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Dark Side of the Ring
- Thread starter Apoho Creed
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Loving the Season to come so far. Really happy Chris Adams is getting one of the most underrated Wrestlers I've ever watched.
I hope we get more of these for all the past Episodes from the Seasons. I just gotta start a rewatch of ECW I have to do it sometime in 2024.
Listening to Droz in this one made me even have a higher respect/regard for him. D Lo for sure still feels bad for the accident still I would be the same if I was a Wrestler.
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Has anyone seen the first 2 Episodes of the newest Season? I thought the Tenta one was really good didn't know he was that dominating as a Sumo but imagine he stuck with it and stayed in Japan. I'm watching the Bagwell one right now.
I watched both, really good episodes. So glad to see Buff getting his life turned around
Yeah happy to see Buff in a right place because it going towards a bad ending for him with his Drug use. He loved to use Muscle Relaxers I once took a 5 MG Muscle Relaxer and it put me out for nearly 6 Hours. I can only imagine a person taking 2 or 3 of those and it being higher than 5 MGs and you see how Buff was looking on Camera at his Home. Pretty cool to see that even though he's some people wrong in his life every one of them are still cool with Buff and wanting to see him succeed.
This Season has been pretty good once again. The John Tenta, Bam Bam, and Chris Colt Stories spoke to me the most. I would say the Colt Episode from this Week is the reason why you did this Show I feel in their minds giving light to this Wrestler. The Story of Colt needs to be a told in a Show format it would blow away the greatness in the Wrestler I feel if they dive into Colt's life outside of Wrestling especially with Sexuality in the day in the age where it wasn't known for talent to be freely out like Colt was in the 50s and 60s.
I love dark side of the ring. I really do. I've always been big on both documentaries and wrestling, and will gladly gobble down any wrestling documentary that isn't 4 hours long.
With that said, I can't help but get the impression that some episodes are essentially glorified hit pieces that present many pieces of information inaccurately or from a biased perspective. The wrestlers don't get to defend themselves when shed in a bad light due to them typically having no direct involvement in the series.
Although I can admit I'm probably being a bit too nitpicky and I might be confusing Dark Side with some of the documentaries by Spotfight. They typically do a good enough job with their research to where none of this is a big concern and they don't always shed people in a bad light either. They also use interview footage if they can of wrestlers admitting to their mistakes, which is good.
With that said, I can't help but get the impression that some episodes are essentially glorified hit pieces that present many pieces of information inaccurately or from a biased perspective. The wrestlers don't get to defend themselves when shed in a bad light due to them typically having no direct involvement in the series.
Although I can admit I'm probably being a bit too nitpicky and I might be confusing Dark Side with some of the documentaries by Spotfight. They typically do a good enough job with their research to where none of this is a big concern and they don't always shed people in a bad light either. They also use interview footage if they can of wrestlers admitting to their mistakes, which is good.