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 - Chris and Tammy
Release Date: 2023-05-30Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch were high school sweethearts whose talent and ambition had them on a path to wrestling stardom. Along the way, drugs, injuries, and ill-fated choices sent them down another road altogether.
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Episode 2 - Shattered: The Magnum T.A. Story
Release Date: 2023-06-06Wrestling hearththrob Terry Magnum T.A. Allen was destined for worldwide stardom, but one rainy night altered his career and the future of wrestling forever.
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Episode 3 - Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty
Release Date: 2023-06-13Florida became a wrestling mecca for decades under patriarch Eddie Graham and his son Mike, but a series of shocking and unrelenting tragedies threatened to eclipse their legacy.
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Episode 4 - What Happened to Doink the Clown?
Release Date: 2023-06-20Matt Borne, the man behind Doink the Clown, lived a life of unhinged violence and substance abuse until his shocking death left his family questioning if it really was an accident.
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Episode 5 - The Junkyard Dog
Release Date: 2023-06-27One of the first Black megastars in wrestling, the Junkyard Dog's journey to the top of the business is marked by addiction and unrealized potential.
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Episode 6 - The Tragic Fall of Adrian Adonis
Release Date: 2023-07-11A real life street fighter, Adrian Adonis turns flamboyant wrestling heel, but his life cuts short in an horrific accident that has been shrouded in mystery for the past thirty years.
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Episode 7 - Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood
Release Date: 2023-07-18Infamous for his in-ring bloodbaths, Abdullah the Butcher was a money-making phenomenon. But after fifty years of pushing boundaries, one cut cost him everything.
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Episode 8 - Bam Bam Bigelow: The Beast from the East
Release Date: 2023-07-25Convict; bounty hunter; flame-skulled wrestling legend; addict; the lore of Bam Bam Bigelow has only grown since his death; his family tells his improbable tale for the first time.
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Episode 9 - Bash at the Beach 2000
Release Date: 2023-08-01At the end of the '90s, WCW's greatest battles played out backstage between scheming executives and writers, until one off-script rant against Hulk Hogan changed everything.
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Episode 10 - The World According to Marty Jannetty
Release Date: 2023-08-08Known for their raw athleticism and sex appeal, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty's run as The Rockers was eclipsed by Marty's excess, drug abuse, and possible murder.