Dark Side of the Ring

Season 3 2021
TV-MA

  • 2021-05-07T02:00:00Z on Viceland
  • 44m
  • 10h 16m (14 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.

14 episodes

Season Premiere

2021-05-07T02:00:00Z

3x01 Brian Pillman Part One

Season Premiere

3x01 Brian Pillman Part One

  • 2021-05-07T02:00:00Z44m

Brian 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.

2021-05-07T02:00:00Z

3x02 Brian Pillman Part Two

3x02 Brian Pillman Part Two

  • 2021-05-07T02:00:00Z44m

After 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.

Nick 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.

2021-05-21T02:00:00Z

3x04 Collision in Korea

3x04 Collision in Korea

  • 2021-05-21T02:00:00Z44m

In 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.

2021-05-28T02:00:00Z

3x05 Becoming Warrior

3x05 Becoming Warrior

  • 2021-05-28T02:00:00Z44m

The 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.

Having 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.

2021-06-11T02:00:00Z

3x07 The Dynamite Kid

3x07 The Dynamite Kid

  • 2021-06-11T02:00:00Z44m

The 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.

2021-09-17T02:00:00Z

3x08 The Plane Ride From Hell

A private 757 flight descended into a nightmare as intoxicated wrestlers clashed with their flight crew, erupting into one of wrestling’s most infamous scandals.

In a culture that celebrates machismo and negative gay stereotypes, wrestling innovator Chris Kanyon kept his own sexuality a closely guarded secret for decades.

2021-10-01T02:00:00Z

3x10 Blood & Wire: Onita's FMW

After 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.

Johnny 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.

A 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.

XPW merged Rob Black's passions for hardcore porn and deathmatch wrestling, but after he waged a war with federal authorities his empire imploded.

Season Finale

2021-10-29T02:00:00Z

3x14 The Steroid Trials

Season Finale

3x14 The Steroid Trials

  • 2021-10-29T02:00:00Z44m

In 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.

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