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Dark Side of the Ring - Season 1
It is a series of events that offer that frightening world in free wrestling. Events start dramatically from behind-the-scenes differences to the mysterious death and murder of the freestyle wrestlers. This series explores more historical events that embody a painful reality about the darkest stories of the golden age of professional wrestling. Through these stories, the series tries to find the truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in a wild world.
February 9, 1963 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
May 15, 1957 in Belleville, Illinois, USA
October 14, 1952 in Tampa, Florida, USA
August 8, 1974 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
August 1, 1966 in Willingboro, New Jersey, USA
September 10, 1949 in Sunset Beach, Hawaii, USA
September 23, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
April 12, 2019
It feels as if the viewer is being worked, as if the industry vets featured here are doing what they can to keep the ambiguities at the heart of their livelihood as obfuscated as they once were. In that sense, it's as thrilling as a live wrestling show.
April 10, 2019
Wrestling might be fixed, but it's as real as life gets, as Dark Side of the Ring proves.
April 10, 2019
But for proof that wrestling's appeal hinges on the push-pull between truth and invention, one need look no further than Dark Side of the Ring itself.
April 12, 2019
Dark Side of the Ring proves these complex, often harrowing stories don't always end when the bell rings.
April 10, 2019
Entertaining for everyone but essential viewing for wrestling fans.