The BEST episodes of Dark Side of the Ring season 3
Every episode of Dark Side of the Ring season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dark Side of the Ring season 3!
From backstage controversies to mysterious deaths and unsolved homicides, this series explores the darkest stories from the golden age of professional wrestling, and tries to find truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality.
#1 - In the Shadow of Grizzly Smith
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/3/2021
Having survived familial abuse at the hands of their father and the mysterious abduction of their sister, Jake The Snake and his siblings struggle to reconcile with their past.
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#2 - Brian Pillman Part Two
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/6/2021
After enduring a horrific car wreck, Brian Pillman masks his injuries while pushing his body to the brink. His untimely death leaves his young family struggling to cope.
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#3 - Brian Pillman Part One
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2021
After enduring a horrific car wreck, Brian Pillman masks his injuries while pushing his body to the brink. His untimely death leaves his young family struggling to cope.
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#4 - Collision in Korea
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2021
In one of the most bizarre acts of political theatre ever conceived professional wrestlers deployed to North Korea faced a terrifying ordeal that had them fighting for their lives.
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#5 - The Dynamite Kid
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/10/2021
The Dynamite Kid earned worldwide fame with a riveting, self-sacrificing style, but violent confrontations outside the ring would destroy his family, his body and his legacy.
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#6 - Blood & Wire: Onita’s FMW
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2021
After Japan’s Atsushi Onita created FMW and its spectacular matches featuring explosions and gratuitous gore, his handpicked successor took his own life while drowning in debt.
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#7 - Becoming Warrior
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/2021
The Ultimate Warrior was a divisive force in and outside of the ring. His first wife reveals how an aspiring chiropractor morphed himself into wrestling's most polarizing figure.
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#8 - The Double Life of Chris Kanyon
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/23/2021
In a culture that celebrates machismo and negative gay stereotypes, wrestling innovator Chris Kanyon kept his own sexuality a closely guarded secret for decades.
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#9 - The Plane Ride From Hell
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/16/2021
A private 757 flight descended into a nightmare as intoxicated wrestlers clashed with their flight crew, erupting into one of wrestling’s most infamous scandals.
#10 - The Many Faces of Luna Vachon
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/2021
A striking villain in the ring, Luna Vachon was a groundbreaking physical performer who battled mental illness and addiction while seeking to champion women’s wrestling.
#11 - Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black’s XPW
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/2021
XPW merged Rob Black's passions for hardcore porn and deathmatch wrestling, but after he waged a war with federal authorities his empire imploded.
#12 - The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2021
Nick Gage is the self-proclaimed king of deathmatch wrestling, but his road to the top is marked with a six-year prison sentence for armed robbery and personal tragedies.
#13 - The Steroid Trials
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/28/2021
In the mid 90s, wrestling was rocked by accusations of rampant steroid abuse. With star witness Hulk Hogan, prosecutors set out to prove that Vince McMahon was the one responsible.
#14 - Bikers, Bombs & Bedlam Johnny K9
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/7/2021
Johnny K9 led a double life as an in-ring brute and the leader of a biker gang implicated in drug trafficking, the bombing of a police station, and a gruesome double murder.