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Post by randomone on May 31, 2020 20:31:38 GMT -6
Fucking terrible
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Post by Positivity KS on Oct 19, 2020 10:22:09 GMT -6
Dark Side of the Ring is officially returning for a third season.
Vice TV made the announcement today that Dark Side of the Ring has been renewed for season three. The season will premiere in 2021 and will feature 14 episodes.
Dark Side of the Ring is the highest rated show in Vice TV history. Season one aired in 2019 and had six episodes. Season two then debuted this March and had 10 episodes, including a two-part documentary on Chris Benoit.
“‘Dark Side of the Ring’ is a knockout show for Vice TV. The tag-team executive producers Evan Husney and Jason Eisener are true heavyweight champions of the world (of TV), and we are so excited to pin down a third season of this incredible series,” said Morgan Hertzan, executive vice president and general manager of Vice Television. “Seasons 1 and 2 of ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ are examples of the compelling, thought-provoking, and engaging storytelling we champion here at Vice TV. We can’t wait to see what the series will throw down in the third round!"
Vice TV hasn't announced the topics that Dark Side of the Ring season three will be covering. In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter last week, Dave Meltzer gave an update on some of the episodes that are being worked on:
Vice is working on a third season of Dark Side of the Ring after the second season set record viewership numbers for the station. Vice is also coming off this commissioning a first season of Dark Side of Football. The idea the station has is Dark Side of Wrestling worked because it was a deep dive on nostalgic subjects as opposed to the idea wrestling in the past wasn’t well covered mainstream so most viewers knew next to nothing behind-the-scenes on these subjects. But it was notable that those at Vice were not interested in a pro wrestling television series based on the ratings of Dark Side and instead chalk this up to interest in as many different Dark Side subjects as they can. We know they are working on shows on Brian Pillman (I’d say the key people to get would be Kim Wood, Mark Madden, Brian Jr., Melanie Pillman, Liam O’Rourke and myself but obviously I’m not going to be asked but without Wood or O’Rourke it’ll be filled with flaws because O’Rourke is the student of Pillman and Wood worked with him on all his ideas), Dynamite Kid (Bret Hart hasn’t been interested in their shows in the past because of how Montreal was covered and he would be by far the best person to talk with, with Ross Hart second so hopefully they’ll at least get Ross), Grizzly Smith (getting family members which will be one dark story) and going back to WCW talking about the two shows in North Korea in 1995, which really is a fascinating story. I don’t think they can get Ric Flair, who would be tremendous, because WWE doesn’t allow its talent to participate in that series, but Scott Norton is somebody they need to talk with on that one, as well as Eric Bischoff and some of the other guys like Too Cold Scorpio who were on the trip or Antonio Inoki, which at this stage would be very difficult.
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Post by All Drop In on Oct 20, 2020 16:31:28 GMT -6
That Grizzly Smith one is going to be rough.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Oct 20, 2020 17:27:44 GMT -6
That Grizzly Smith one is going to be rough. Professional rapist and molester. He was born out of love and I still love him.
Sicko.
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Post by randomone on Oct 20, 2020 17:48:13 GMT -6
WCW in Korea story intrigues me the most. I know there are other more noteworthy topics, but that's one I don't remember seeing covered all too much.
Might need to go back and watch Collision in Korea again
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 9, 2021 7:22:08 GMT -6
Kim Wood is my new hero.
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Post by All Drop In on May 9, 2021 8:25:29 GMT -6
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 9, 2021 10:10:08 GMT -6
"What do I think of Vince McMahon? What do you do with whores? YOU FUCK EM! That's what I think of Vince McMahon."
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on May 10, 2021 7:49:38 GMT -6
Watched the Brawl for All doc yesterday.
So Prichard mocks Bart Gunn for saying he can knock out Steve Williams. Then Bart knocks out Steve Williams and gets heat for it. Butterbean was Bart's punishment.
Completely logical and normal company.
JBL getting knocked on his ass was the most satisfying part of the whole thing though.
The B4A concept exposed that faulty wrestling logic where big guy = good fighter. Bart exposed that shit.
Bill Goldberg would get the absolute shit kicked out of him in a real fight...probably in seconds.
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Post by All Drop In on May 10, 2021 8:39:53 GMT -6
All of these Dark Side of the Ring docs are appt viewing for this board IMO.
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Post by randomone on May 10, 2021 10:35:40 GMT -6
JBL getting knocked on his ass was the most satisfying part of the whole thing though.
If Chubbs tells me to go to my happy place, this gif is in there somewhere.
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Post by randomone on May 13, 2021 17:04:21 GMT -6
Reminder Nick Fuckin Gage is the topic tonight
Only 1 hour from now on but I’m still looking forward to it. Him robbing banks to accidentally slicing David Arquette’s throat in that death match
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 13, 2021 19:15:42 GMT -6
I'll watch it, but I have zero interest in death show bullshit wrestlers.
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Post by randomone on May 13, 2021 20:08:01 GMT -6
Yeah you’ll hate this Peeps. First segment is how he sliced an artery in a death match and was choppered off.
Gage looks like bald Shawn Michaels. Or maybe bald Shawn Michaels looks like Nick Gage.
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 13, 2021 20:25:05 GMT -6
I'll still probably watch because I like the show. But might be a lot of fast forwarding through it.
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Post by randomone on May 13, 2021 20:41:20 GMT -6
Overall it was very interesting. There’s actually only a few parts that are bloody & deathmatch stuff. The opening segment and the Arquette stuff (which they almost make it feel like they have unfinished business, but I hope they don’t wrestle again).
But the robbery and his relationship with his brother were very sad. Nick saying he realizes he’s going to die young. That was heartbreaking.
Moxley was good on it. Collision in Korea is next week. Bischoff, Scott Norton & 2 Cold Scorpio will be on it
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Post by randomone on May 14, 2021 12:59:24 GMT -6
For those of you on here who hate Alvarez, here’s Nick Gage murdering him. (I don’t condone this behavior! Poor Bryan!)
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Post by All Drop In on May 14, 2021 13:28:45 GMT -6
I actually have less respect for him after watching the doc.
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Post by randomone on May 14, 2021 16:03:38 GMT -6
He’s a dude who went through some shit in his life, loved wrestling, loved hardcore wrestling and tapped into that ultra violent shit. I can take that in small doses but I can’t do full shows all the damn time, it’s just not for me.
I felt bad for him with his relationship with his brother. But then I thought he was a dick for the Arquette stuff.
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Post by Rollins Meadows Ryan on May 16, 2021 9:57:40 GMT -6
Yuck. Stupid from all angles.
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Post by All Drop In on May 20, 2021 10:20:50 GMT -6
I'm listening to the 83 Weeks that covers North Korea before the show tonight. He stated Ted Turner thought the power of CNN could start to bring the world together. That's why he did the Goodwill Games and you couldn't say foreign object on WCW shows. Let all that settle in as we think about where cable news has brought us today.
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Post by randomone on May 20, 2021 16:32:31 GMT -6
Inoki will be interviewed for the show tonight, which is pretty awesome
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Post by All Drop In on May 20, 2021 20:00:17 GMT -6
Scorpio = Rick James, Hawk = Charlie Murphy
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Post by randomone on May 20, 2021 20:11:47 GMT -6
Holy shit I didn’t realize the A&E doc and Dark Side of the Ring next week is both on Warrior
I’m sure those will be two completely different versions of who Warrior was
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Post by randomone on May 20, 2021 20:58:20 GMT -6
Scorpio = Rick James, Hawk = Charlie Murphy How did we not get Hawk vs Scorpio in Brawl For All? That doc was nuts. Did I hear this right when Bischoff said NO ONE GOT PAID?? That’s the most WCW thing ever. I like they had an actor play Bischoff running the streets of North Korea wearing a windbreaker like he’s Sinbad or something.
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Post by All Drop In on May 22, 2021 12:02:43 GMT -6
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 22, 2021 14:48:52 GMT -6
DICK JAURON!
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Post by randomone on May 27, 2021 14:06:20 GMT -6
Love this. Dana Warrior called the Warrior Dark Side of the Ring “smut and filth”. Can’t wait to watch this tonight.
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Post by randomone on May 27, 2021 21:01:39 GMT -6
Well, they certainly shit on Warrior a lot tonight. Cornette, JR and Jake mostly. Bischoff was on briefly, but I thought his first wife was good.
Few things were questionable. Jake said he was told he was going to work Warrior in a "championship program" in 91, but Warrior lost the title in January and never got it back. Jake didn't turn heel until like June or July. Unless he just meant main event level program.
Also zero mention of his run in 92 and zero WCW mentioned again. They did briefly talk about his racist & homophobic comments and showed much more than the WWE doc in that regard. They never mentioned his second wife by name.
Next week is Grizzly Smith and that is going to be fucking super dark and disturbing.
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Post by All Drop In on Jun 3, 2021 11:39:54 GMT -6
This is the first time I'm questioning if I want to watch a Dark Side. If they touch on half of what I've learned from shoots and books, Grizzly Smith will make Warrior look like Tom Hanks.
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