Dark Side of the Ring - Viceland show

[sabremike]

That is being way too kind

Caught up with the Luna & XPW episodes last night, didn't have much knowledge of Black prior, only that he had some porn ties, but that chair headshot "punishment" was stomach churning to watch, someone should have beaten Black to a pulp

Even though he deserved it after what he did to Meanie WWE essentially did that with JBL. But to be fair to the best of my knowledge Vince never sent goons to attack a guy and chop off his thumb.

 

[Megahab]

Some topics I'd like to see:

-Attempts to unionize, and to go into wrestlers not having insurance and things like that.
-WWF ring crew sexual assault allegations.
-Mike Awesome
-Magnum TA
-Droz - I know he was in 1-2 episodes but I don't remember if they really went in depth into his injury and what he's been doing since.
-CM Punk's WWE exit.

Marty Jannetty and Sunny are others I'd really like to see. Aside from that, really you could do an episode on most guys that died early. These guys come to mind right now.

Rick Rude
Curt Hennig
Ludvig Borga
Test
Davey Boy Smith
Vader

 

[Unholy Diver]

Marty Jannetty and Sunny are others I'd really like to see. Aside from that, really you could do an episode on most guys that died early. These guys come to mind right now.

Rick Rude
Curt Hennig
Ludvig Borga
Test
Davey Boy Smith
Vader

Vader was 63, probably not terribly young for a 350+ pounder

Borga would be a good one, he had some other issues that might draw some interest

I was thinking maybe the plane crash that Flair was in? Johnny Valentine was paralyzed I beleive in it

Maybe Eddie & Mike Graham

Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert

 

[JackSlater]

Marty Jannetty and Sunny are others I'd really like to see. Aside from that, really you could do an episode on most guys that died early. These guys come to mind right now.

Rick Rude
Curt Hennig
Ludvig Borga
Test
Davey Boy Smith
Vader

Jannetty and Sunny could be good episode. Missy Hyatt too, covering a lot of the same beats as a Sunny episode. Ludvig Borga would be interesting even if it would be only barely wrestling related.

 

[Megahab]

Vader was 63, probably not terribly young for a 350+ pounder

Borga would be a good one, he had some other issues that might draw some interest

I was thinking maybe the plane crash that Flair was in? Johnny Valentine was paralyzed I beleive in it

Maybe Eddie & Mike Graham

Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert

Graham family would be a worthy one (I was about to say good one but that doesn't seem right). 3 generations of suicide by gunshot I believe.

 

[Blitzkrug]

All i got out of this (behind a bit, just watched the XPW episode) is someone needs to make an entire season dedicated to the lunacy of New Jack. That one episode and the bits and pieces we got in the other seasons isn't enough.

He's an awful human being but i'll be damned if he's not a fascinating story.

Dude literally shows up to XPW, tries to ****ing murder Vic Grimes and then is like "my work here is done."

Unreal

 

[joestevens29]

All i got out of this (behind a bit, just watched the XPW episode) is someone needs to make an entire season dedicated to the lunacy of New Jack. That one episode and the bits and pieces we got in the other seasons isn't enough.

He's an awful human being but i'll be damned if he's not a fascinating story.

Dude literally shows up to XPW, tries to ****ing murder Vic Grimes and then is like "my work here is done."

Unreal

I don't think the guy deserves anymore airtime than he's already gotten.

 

[Jussi]

Vader was 63, probably not terribly young for a 350+ pounder

Borga would be a good one, he had some other issues that might draw some interest

I was thinking maybe the plane crash that Flair was in? Johnny Valentine was paralyzed I beleive in it

Maybe Eddie & Mike Graham

Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert

Tony Halme aka Ludvig Borga had issues that didn't really stem from his short wrestling career and hence probably wouldn't make much of an interesting episode. His health issues was liver cirrhosis which was a result of extensive drinking. He was actually busted for DUI after drinking in a bar in my home town. He was also busted for possession of cocaine and amphetamine. He shot himself in 2010.

 

[GKJ]

Maybe they could do an episode on Misawa.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Found the steroid trial episode pretty underwhelming, especially for a season finale.

XPW, Kanyon and Plane ride from hell were my favourites of the season.

Watched the plane ride the other day.Amazing what some of these clowns get away with.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Tony Halme aka Ludvig Borga had issues that didn't really stem from his short wrestling career and hence probably wouldn't make much of an interesting episode. His health issues was liver cirrhosis which was a result of extensive drinking. He was actually busted for DUI after drinking in a bar in my home town. He was also busted for possession of cocaine and amphetamine. He shot himself in 2010.

Didn't he have some nazi stuff as well going on?

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Found the steroid trial episode pretty underwhelming, especially for a season finale.

XPW, Kanyon and Plane ride from hell were my favourites of the season.

Yep. Very boring steriod trial.

Plane ride from hell my favorite.

 

[Jussi]

Didn't he have some nazi stuff as well going on?

Nah.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Nah.

From Ludvig Borga - The Surreal, Shocking Life of Tony Halme


[Halme] was wearing boots that were low-cut, and he had a very diminutive SS tattoo," Jim Ross recalled on his podcast Grilling JR. "It wasn’t huge. But it was there. It was very uncomfortable. And he was uncomfortable and untalented. But he had a million-dollar look. He looked like a Ferrari with a four-cylinder motor. When he left, nobody shed any tears."
Notably, being a real-life Neo-Nazi wasn’t enough for Halme to get immediately fired from the WWF; rather, the promotion would cover the tattoo with tape and have Ludvig Borga wear larger boots. After working less than a year, Halme would leave the WWF due to, as the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Nov. 7, 2011) reports, a severely broken ankle.

 

[Jussi]

From Ludvig Borga - The Surreal, Shocking Life of Tony Halme


[Halme] was wearing boots that were low-cut, and he had a very diminutive SS tattoo," Jim Ross recalled on his podcast Grilling JR. "It wasn’t huge. But it was there. It was very uncomfortable. And he was uncomfortable and untalented. But he had a million-dollar look. He looked like a Ferrari with a four-cylinder motor. When he left, nobody shed any tears."
Notably, being a real-life Neo-Nazi wasn’t enough for Halme to get immediately fired from the WWF; rather, the promotion would cover the tattoo with tape and have Ludvig Borga wear larger boots. After working less than a year, Halme would leave the WWF due to, as the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Nov. 7, 2011) reports, a severely broken ankle.

There's various stories about them, supposedly he told on Finnish morning tv that they were meant as a sign of respect for German officers or something (suffice to say, he wasn't the smartest apple in the bunch.). He was member of parliament and absolutely never showed any sympathies towards nazies, which he also made clear in his book. Did he use language about just about everybody, that wouldn't fly today, absolutely. He was a very polarizing character.

 

[alko]

Downfall of Lex Luger.

 

[TheShape]

Downfall of Lex Luger.

Good call.

 

[CDJ]

Thought the trial episode was interesting just to get a look into Jerry McDevitt

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Thought the trial episode was interesting just to get a look into Jerry McDevitt

He was the only interesting part. The rest was pretty boring.

He is an ALPHA lawyer, that's for sure.

 

[67 others]

Downfall of Lex Luger.

Not much to tell there. They covered the worst of it with Elizabeth in the match made in heaven episode.

That aside, luger was boring. His key mistake other than the Elizabeth stuff was leaving wwe by lying to Vince, which meant he was buried once WCW died.

He was a mechanical worker, had little charisma, and went from failed gimmick to them trying to hulk hogan clone him, complete with body slamming a big heel.

In WCW he was basically just there to collect a pay.

 

[eXile3]

I don't now how they haven't done a Vince episode yet. He revolutionized wrestling but also helped cover up a murder with Snuka, a rape with Ashley Massaro who ended up killing herself, prioritized the business over human lives like the Owen Hart death. I wonder if they're afraid of litigation?

 

[alko]

I don't now how they haven't done a Vince episode yet. He revolutionized wrestling but also helped cover up a murder with Snuka, a rape with Ashley Massaro who ended up killing herself, prioritized the business over human lives like the Owen Hart death. I wonder if they're afraid of litigation?

That will be the final 4 hours long episode of this franchise.

 

[OKR]

There's various stories about them, supposedly he told on Finnish morning tv that they were meant as a sign of respect for German officers or something (suffice to say, he wasn't the smartest apple in the bunch.). He was member of parliament and absolutely never showed any sympathies towards nazies, which he also made clear in his book. Did he use language about just about everybody, that wouldn't fly today, absolutely. He was a very polarizing character.

If you actually believe Halme wasn’t a racist, you really don’t know as much about him as you think.

 

[Jussi]

If you actually believe Halme wasn’t a racist, you really don’t know as much about him as you think.

He had some words about it (people's perceived racism of him) in his book but the comments probably wouldn't pass the censor here. He used the Finnish version of the n-word freely, since it was commonly used here even in the 80's and carried no racist tone. See the title of that Agatha Christie book, which we read in school and did a report on it. Things changed after that but Halme's language didn't.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I don't now how they haven't done a Vince episode yet. He revolutionized wrestling but also helped cover up a murder with Snuka, a rape with Ashley Massaro who ended up killing herself, prioritized the business over human lives like the Owen Hart death. I wonder if they're afraid of litigation?

They don't really need a Vince episode. He is a recurring character in the series. A death of the territories episode would be great though.

The Snuke thing was discussed already. Owen too. Steroid trial. Montreal Screwjob, etc.