Dark Side of the Ring Season 3A Opening on Crave &ViceTV at May 6, 2021
Documentary, Drama, History / TV-Series (2019)
Dark Side of the Ring is a television documentary series produced by Viceland that premiered in 2019. The series is about controversial subjects within professional wrestling, with each episode focusing on a specific event.
In season 3A;
- The career and death of Brian Pillman. After enduring a horrific car wreck, Brian Pillman masks his injuries while pushing his body to the edge; his untimely death leaves his young family struggling to cope.
- Nick Gage is the self proclaimed king of death match wrestling, but his road to the top is marked with a six year prison sentence for armed robbery and personal tragedies.
- In one of the most bizarre acts of political theatre ever created, professional wrestlers who were deployed to North Korea faced a terrifying ordeal that had them fighting for their lives.
- 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.
- The Dynamite Kid earned worldwide fame with a riveting, self-sacrificing style, but violent confrontations outside of the ring would destroy his family, his body and his legacy.
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Director: Jason Eisener
Writers: Evan Husney, Jason Eisener, Jeff Sturge, Mike Schultz, Scott Dobson, Jeffrey Christian, Carrie-May Siggins
Stars: Chris Jericho, James E. Cornette, Jim Ross, Eric Bischoff, Nick Gage, Jake Roberts, Channing Decker, Dave Meltzer
►Cast
| Chris Jericho | ► | Narrator |
| James E. Cornette | ► | Jim Cornette |
| Jim Ross | ► | Jim Ross |
| Eric Bischoff | ► | |
| Channing Decker | ► | Brian Pillman |
| Jake Roberts | ► | |
| Dave Meltzer | ► | |
| Sylvain Plasse | ► | Doctor |
| David Tomlinson | ► | Steve Borden |
| Mick Foley | ► | |
| Jacques Rougeau | ► | |
| Scott Norton | ► | |
| Jason Sedlar | ► | |
| Steve Austin | ► | |
| Melanie Pillman | ► |