Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.
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Episode 1 - Brian Pillman Part One
Release Date: 2021-05-06Brian Pillman clawed his way to infamy with a groundbreaking performance that blurred the lines between fact and fiction until it led to his ultimate destruction.
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Episode 2 - Brian Pillman Part Two
Release Date: 2021-05-06After enduring a horrific car wreck, Brian Pillman masks his injuries while pushing his body to the brink. His untimely death leaves his young family struggling to cope.
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Episode 3 - The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage
Release Date: 2021-05-13Nick Gage is the self-proclaimed king of deathmatch wrestling, but his road to the top has been marked with a six-year prison sentence for armed robbery and personal tragedies.
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Episode 4 - Collision in Korea
Release Date: 2021-05-20In one of the most bizarre acts of political theatre ever conceived, professional wrestlers deployed to North Korea faced a terrifying ordeal that had them fighting for their lives.
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Episode 5 - Becoming Warrior
Release Date: 2021-05-27The Ultimate Warrior was a divisive force in and outside of the ring. His first wife reveals how an aspiring chiropractor morphed himself into wrestling's most polarizing figure.
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Episode 6 - In The Shadow of Grizzly Smith
Release Date: 2021-06-03Having survived familial abuse at the hands of their father and the mysterious abduction of their sister, Jake "The Snake" and his siblings struggle to reconcile with their past.
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Episode 7 - The Dynamite Kid
Release Date: 2021-06-10The Dynamite Kid earned worldwide fame with a riveting, self-sacrificing style, but violent confrontations outside the ring would destroy his family, his body and his legacy.
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Episode 8 - The Plane Ride From Hell
Release Date: 2021-09-16A private 757 flight descended into a nightmare as intoxicated wrestlers clashed with their flight crew, erupting into one of wrestling’s most infamous scandals.
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Episode 9 - The Double Life of Chris Kanyon
Release Date: 2021-09-23In a culture that celebrates machismo and negative gay stereotypes, wrestling innovator Chris Kanyon kept his own sexuality a closely guarded secret for decades.
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Episode 10 - Blood & Wire: Onita's FMW
Release Date: 2021-09-30After Japan's Atsushi Onita creates FMW and its spectacular matches featuring explosions and gratuitous gore, his handpicked successor takes his own life while drowning in debt.
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Episode 11 - Bikers, Bombs & Bedlam: Johnny K9
Release Date: 2021-10-07Johnny K9 led a double life as an in-ring brute and the leader of a biker gang implicated in drug trafficking, the bombing of a police station, and a gruesome double murder.
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Episode 12 - The Many Faces of Luna Vachon
Release Date: 2021-10-14A striking villain in the ring, Luna Vachon was a groundbreaking physical performer who battled mental illness and addiction while seeking to champion women's wrestling.
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Episode 13 - Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW
Release Date: 2021-10-21XPW merged Rob Black's passions for hardcore porn and deathmatch wrestling, but after he waged a war with federal authorities his empire imploded.
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Episode 14 - The Steroid Trials
Release Date: 2021-10-28In the mid 90s, wrestling was rocked by accusations of rampant steroid abuse. With star witness Hulk Hogan, prosecutors set out to prove that Vince McMahon was the one responsible.