Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread (OFFICIALLY RENEWED FOR SEASON 7)

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[Big Jo]

Meh episode but still entertaining. No “wow factor” though

Paul Ellering seems like a good dude

in fact everybody interviewed came off well

I never knew Hawk did a knockoff LOD in Japan

I don’t believe for a second they had more press in Japan than Michael Jackson

love WWF golden era footage, nothing beats it

Owen episode gonna be tough watch

I believe this show is a rating hit for vice, definitely more seasons on the way

 

[HipHopStan]

"We snack on danger and we dine on death." may be one of my favorite wrestling catchphrases of all time.

And yes, I left out the "And dead men don't make any money!" part Everyone does.

 

[EnzoG]

I didn't know the road warriors were this big back in the day

 

[puppetmaster]

I didn't know the road warriors were this big back in the day

The phrase “road warrior pop” is no joke.

Some of the pops they got during their entrance in the mid to late 80’s were amazing

 

[HipHopStan]

Minnesota produced The Road Warriors, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Jesse Ventura, Scott Norton, and X-Pac. Meanwhile, Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin, and Arn Anderson all trained there. What a line up.

 

[patscorpio]

watched the first 15 mins so far...good stuff

i know the motorcycle thing was a thing..but those early road warrior outfits had these cats looking like blue oyster patrons

hawk's brothers look so much different from him

gotta love the old school way of breaking in wrestlers...let them actually fight or scrap while they are learning then later on smarten them up..but taking bumps in a boxing ring...that must have hurt lol

 

[patscorpio]

look at all this creativity from animal and hawk..you dont see wrestlers that creative with their gimmicks

 

[patscorpio]

nikita koloff breaking kayfabe

these cats are roided as fukk

scaffold matches are stupid...wrestling with a broken leg on a scaffold match is some other shyt

 

[patscorpio]

legion of doom came from hawk watching he man

 

[patscorpio]

i remember that lod vs money inc match...hawk was out of it at SS92

 

[threattonature]

Cool, they spent the last minute big upping Hawk's contributions.

This was the worst episode of the show, in my opinion

Yeah it was weak but I still enjoyed it overall. I wonder if Animal was really as innocent as this portrayed him.

I do think Road Warriors are one of the teams that were hurt by the end of the territory system. Like they said on the doc they were able to come in, get booked like gods and then move the hell on so it gave no one a chance to get tired of them. My favorite period of tag team wrestling is late 80's early 90s WCW with the Road Warriors, Steiners, Doom, Skyscrapers, Sting and Lugar at times, Horsemen, Midnight Express, Varsity Club, Rock and Roll Express and Somoan Swat Team.

 

[patscorpio]

the period where animal fukked shyt up in his back...dude was really out of shape at the time

so hawk going to japan doing the shyt with sasake was like a legit double cross to animal...thats a druggie for you

 

[HipHopStan]

Someone should've told Paul that Legion of Doom wasn't from He-Man...it was from Superfriends.

 

[patscorpio]

i still dont understand why droz talks so slow now