WWE/A&E "Biography"

[...TG]

https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-ae-co-producing-five-biography-documentaries-280846

I didn't know A&E still did these. Seems like a reaction to the Viceland documentaries that are premiering soon. From the article, Billy Corben will be directing the Savage episode. He's pretty notable (he did the "Cocaine Cowboys" docs), so hopefully that one at least won't be the WWE-whitewashed version of history.

[El-P]

3 minutes ago, ...TG said:

so hopefully that one at least won't be the WWE-whitewashed version of history.

Of course it will, they co-produce it.

[flyonthewall2983]

I find this very interesting only in that I remember the time A&E did episodes of Biography on WWE talent, until the network obtained the rights to Wrestling With Shadows and that was finished. 

[The Thread Killer]

Massive thread bump here, but it’s for a reason.

The latest season of WWE Biography on A&E started a couple of weeks ago. The Season Premiere was a 2 Part episode called “The Curse of the Von Erichs.”

I know what you are probably thinking. WWE already did the “Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling” years ago. Then there was the independently produced “Heroes of World Class” documentary. Most recently there was the Dark Side of the Ring episode “The Last of the Von Erichs.”

Because of all of that, I went into this not really expecting much that I had not heard already. I was actually really surprised by this episode, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the production on this episode was top-notch. The A&E produced biographies are done in cooperation with WWE, but A&E handles the production, and it really shows. Over the last few years some of the Biography specials they have done have actually been better than the WWE produced documentaries that were on the network. For example, I think the Bret Hart and Mick Foley episodes of Biography were superior to the WWE DVD’s and documentaries produced about those guys.

More importantly, in the case of “The Curse of the Von Erichs” this episode of Biography was produced with the full cooperation of the family, so they have access to all sorts of family home movies which have never been seen before. Even more interesting than that, there are interviews with family members that have never given interviews before, most notably the widow of Kerry Von Erich. I can honestly say that there is family information that is disclosed in this episode of Biography that has never been disclosed before. I know this may sound almost impossible to believe, but the history of this family is even more tragic than we already knew, if you can even believe that. This episode also challenges some of the popular narratives that exist about the tragedies that have occurred within the Von Erich family.

Anyhow, my point is that I highly recommend watching this episode if you have an interest in the Von Erich family. It’s a fascinating Biography.