The WORST episodes of Dark Side of the Ring

Every episode of Dark Side of the Ring ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dark Side of the Ring!

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.

Last Updated: 8/14/2025Network: VICE TV (US)Status: Continuing

6.91

54 votes

#1 - Truth, Lies and Billy Jack Haynes

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/2025

An 80's wrestling star, Billy Jack Haynes' life of violence and mystery has led to his current situation--behind bars and charged with the second-degree murder of his wife.

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7.05

74 votes

#2 - Chris Colt: Welcome to my Nightmare

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2024

The wildest wrestler never to break through, Chris Colt's life took him from LSD trips in the ring to the world of porn, but his self-destructive ways kept him from becoming a star.

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7.07

56 votes

#3 - The Original ‘Superstar': Billy Graham

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2025

Often imitated, never duplicated, Superstar Billy Graham broke the mold for what a wrestler could be but steroid abuse and battles with the McMahons kept Graham from the spotlight.

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7.13

52 votes

#4 - Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2025

Skilled as a performer in the ring and as a booker, who created storylines behind the scenes. 'Hot Stuff' Eddie Gilbert was a ticking time bomb of talent and self-destruction.

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Chris Adams: The Gentleman and the Demon

7.25

67 votes

#5 - Chris Adams: The Gentleman and the Demon

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/16/2024

'Gentleman' Chris Adams had the charm, prowess and instinct to become a wrestling sensation, but a violent relationship with alcohol led to a tragic end at the hands of a friend.

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7.25

55 votes

#6 - Blood, Fire and the Original Sheik

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/2025

One of the most hated heels in wrestling history; The Sheik, whose violent career spanned 50 years is revealed by his family and the few who survived his hardcore bloodbaths.

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7.26

88 votes

#7 - Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/13/2023

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.

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7.29

63 votes

#8 - Tony Atlas: Too Much, Too Soon

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2025

With the physique of an Adonis and endless charisma, Tony Atlas made his mark as one of wrestling's first Black stars but racism, addiction and ego kept Mr. USA from the top.

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7.31

95 votes

#9 - The World According to Marty Jannetty

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/8/2023

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.

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7.32

59 votes

#10 - Ludvig Borga: Hellraiser From Helsinki

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2025

A Finnish wrestling bad guy turned real-life racist politician, Tony Halme's time in the WWF as Ludvig Borga is only the start of his chaotic and destructive life.

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7.33

109 votes

#11 - Bash at the Beach 2000

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/1/2023

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.

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Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story

7.35

146 votes

#12 - Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/5/2020

One man's fanatical attempt to build a wrestling empire to rival Vince McMahon's goes tragically haywire as his ego and cocaine addiction kills his dream - and him along with it.

7.36

166 votes

#13 - The Fabulous Moolah

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2019

The legacy of wrestling's biggest female star is reexamined after new allegations.

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7.36

118 votes

#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.

7.38

134 votes

#15 - 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.

7.39

129 votes

#16 - 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.

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7.41

87 votes

#17 - Saving Face: The Brutus Beefcake Story

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/2024

Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake's path in the wrestling world was defined by his decades-long friendship with Hulk Hogan and a horrifying accident that almost took his life.

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7.43

108 votes

#18 - Shattered: The Magnum T.A. Story

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/6/2023

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.

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7.43

91 votes

#19 - The Tragic Fall of Adrian Adonis

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/11/2023

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.

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Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino

7.43

171 votes

#20 - Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/14/2020

Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year struggle for justice.

7.46

94 votes

#21 - The Junkyard Dog

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/27/2023

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.

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7.46

114 votes

#22 - 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.

7.48

102 votes

#23 - Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/18/2023

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.

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7.49

165 votes

#24 - The Mysterious Death of Gorgeous Gino

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2019

For 30 years, the family of wrestling star Gino Hernandez believed his tragic death was a drug-related murder. Startling new revelations are revealed to his still grieving mother.

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Enter Sandman: Legacy of a Hardcore Icon

7.53

74 votes

#25 - Enter Sandman: Legacy of a Hardcore Icon

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/2024

A legend of hardcore wrestling, The Sandman made his mark in ECW as the ultimate beer-chugging dirtbag--but lines are blurred when his real family is brought into the ring.

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