Dark Side of the Ring — Season 4
The Biggest Stories in Wrestling’s Darkest Secrets.
About this season
Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.
Episodes (10)
1. Chris and Tammy
7.2Aired 30 May 2023 • 44 min
Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch were high school sweethearts whose talent and ambition had them on a path to wrestling stardom. Along the way, drugs, injuries, and ill-fated choices sent them down another road altogether.
2. Shattered: The Magnum T.A. Story
7.6Aired 6 June 2023 • 44 min
Wrestling hearththrob Terry Magnum T.A. Allen was destined for worldwide stardom, but one rainy night altered his career and the future of wrestling forever.
3. Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty
6.6Aired 13 June 2023 • 44 min
Florida became a wrestling mecca for decades under patriarch Eddie Graham and his son Mike, but a series of shocking and unrelenting tragedies threatened to eclipse their legacy.
4. What Happened to Doink the Clown?
6.8Aired 20 June 2023 • 44 min
Matt Borne, the man behind Doink the Clown, lived a life of unhinged violence and substance abuse until his shocking death left his family questioning if it really was an accident.
5. The Junkyard Dog
7.0Aired 27 June 2023 • 44 min
One of the first Black megastars in wrestling, the Junkyard Dog's journey to the top of the business is marked by addiction and unrealized potential.
6. The Tragic Fall of Adrian Adonis
6.8Aired 11 July 2023 • 44 min
A real life street fighter, Adrian Adonis turns flamboyant wrestling heel, but his life cuts short in an horrific accident that has been shrouded in mystery for the past thirty years.
7. Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood
6.6Aired 18 July 2023 • 44 min
Infamous for his in-ring bloodbaths, Abdullah the Butcher was a money-making phenomenon. But after fifty years of pushing boundaries, one cut cost him everything.
8. Bam Bam Bigelow: The Beast from the East
7.5Aired 25 July 2023 • 44 min
Convict; bounty hunter; flame-skulled wrestling legend; addict; the lore of Bam Bam Bigelow has only grown since his death; his family tells his improbable tale for the first time.
9. Bash at the Beach 2000
7.2Aired 1 August 2023 • 44 min
At the end of the '90s, WCW's greatest battles played out backstage between scheming executives and writers, until one off-script rant against Hulk Hogan changed everything.
10. The World According to Marty Jannetty
7.2Aired 8 August 2023 • 44 min
Known for their raw athleticism and sex appeal, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty's run as The Rockers was eclipsed by Marty's excess, drug abuse, and possible murder.