Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread
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Thought the Pillman and the North Korea one were good, the Nick Gage episode and this one were kinda meh to me tho
Warrior episode was kinda meh. Mostly because I knew all of this stuff and they kinda glossed over everything too quickly. I think a two part could've fleshed it out more.
Biggest that stuck out was that I feel bad for his ex-wife's current husband. She's still clearly has a strong attachment to Warrior.
Biggest that stuck out was that I feel bad for his ex-wife's current husband. She's still clearly has a strong attachment to Warrior.
She was Karen-ing, lol... just flippin the fukk out over somethin cause it wasn't about her or the way she wanted it to be. And she can't act like it was lies cause most of what they covered was from before she even knew him.
There's no good way to tell his story. Even the A&E thing wasn't 100% flattering, it still covered the fact that he had a number of straight dikkhead moments. Dark Side of course covered more of his dikkhead moments but it coulda been even worse. So yeah, Dana was just whinin' and hadn't even seen it.
To me it started immediately after Brian Pillman pt I, which was
cause pt II was 
They should’ve made it into 1 episode. It’s been meh since. Even the SI article on WCW in North Korea was more entertaining/informative.Yeah, Jake's memory mighta been cloudy on that one because the feud was definitely supposed to start rollin after SummerSlam but it wasn't for the title because Warrior wasn't champion.
They had started it on TV with the snake biting Warrior but they hadn't had any matches on the house shows or done any other TV promos or angles yet... this was also why they ended up doing the Savage/Jake feud post-Summerslam, they also did a Sid/Taker/Jake segment but they had to write Sid off TV because he got hurt.
Honestly it never made any sense why Warrior was in the tag match with Hogan against Slaughter and co... he was feuding with Taker that summer and it was rolling over to the feud with Jake. He didn't really have much to do with Hogan and Slaughter's storyline until the match was announced.
They had started it on TV with the snake biting Warrior but they hadn't had any matches on the house shows or done any other TV promos or angles yet... this was also why they ended up doing the Savage/Jake feud post-Summerslam, they also did a Sid/Taker/Jake segment but they had to write Sid off TV because he got hurt.
Honestly it never made any sense why Warrior was in the tag match with Hogan against Slaughter and co... he was feuding with Taker that summer and it was rolling over to the feud with Jake. He didn't really have much to do with Hogan and Slaughter's storyline until the match was announced.
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malbaker86
Gators
Between the imaginary 91 title run and wanting to run the fade at the Hall Of Fame we might have to start a Snake-Tales category
right lmaooo
threattonature
Veteran
I guess cause he never got a rematch/revenge against Slaughter after Macho Man cost him the title at Rumble. Now that Warrior retired Savage he could get revenge. I agree with you though that made no damn sense as it really should've been Undertaker/Warrior.
This episode definitely should've been a two parter as so much surrounding the Warrior was skipped over. The death rumors, him coming back so much smaller, his trap door fukking people up (especially British Bulldog), him rocking the baseball cap with Lawler so he didn't get hit directly in the head with the picture, Andre punching him for being too reckless, the whole comedy of the WCW stint (especially is introductory interview where Hogan and Bischoff are stuck standing there like jackasses while he goes like 20 minutes over his time).
blues_funk_reggae
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I always thought that Warrior coming back (2014) for that brief moment put some strain on his heart and resulted in his death. It may sound silly but all that screaming at his age definitely shook up his insides, you could see it as he left the ring.
I think some of these episodes are falling flat because nothing new is being talked about or exposed. With all the wrestling pod casts and youtube channels we have basically heard it all before.
And one more thing, what JR said was the truth...the fact that Hulk took a pin fall in the middle of the ring for Warrior was a fukking miracle, especially at that time.
I think some of these episodes are falling flat because nothing new is being talked about or exposed. With all the wrestling pod casts and youtube channels we have basically heard it all before.
And one more thing, what JR said was the truth...the fact that Hulk took a pin fall in the middle of the ring for Warrior was a fukking miracle, especially at that time.
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Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
I remember being a jit and thinking this nikka was really dead after Taker put him that casket. Seemed like it took the entire episode to get that nikka out
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But that's always been the case even before Season 1.
A lot of the stuff they covered was covered by Wrestlelamia's "Behind The Titantron" and "The Final Bell".
the big splash was the chit back then. it was a finisher for alot of people.
the problem is, you learned about the warrior in retrospect thru smear-pieces. its too much of a stigma on here now. you have to have been there in real-time to get it. he was just as big as hogan for a reason brehski.
same goes for other stigmatized wrestlers who were huge stars - lke say a lex luger who has been buried into oblivion. i'll put it like this - dudes that get gassed up on here like john cena, batista, etc dont have nothing on guys like warrior, luger, etc.
well most of the topics on the darkside series, really arent considered fresh unless theyre digging deep into the crates with older stuff.
theres has yet to be a complete unbiased documentary on the warrior. A&E came the closest but they spent way more time on his personal life and pretty much sped thru everything concerning wrestling aside from wrestlemania 6.
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