Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

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VICE

14 episodes

5 months ago

From the creators of the hit VICE TV show "Dark Side of the Ring" and the co-hosts of The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro, this is "Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard."

This podcast dives into the show’s deep reservoir of unaired interviews with pro wrestling’s most famous and infamous, its least and most heralded, its most honest and of course, its most duplicitous.

New episodes every Wednesday.

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From the creators of the hit VICE TV show "Dark Side of the Ring" and the co-hosts of The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro, this is "Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard."

New episodes every Wednesday.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes (14/14)

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Jerry McDevitt

The man behind Vince McMahon's legal triumphs, Jerry McDevitt, sat with us for Season 3, and in this season finale of Unheard, he shares memories of McMahon confronting prosecutors, his fateful entré into the wrestling world, and how he became a steroid expert.

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1 year ago

1 hour 2 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Dr. D David Schultz

Returning to one of our most memorable interviews, we curate the unaired perspectives of Dr. D David Schultz on getting heel "heat", taking the fall for scandals, and the possibility of reconciling with John Stossel and Vince McMahon.

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1 year ago

49 minutes 49 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Scott Hall

From the raw footage of his Season 1 interviews, we surface the late Scott Hall's memories on WCW drug culture, getting to know Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, and putting money first.

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1 year ago

54 minutes 52 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Jake Roberts

Jake Roberts has been a mainstay interview subject since Season 1, and on this episode, he speaks to the root of his sinister wrestling persona, a fleeting feud with Hulk Hogan, and why wrestlers die young.

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1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes 3 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Tony Atlas

From our very first interview, we revisit Mr. USA Tony Atlas' reflections on growing up poor, trying to control his rage, and additional traumatic memories of the killing of Bruiser Brody.

Disclaimer: José González was acquitted for the murder of Bruiser Brody on the basis of self-defense.

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1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes 19 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Jim Cornette & Vince Russo

Throughout Dark Side of the Ring, perhaps no war of words has been as incendiary or as entertaining as that between Jim Cornette and Vince Russo, and in this episode, we plumbed multiple seasons worth of interviews to understand the roots of their conflict.

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1 year ago

56 minutes 24 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Terry Funk

We were privileged to sit with one of wrestling's all-time greats for Season 3 as the late Terry Funk shares memories of a nomadic childhood, coming to terms with Vince McMahon's success, and how peeing on an electric fence braced him for barbed wire matches.

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1 year ago

55 minutes 40 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Marty Jannetty

It took us 3 days to interview Marty Jannetty for Season 4, and this episode features some of his wildest unaired comments on tag-team codependency, Shawn Michaels, and a honeymoon story for the ages.

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1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes 47 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Road Warrior Animal

Season 2's "The Last Ride of the Road Warriors" featured Animal's last major interview before his untimely death, and he reflects here on Hawk's passing, wet t-shirt contests in his bar bouncing days, and WWF storyline's going dark.

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1 year ago

1 hour 33 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Herb Abrams

Few characters in Dark Side of the Ring illicit wilder memories than promoter Herb Abrams, and in this episode, we dive into a range of never-before-heard comments that speak to Abrams' eccentricity and infamy.

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1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes 7 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Droz

From the first interview filmed for Season 2, we present the late Droz's recollections of the harrowing accident that left him paralyzed, puking in faces of his football opponents, and shooting bucks from his wheelchair.

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1 year ago

58 minutes 4 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Kevin Von Erich

Kevin Von Erich sat for Dark Side of the Ring back in Season 1, and in this episode, we share his unaired memories of having no time to grieve his brother's death, confronting his dad's opponents as a boy, and our thoughts on the film "The Iron Claw".

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1 year ago

1 hour 9 minutes 17 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

New Jack

Season 2 of Dark Side of the Ring explored "The Life and Crimes of New Jack" and in this episode, we share the late New Jack's unaired commentary on confronting racist fans, turning down the WWF, and bounty hunting with D'Lo Brown.

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1 year ago

56 minutes 44 seconds

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Trailer

"Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard'' is a weekly podcast series that explores never-before-heard sound from the show's hundreds of probing interviews with pro wrestling's most fascinating characters.

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1 year ago

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