Dark Side of the Ring

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Dark Side of the Ring
File:Dark Side of the Ring.jpg
Genre Professional wrestling
Documentary
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Directed by Jason Eisener
Narrated by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 30
Production
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  • Chris Grosso
  • Evan Husney
  • Jason Eisener
Producer(s) Various
Running time 60 min.
Production company(s) Vice Studios Canada
Release
Original network Vice on TV
Crave
Original release April 10, 2019 (2019-04-10) –
present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Dark Side of the Ring is a Canadian[1] documentary television series produced by Vice Studios. The series focuses on controversial subjects and events within the realm of professional wrestling.[2]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 6 April 10, 2019 (2019-04-10) May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)
2 10 March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24) May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19)
3 14 May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06) October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Subject(s) Original air date Viewers
(millions)
1 1 "The Match Made in Heaven" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth April 10, 2019 (2019-04-10) 0.154[3]
2 2 "The Montreal Screwjob" Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and The Montreal Screwjob April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) 0.181[3]
3 3 "The Killing of Bruiser Brody" Bruiser Brody April 24, 2019 (2019-04-24) 0.214[3]
4 4 "The Last of the Von Erichs" Von Erich family May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) 0.225[3]
5 5 "The Mysterious Death of Gorgeous Gino" Gino Hernandez May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08) 0.234[3]
6 6 "The Fabulous Moolah" The Fabulous Moolah May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) 0.200[3]

Season 2 (2020)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Subject(s) Original air date Viewers
(millions)
7 1 "Benoit Part One" Chris & Nancy Benoit, and Eddie Guerrero March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24) 0.320[4]
8 2 "Benoit Part Two" Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24) 0.320[4]
9 3 "The Life and Crimes of New Jack" New Jack March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31) 0.229[5]
10 4 "The Brawl for All" WWF Brawl for All April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) 0.226[6]
11 5 "Jimmy Snuka and The Death of Nancy Argentino" Jimmy Snuka April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14) 0.209[7]
12 6 "The Assassination of Dino Bravo" Dino Bravo April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21) 0.221[8]
13 7 "David Schultz & The Slap Heard Round the World" David Schultz, John Stossel, and kayfabe April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) 0.255[9]
14 8 "Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story" Herb Abrams and UWF May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05) 0.246[10]
15 9 "The Last Ride of The Road Warriors" The Road Warriors
(Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk)		 May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12) 0.264[11]
16 10 "The Final Days of Owen Hart" Owen Hart accident May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19) 0.349[12]

Season 3 (2021)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Subject(s) Original air date Viewers
(millions)
17 1 "Brian Pillman Part One" Brian Pillman May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06) 0.272
18 2 "Brian Pillman Part Two" Brian Pillman May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06) 0.272
19 3 "The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage" Nick Gage May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13) 0.163[13]
20 4 "Collision in Korea" Collision in Korea May 20, 2021 (2021-05-20) 0.191[14]
21 5 "Becoming Warrior" The Ultimate Warrior May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27) 0.165[15]
22 6 "In the Shadow of Grizzly Smith" Grizzly Smith, Jake Roberts, Sam Houston, and Rockin' Robin June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03) 0.243[16]
23 7 "The Dynamite Kid" Dynamite Kid June 10, 2021 (2021-06-10) 0.242[17]
24 8 "The Plane Ride from Hell" Plane Ride from Hell September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) 0.153[18]
25 9 "The Double Life of Chris Kanyon" Chris Kanyon September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) 0.214[19]
26 10 "Blood & Wire: Onita's FMW" Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30) 0.126[20]
27 11 "Bikers, Bombs & Bedlam: Johnny K-9" Ion Croitoru October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) 0.137[21]
28 12 "The Many Faces of Luna Vachon" Luna Vachon October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14) 0.135[22]
29 13 "Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW" Rob Black and Xtreme Pro Wrestling October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21) 0.109[23]
30 14 "The Steroid Trials" United States v. McMahon October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28) 0.154[24]

Release

The series premiered on Viceland on April 10, 2019.[25] On July 23, 2019, Dark Side of the Ring was renewed for a second season of 10 episodes, which premiered on March 24, 2020. For season 2, the series became a co-production with Canadian streaming service Crave (as part of owner Bell Media's distribution pact with Vice).[1] An aftershow hosted by Chris Gethard, Dark Side of the Ring: After Dark, was also added.[26] On October 19, 2020, Dark Side of the Ring was renewed for a third season of 14 episodes, which premiered on May 6, 2021.[27][28] All 3 seasons of Dark Side of the Ring were made available on the streaming service Discovery+ in 2021.

Reception

Dark Side of the Ring was Viceland's highest-rated series premiere among viewers in the key demographic.[1] The first season won the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Award for Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary of 2019,[29] and the second season episode "The Final Days of Owen Hart" won the same award for 2020. Season 2 brought larger viewership numbers, with the season finale profiling the death of Owen Hart becoming the highest-rated program in Vice network history, at 626,000 viewers.[30]

Spin-offs

In December 2020, Vice ordered two spin-off series: Dark Side of Football and Dark Side of the 90's, which premiered on May 13 and July 15, 2021 respectively.[31]

In 2022, the network ordered an additional spin-off Dark Side of Comedy.[32]

See also

References

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  32. ↑ 'Dark Side of Comedy' Ordered at Vice - Variety

External links

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