Ricky Jackson Posted November 21, 2023 Report Share Posted November 21, 2023 "Mysterious" is a strange choice of words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDuke Posted November 21, 2023 Report Share Posted November 21, 2023 A docuseries seems kind of a waste at this point. They should just do a sitcom about the end of WCW. They could call it "Not-So-Young Bischoff" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 The show just got picked up for a fifth season. As many have asked, I wonder if Jericho will narrate the inevitable episode they do about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Season 5 will include: Chris Adams Kurt Angle Buff Bagwell Brutus Beefcake Harley Race The Sandman Black Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 *yawn* Apart from the super grim Adams story, and the Sandman episode which probably be a nice little funny one without much to it (unless they dug up some real bad stuff), this is all very safe, not very intriguing topics at all for the series. I guess the Plane Ride From Hell episode scared everyone, and they don't wan't anything like that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav'oh Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 I'm not sure "Shotgun Dropkicked in the Face By A Kamikaze Paraglider" says much about the seediness of the biz. Buff Bigelow, Male Gigolo, isn't wrestling-related either. Interesting that they're doing the living. I wonder if they'll take part? (edit: they probably need the money, so, yes?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 I swear I remember a Mile Awesome episode was supposed to be part of Season 2, I wonder what happened to that? The Harley Race episode should be entertaining for the stories if nothing else, but it certainly does seem that the plane ride backlash has scared them away from touching anything too controversial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHawk Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Bagwell's will probably focus significantly on the neck injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 If controversy is an issue, there are plenty of long-dead wrestlers like Buzz Sawyer and Jerry Graham whose lives and careers are eminently worthy of the Dark Side treatment. I suppose the main issue there is lack of name recognition to modern viewers. Then again, they did do an episode on Bruiser Bedlam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 4 hours ago, Dav'oh said: 'm not sure "Shotgun Dropkicked in the Face By A Kamikaze Paraglider" says much about the seediness of the biz. No, but the story of him getting fired from his after wrestling job when people found a white powder is certainly part of the legacy of 80s WWF tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 The meat on the bone there is his friendship with Hulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenese Sarwieh Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 The only thing that has my attention is Chris Adams, his story is so tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 On 1/20/2024 at 7:37 AM, Blehschmidt said: I swear I remember a Mile Awesome episode was supposed to be part of Season 2, I wonder what happened to that? RVD said Mike's ex-wife put a stop to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 On 1/22/2024 at 8:05 PM, Tenese Sarwieh said: The only thing that has my attention is Chris Adams, his story is so tragic. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2fd6eFriDR/?igsh=aXN5N21zOTMya3Ru  The man who killed him appears to have been interviewed for that episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 It's a shame that Ted Turner is in no condition to do interviews, as he would have been a perfect interview subject for Black Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 On 1/19/2024 at 10:31 PM, C.S. said: Season 5 will include: Chris Adams Kurt Angle Buff Bagwell Brutus Beefcake Harley Race The Sandman Black Saturday Updated list: Chris Adams Sensational Sherri Terry Gordy Black Saturday  Chris Colt The Sandman Earthquake Harley Race Buff Bagwell Brutus Beefcake No Angle after all.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 What's Earthquake's dark side? He did die of cancer at a relatively young age, but that's more tragic than seedy. And I suppose there was the incident with Koji Kitao, but I don't see how that reflects poorly on Tenta. Honestly, Kitao would be a much more fitting subject of a Dark Side episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Guess if they go on a tangent regarding Quake's sumo career and how him having tattoos was frowned upon and derailed things there, but that man was, according to all accounts, as sweet as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Earthquake will be the season premiere. Also, apparently RD Reynolds of Wrestlecrap (and a good friend of Quake) was interviewed for this episode, that should be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, JRH said: Earthquake will be the season premiere. Also, apparently RD Reynolds of Wrestlecrap (and a good friend of Quake) was interviewed for this episode, that should be interesting. I don’t get what’s dark here. Cancer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Matt D said: I don’t get what’s dark here. Cancer? That and the Kitao match which turned into a shoot. Tenta also suffered racism when he was a sumo wrestler, though without him being alive to talk about it I dont know how they'll discuss that (off-topic, but how many pro wrestlers started out as sumo wrestlers? There must be more than Tenta). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma Stump Puller Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 7 minutes ago, JRH said: That and the Kitao match which turned into a shoot. Tenta also suffered racism when he was a sumo wrestler, though without him being alive to talk about it I dont know how they'll discuss that (off-topic, but how many pro wrestlers started out as sumo wrestlers? There must be more than Tenta). Tenta is one of the more famous examples because he has that WWF affiliation hanging around him. That and Rikidozan are the most famous examples (alongside Tenryu, Tadao Yasuda, Akebono etc etc) Sumo generally is one of the more popular professions to have a transition to wrestling given the similarities in training so at least in Japan there's always been a physical link between the two sports  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 55 minutes ago, JRH said: That and the Kitao match which turned into a shoot. Tenta also suffered racism when he was a sumo wrestler, though without him being alive to talk about it I dont know how they'll discuss that (off-topic, but how many pro wrestlers started out as sumo wrestlers? There must be more than Tenta). Kiyoshi Tamura actually did sumo before he entered the UWF dojo. That's one of those interesting wrestling trivia tidbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Akira Taue came from sumo as well. Baba and Tenryu both seemed to have a soft spot for the sport because lots of guys in All Japan and WAR had sumo backgrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Both Haku and The Barbarian did sumo too. As a sumo fan, I always loved workers with a sumo background. This seems to be more a thing of the past though. Not so many, if any at all, are making that transition these days. And hell, Hakuho, the GOAT, got fucking demoted as a coach because he did not report one of his students (the awful Hokuseiho) abusing young boys with slaps and wooden stick shots. Yeah, sumo is a wonderful tradition too. Oh well, at least I won't be suffering though Hokuseiho's borefest fights anymore since he retired, as they say. How long before this fellow ends up in wrestling ? I mean, he's tall as fuck for a Japanese (like almost seven feet). He could be the next Kitao or something (yeah, that's sarcasm). Considering all that is happening lately, this season of Dark Side is gonna look extra tame. Still gonna watch it because they mostly do a good job, but, oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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