective careers, to the point certain wrestlers resort to prescribed drugs to circumvent the pain only for their to worsen affecting not just their physical health but also forming a rift between the wrestler and their loved ones, such as with the case of Eddie Guerrero, the same can be said with the wrestler's psyche, just ask Chris Benoit, or in Brian Pillman and Dynamite Kid's case, BOTH. •Despair Event Horizon: •"Benoit: Parts 1 & 2": Chris Benoit ultimately became a shadow of his former self after Eddie Guerrero's death, and one of the contributing factors to his own downward spiral in the following years before his own demise. As Chris Jericho summed in his own words on the second part, Benoit's own fate is sealed the day Eddie passed away. •"The Assassination of Dino Bravo": By 1992, Dino Bravo was released by the WWE once his contract expired and is not renewed. Effectively ending his career and his life's passion. •Died in Your Arms Tonight: The Benoit episode reveals that Eddie Guerrero passed away on Chavo's arms after suffering a fatal heart attack. •Disproportionate Retribution: For Vince Russo, his creation of the "Brawl For All" serves as this to humiliate Bradshaw for his bullying attitude backstage. Granted, Russo got what he wanted, but at the expense of the careers of the wrestlers involved in the event, including the winner Bart Gunn and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. •Does This Remind You of Anything?: •Louise Argentino, Nancy's sister, at one point found herself being held by the throat by Jimmy as if he was threatening her. •Jimmy giving Louise a pouch of cocaine as "peace offering" for his aforementioned erratic behavior of grabbing her by the throat. •Downer Ending: •Nancy Argentino's death has not been given a proper closure. Even with Jimmy Snuka's arrest in 2015, his deteriorating mental health rendered him not mentally fit to stand trial and the charges against him were dismissed on 2017, followed by his death from cancer that same year. Since then, Nancy's death has been nothing more than a distant memory. •The final days of Herb Abrams's Universal Wrestling Federation. As Abrams's vices causes his promotion to falter, his death in 1996 was the final nail to the UWF's coffin. •Driven to Suicide: •Three of the Von Erich siblings — Mike, Chris, and Kerry — all committed suicide. The latter two shot themselves, while Mike took his own life via a deliberate overdose of sleeping pills.. •Chris Benoit hanged himself after killing his own wife and son.
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•Everyone Has Standards: •Jim Cornette is really not a fan of the infamous "Brawl For All", which not only ruined the careers of the WWE Superstars involved, but also further fueled his animosity towards Vince Russo. •Vince Russo himself shows genuine regret for coming up with the idea for the "Brawl For All". He initially pitched the event as a way to have Bradshaw get beaten up for real on live TV as punishment for his backstage attitude. •Before the Brawl For All, Russo looks down at Bradshaw with contempt for his horrible attitude backstage and he really has the balls to stand up to him. •The reason why Owen Hart had to reprise his Blue Blazer character is because he refused to enter a risque storyline with Debra Marshall. It makes a lot of sense given that Owen is a devoted husband and father. •Gone Horribly Right: How Vince Russo, in his perspective, described the creation of the "Brawl For All" as an idea to get payback at Bradshaw by having him getting beaten up for real on live TV for his attitude backstage into a farcical mess that damaged the careers of most of the wrestlers involved beyond repair. Bradshaw did get knocked out by Bart Gunn in the grand final, but Vince really felt bad for pitching up the event. •He Knows Too Much: The David Schultz slapping incident on John Stossel was implied to be a part of Vince McMahon's ploy to keep the latter from knowing too much about the scripted nature of professional wrestling. However, this did not stop Stossel from exposing the concept of Kayfabe to the world. •Hidden Depths: Randy Savage's personality outside of the ring in his later years is nowhere than his larger-than-life Hot-Blooded Large Ham in-ring character. •Karma Houdini: •Despite the controversies surrounding The Fabulous Moolah's allegations of extortion and sexual exploitation, the pro-wrestling industry decided to turn a blind eye to it. Fortunately, this was eventually subverted after Moolah's death in 2007, when many of her former students finally came forward and revealed just how horrible of a person she was. •Played straight, however, in the case of New Jack, who was acquitted over the Mass Transit Incident when Stephen Kulas, Eric Kulas' father, revealed that his son was actually 17 and that he'd lied to Paul Heyman about his age. •Zig-zagged with Jimmy Snuka in regards to Nancy Argentino's death. Even though Snuka was arrested in September 2015 and WWE removed all references and mentions of him in the light of the case being reopened, he was deemed to be mentally incompetent of standing trial. The charges were ultimately dismissed in 2017, after it was ruled that Snuka's mental condition would not improve. Following his death from cancer several weeks later, WWE posthumously reinstated Snuka into the Hall of Fame. That said, the Argentino family's pursuit of justice for Nancy's death has been rendered utterly moot. •Knight of Cerebus: New Jack. •Love Makes You Crazy: This is Randy Savage's Fatal Flaw both in his in-ring character and in real life in regards with Miss Elizabeth. Randy has been overprotective towards Elizabeth which caused the friction between him and Hulk Hogan, and ultimately broke their real-life friendship when Randy threatened Hulk's wife, Linda asking for Elizabeth's whereabouts. Though Hogan and Randy buried the hatchet shortly before the latter's death.
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•My God, What Have I Done?: •The Montreal Screwjob episode serves as one for Jim Cornette, who has spent years rallying against the death of Kayfabe and feels that pulling back the curtain and exposing the business is what led to the downfall of professional wrestling. He said that it occurred to him much later that the accidental architect of the Montreal Screwjob was himself, after remembering that he had been the first one to suggest a double-cross on Bret during a booking meeting, and as such he's indirectly responsible for the death of kayfabe. •Vince Russo expressed his genuine remorse for creating the "Brawl For All", the controversy of which still haunts him to this day. •Never My Fault: •Vince McMahon's infamous "Bret screwed Bret" line during an interview following the Montreal Screwjob. •Subverted with Vince Russo. While he does blame JBL's bullying behavior behind the scenes for creating the "Brawl For All", Russo still expresses genuine remorse for inadvertently wrecking the careers of several wrestlers who participated in the tournament. •Properly Paranoid: •Bret Hart was really cautious about the WWE, especially Vince McMahon trying to screw him over moments before the Montreal Screwjob. •Back when Wendi Richter was the women's champion, she had a hunch that the masked wrestler known as "The Spider Lady" was actually the Fabulous Moolah in disguise. •The Jimmy Snuka episode reveals that the Argentino family (save for Nancy) were somewhat cautious of Jimmy, knowing that he's anything but a nice guy. Sadly, their suspicions about Jimmy were proven right, especially at the time of Nancy's demise. •Dino Bravo already knew in the last days of his life that someone was out to kill him. Tragically, he was right. •Recurring Character: Jim Cornette has the greatest number of appearances on both seasons, next to him appearing on both seasons 1 and 2 are Jimmy Hart, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo and Mick Foley. Next to Cornette in terms as recurring interviewees is Jim Ross, who first debuted in the second season's first and last episodes and has since made frequent appearances throughout the third season, starting with the Brian Pillman episode. •The first season featured most appearances are Scott Hall, Tony Atlas, and Bruce Prichard to name a few. •Mixed with The Bus Came Back above, the above-mentioned Eric Bischoff and Jake "The Snake" Roberts appear as one of the recent recurring guests as of the third season. •Shaggy Dog Story: •The Brawl For All: Bart Gunn won the "Brawl For All" tournament by beating Bradshaw. However, according to him, he was told by Vince Russo that creative had nothing for him at the time. Eventually, WWE sent him to a boxing school to train for a WrestleMania XV match against Eric "Butterbean" Esch. Gunn was KO'd by Butterbean in 35 seconds and Vince McMahon fired him as soon as he returned to the locker room. •Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino: In 2015, Jimmy Snuka was arrested and charged with the third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter of Nancy Argentino. However, with Snuka's acquittal on 2017 due to his deteriorating mental health and his death from cancer that same year, the Argentino family's search for justice for Nancy's death was rendered utterly moot. •Shoot the Shaggy Dog: •Eric Kulas' family's attempt to sue ECW and New Jack failed miserably when it came to light that Kulas had lied to Paul Heyman about his age. Six years after the Mass Transit incident, Kulas passed away on May 12, 2002 due to complications from gastric bypass surgery, with his surviving family members refusing to take part on the show as they didn't want to relive the trauma of the incident. •The UWF started out as a national phenomenon seeking to surpass Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation. Sadly, Herb Abrams' success story started to unravel as his cocaine addiction gradually worsened. Abrams died in July 23, 1996, ultimately marking the end of the UWF in the process. •The Sociopath: According to Moolah's former adversaries and protegees, Moolah is easily described as a pathological manipulator and an abusive, lecherous, conniving cutthroat who only cares about taking the spotlight for herself. •Spiritual Antithesis: Of Beyond the Mat, a 1999 documentary film that looked into the lives of professional wrestlers and other wrestling promotions like the WWF and ECW in their rise to popularity. Dark Side of the Ring leans more on the controversy side of the spectrum such as the Montreal Screwjob, the Chris Benoit double-murder suicide, the "Brawl For All", and the death of Owen Hart to name a few. •Spiritual Successor: To Wrestlelamia's Behind the Titantron documentary series, now known as The Final Bell.
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With Chris Jericho, Steve Kasan, James E. Cornette, Howard Shefman. From backstage controversies to mysterious deaths and unsolved homicides, this series explores the darkest stories from the golden age of professional wrestling, and tries to find truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality.
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Dark Side of the Ring is a Canadian documentary television series produced by Vice Studios. The show focuses primarily on dark and often untold stories from the world of professional wrestling and is known for its research, interviews with key figures, and its re-enactments of the events described.
Dark Side of the Ring es un documental canadiense 1 producido por Vice Studios. La serie se centra en temas y eventos controvertidos dentro del ámbito de la lucha libre profesional. 2 . La serie se estrenó en Viceland el 10 de abril de 2019. 3 El 23 de julio de 2019, Dark Side of the Ring se renovó por una segunda temporada de 10 episodios, ...
