Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[supertrekker]

nikka that is the dark part. It would be like running a show in Nazi Germany.

I've seen the video of youtube about it. There was nothing dark about it. North Korea is run by a dictator not a white suprematist.

 

[HollywoodP]

I've seen the video of youtube about it. There was nothing dark about it. North Korea is run by a dictator not a white suprematist.

not a white supremacist...just a supremacist. If yo...nevermind. Just figure it out when it airs. I aint even gonna waste the time.

 

[supertrekker]

not a white supremacist...just a supremacist. If yo...nevermind. Just figure it out when it airs. I aint even gonna waste the time.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I've seen the video of youtube about it. There was nothing dark about it. North Korea is run by a dictator not a white suprematist.

The whole show was a propaganda piece to prop up Kim Jong Il and his regime over the country. Scott Norton was pulled up on by NK goons in his hotel room after he called the country a shyt hole on a phone call with his wife. They held the largest outdoor wrestling event while people were dying from starvation.

There’s nothing dark about any of that to you?

 

[White City Black]

I'd like to know why Austin didn't go to Brian's funeral. I've heard he's real superstitious of funerals. He went to Eddie Guerrero's but stayed in the lobby during the whole thing and talked to people.

You know there’s that fraction of folks that just don’t like to go to funerals, whether it’s because that’s not the final image of their loved one they wanna have, or because they just don’t like the vibe. Tech N9ne fans, for example, knows he didn’t even attend his best friend and producer’s funeral back in the day for the aforementioned reasons.

When I saw they’re doing FMW and XPW episodes

 

[NYChase718]

The whole show was a propaganda piece to prop up Kim Jong Il and his regime over the country. Scott Norton was pulled up on by NK goons in his hotel room after he called the country a shyt hole on a phone call with his wife. They held the largest outdoor wrestling event while people were dying from starvation.

There’s nothing dark about any of that to you?

This gonna be good

 

[Flex Luger]

Producers of Vice TV's "Dark Side of the Ring" show are reportedly planning a season three episode on Canadian wrestler Ion Croitoru, who was known to fans as Bruiser Bedlam or Johnny K-9.

Bedlam, who passed away at the age of 53 on February 21, 2017, once worked as a WWEenhancement talent and was pushed as a top star by Jim Cornette in Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

Bedlam is a controversial topic as he was involved in organized crime activities. Bedlam once served as the president of a Satan's Choice Outlaw motorcycle club chapter and did multiple stints in prison. He also once served prison time for bombing a police station. He was once accused of a murder, and then did time for other murders. He was last released from prison in September 2016 after doing time for the 2008 murders that he was charged with in 2011. Bedlam's last release from prison was to a halfway house, and he was ordered to have no contact with any other criminals or gangsters.

The episode on Bedlam was recently confirmed by former wrestler Mickey Doyle, according to the Wrestling Observer. It was noted that Dark Side of the Ring producers love Cornette, and he will be able to tell lots of Bedlam stories due to his run in SMW.

Below is the updated list of confirmed topics for season three of Dark Side of the Ring:

* Brian Pillman (season premiere, WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin interviewed)

* FMW (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling)

* XPW (Xtreme Pro Wrestling)

* Nick Gage

* WCW/NJPW Collision In Korea event from 1995

* The Smith Family (Grizzly Smith and his children - Sam Houston, Rockin' Robin, WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts)

* Ion Croitoru (aka Bruiser Bedlam and Johnny K-9)

There is still no word yet on when season three will premiere, but we will keep you updated. Stay tuned for more on planned season three topics.

 

[The Rainmaker]

I have no idea who this Bruiser Bedlam guy is.

The other episodes look

 

[MenacingMonk]

They’re doing XPW.

Nick fukkIN Gage gets his own ep. Gonna have some CZW stuff in it.

Season gonna be piff.

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

 

[supertrekker]

The whole show was a propaganda piece to prop up Kim Jong Il and his regime over the country. Scott Norton was pulled up on by NK goons in his hotel room after he called the country a shyt hole on a phone call with his wife. They held the largest outdoor wrestling event while people were dying from starvation.

There’s nothing dark about any of that to you?

Yes Korea is a fukked up country but what in general does it have to do with the problems associated with the wrestling industry. WCW didn't have to go there.

 

[supertrekker]

I have no idea who this Bruiser Bedlam guy is.

The other episodes look

Brusier Bedlam was a WWF 80's jobber Johnny K-9. He's been in trouble with the law in Canada since leaving wrestling. He was part of an outlaw M.C. and was acquitted of murder. He died a few years ago.

 

[supertrekker]

They’re doing XPW. .

XPW used porn stars as their valets. What's so dark about that.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Yes Korea is a fukked up country but what in general does it have to do with the problems associated with the wrestling industry. WCW didn't have to go there.

They didn’t have to...but they ended up going there anyway or there wouldn’t be a story to tell about it. The show doesn’t outline just problems within the wrestling industry, it highlights the more controversial or intriguing stories within it.

If anything, given the modern US political climate as well WWE’s deal to Saudi Arabia in recent years, this episode feels more topical than ever.

 

[MenacingMonk]

XPW used porn stars as their valets. What's so dark about that.

Guess you don’t know about Rob Black.

Hopefully they cover his attempt at running for LA mayor.