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in Wrestling, DocuseriesThe Von Erichs Family & Tragedy
A Screenshot of The Von Erichs from Dark Side of the Ring Dark Side of the Ring is a wrestling documentary that usually hits the viewers right in the feels. While some episodes in the latest season were pretty hit or miss for me, a lot of the ones from the first 2 seasons were […] More
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George’s Winter of Discontent in The Beatles: Get Back
As Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back opens, a bit of nondiegetic text reminds viewers of the scope of his project before addressing that of the Beatles’. “The ‘Get Back’ project in January 1969,” the text declares, “produced over 60 hours of film footage and 150 hours of audio recordings.” A second line follows: “Numerous […] More
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From Let It Be to The Beatles: Get Back
More than fifty years after their breakup, The Beatles can still entice and enthrall. Peter Jackson’s new documentary project, a minor miracle of restorative editing, proves just that, presenting the foursome in a new, full light, with a richness of detail literally never seen before. His three-part series The Beatles: Get Back resuscitates the vexed […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
Dark Side of the Ring: The Many Faces of Luna Vachon
Luna Vachon was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Charles Henry Wilkerson and Rebecca “Van” Pierce. This episode of Dark Side of the Ring explores the many faces on Luna Vachon told by the people that knew her best. This episode explores who Luna was, how her experiences affected her mental health, the people who stood […] More
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Brawl For All: The Worst Idea In Wrestling
WWF’s Brawl for All tournament took place over the summer of 1998, beginning on June 29th, 1998 with the final taking place on August 24th, 1998. Many people in the industry have called the Brawl for All tournament the worst idea in wrestling, including many people actively involved in the booking of it, such as […] More
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Netflix’s Naomi Osaka: A Partial Look at an Enigmatic Champion
Naomi Osaka, the three-part Garrett Bradley-directed docuseries recently released on Netflix, should offer a compelling study. After all, its subject is a four-time Grand Slam champion, a lock for the Hall of Fame, currently the second-highest ranking woman, and poised this month to challenge for Olympic Gold in her native Japan. Osaka is also a […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
Dark Side of the Ring: The Life and Crimes of New Jack
Dark Side of the Ring took on a hell of a myth when it took on New Jack. Stories about the late wrestler and his violent tendencies were and are legion. However, in Season 2, Episode 3 of Dark Side of the Ring, we look at the man behind the monster. While this introduction to […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
Dark Side of the Ring S3E1&2: Brian Pillman
Dark Side of the Ring returned for its third season premiere last week with a 2-hour episode looking at “The Loose Cannon”, Brian Pillman. It was an episode that, for many long time fans, didn’t offer much in terms of new information on Brian Pillman’s life and legacy but it did offer several far more […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
Looking at Jimmy Snuka and Nancy Argentino’s Death
James Reihner Snuka aka Jimmy” Superfly” Snuka was born on May 18, 1943. He wrestled from the 1970s until around 2010. His most memorable wrestling run was his time in the WWF (now WWE) in the 1980s. He was known for his high-flying style of wrestling. Jimmy was also credited for bringing this style to […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
Bruiser Brody: A Cautionary Tragedy
My Intro to Dark Side of the Ring During the start of quarantine, I found myself trying to figure out things that I would do to kill some time, being that work was at a standstill and I was home. Wrestling became a big source of my entertainment last year as far as watching old […] More
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in Wrestling, Docuseries
The Dark Side of The Montreal Screwjob
Thank you for joining us here at Sports Obsessive. Today is all about S1 E2 of Vice’s Dark Side of The Ring: The Montreal Screwjob. Before we get into it, I have a question for you. Was The Montreal Screwjob a work or a shoot? Was Bret “The Hitman” Hart screwed over or were we (the […] More
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Bad Faith — Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults (and Me)
It’s like something out of a science fiction story, but it’s cold, brutal truth. The Heaven’s Gate cult came to an abrupt, quiet stop in late March of 1997 with a uniformed, well-documented mass suicide. However, over the course of the past 20 years, the 39 lives lost on that day drifted from public consciousness. […] More
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