Dark Side of the Ring - Viceland show

[Elvis P]

New Jack cut 2 arteries of a 17 year old in the ring. If it had gone a little differently, the kid could easily have died. That's some serious scarring on his head.

 

[CDJ]

“GOOD I HOPE THAT MOTHERf***ER DIES”



lol new jack wild

 

[joestevens29]

I didn't realize how short LOD's stay was in the WWF. Felt like they were around so much longer.

Never realized how messed up Hawk was until watching last night's episode.

For how big they were they could've been so much more. Yet another sad story.

 

[joestevens29]

I've really enjoyed the series.

On the Herb Abrams UWF one it really helps to read Mick's first book as he dedicates some time to it, and it was zanier then this documentary was

The Doctor D David Schultz one was excellent, I'm surprised that Schultz agreed to be in it as he spent years not wanting to talk about it.

I loved the Brawl for It all one because of the conflict between Cornette and Skidmark. I felt kind of sorry for Bart Gunn and when I saw the Butterbean part, it was pretty clear that he didn't feel great about having to go out and punish Bart. Also the JBL knockout is still uncomfortable to watch.

The best one for me is still the New Jack one. I'm amazed that anyone would willingly work with him. The liberties that he took with other wrestlers bodies combined with his I don't give a crap factor was stunning. On top of hit, he fricken stabbed a guy in the ring. The sad thing is he comes across as a pretty smart individual who had a extreme understanding of the business.

I find after watching these that I'm looking for the books. I never really knew about UWF, but am curious to read more.

Cornette and Skidmark, oh what I laugh everytime those two have to talk about each other.

The show is sure giving some insight to behind the scenes, but man is there so much that is so sad. Makes you wonder though what other less known people went through. People that weren't making the money that were working for organizations that really didn't care about the guys. At least at some point WWF would suspend guys or put them through programs, but did this lesser known companies do anything? Not an easy business to be in.

 

[EpochLink]

I just saw the Owen Hart preview on YT.

I still remember that night, it’s gonna be hard to watch.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Hopefully Cornette and Russo aren't at each other in the Owen episode. Doesn't feeling like their decades long pissing contest would fit in well with that topic. It should be about Owen, and what went wrong, not the grievances of those two.

 

[CDJ]

Was Russo responsible for the blue blazer? If he was I wouldn’t mind Cornette going in on him again.




Good episode about the road warriors. Not as compelling as prior episodes imo but still very well done and a basically a good history lesson about them

 

[EpochLink]

Gotta love the Camp Cornette stable in the mid 1990’s.

 

[Sheppy]

I'm not prepared for next week...

Owen Hart was the first wrestler I had the luck of meeting back when i was 6 years old. They did a house show in St John's back in 1996. Owen & Bulldog vs The Godwins. I was young, but I remember my dad saying something to Owen that had him cracking up (probably his Newfoundland accent) haha.

 

[cupcrazyman]

In Canada the series is on Crave too.

 

[CDJ]

I'm not prepared for next week...

Owen Hart was the first wrestler I had the luck of meeting back when i was 6 years old. They did a house show in St John's back in 1996. Owen & Bulldog vs The Godwins. I was young, but I remember my dad saying something to Owen that had him cracking up (probably his Newfoundland accent) haha.

I think mine was Brutus Beefcake

that was.....something

 

[JackSlater]

I haven't met wrestlers, but I did slap hands with Virgil and Scott Steiner around 1993. Things can only go down from there.

 

[CaptainCrunch67]

Beyond a lot of Stampede wrestling guys, especially since most of them like Gamma and Gerry Morrow worked in a auto shop next to my dads business. I met Stu when he came in looking for directions. Bruce Hart was a really creepy substitute teacher who also wore cowboy boots with his jeans tucked in and was a complete doofus. Keith was also a subsititue and was way more normal then sunglass inside jeans in boots doofus Bruce, and he was creepy, we were in junior high school bruce, junior high school

I had Hogan, Savage, Beefcake and some other wrestlers partying in the hotel room next to mine at the polo park in Winnipeg and hammered on their door to tell them to keep it down.

I met Lance Storm.

Bad News Allen was filling up his car next to me and when I took a step to say hi he growled at me a F off. I totally marked out.

I sat next to Bret at a hitman game, he was super nice.

We almost ran JR foley off the road at Stampede wrestling by mistake.

 

[sabremike]

Me and Keiji Mutoh from ROH Final Battle 2003:

(Took a photo of the honest to God Polaroid so the posted pick isn't great)

 

[sabremike]

Yeah, this week's Dark Side Of The Ring on Owen is going to pretty much be a must watch.

 

[Sheppy]

Yeah, from what I gather Owen was a pretty incredible dude.

 

[CDJ]

Seems like he was the Hart everybody liked.

I’ll never forget JR having to report it

 

[cupcrazyman]

New Jack cut 2 arteries of a 17 year old in the ring. If it had gone a little differently, the kid could easily have died. That's some serious scarring on his head.

The kid died later on after having gastro surgery.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Anyone else think Jimmy Snuka killed his gf ?

 

[CDJ]

Anyone else think Jimmy Snuka killed his gf ?

does a bear shit in the woods?

 

[JackSlater]

I'd be more impressed to find someone who doesn't think that Snuka did it.

 

[sabremike]

I'd be more impressed to find someone who doesn't think that Snuka did it.

Gregg Valentine says "Hi".

 

[Loosie]

I didn't realize how short LOD's stay was in the WWF. Felt like they were around so much longer.

Never realized how messed up Hawk was until watching last night's episode.

For how big they were they could've been so much more. Yet another sad story.

I think that may have to do with them having 2 stints. Their 1st one was very short. When they came back in 97, I also didn't realize how short their first stay was.

 

[Loosie]

These next few days are possibly going to be ugly on Wrestling twitter/social media.

I'm not sure I'm ready for tonight's episode, despite it being 21 years ago (in a few days).

CBS Sports had an article about it with Martha Hart (who is on the episode tonight), and then Jerry McDevitt went and opened his mouth....

Owen Hart's legacy a priority as Martha Hart's wounds have healed, though her distaste for WWE has not

 

[sabremike]

These next few days are possibly going to be ugly on Wrestling twitter/social media.

I'm not sure I'm ready for tonight's episode, despite it being 21 years ago (in a few days).

CBS Sports had an article about it with Martha Hart (who is on the episode tonight), and then Jerry McDevitt went and opened his mouth....

Owen Hart's legacy a priority as Martha Hart's wounds have healed, though her distaste for WWE has not

Jerry McDevitt can go die in a fire.