April 11, 20232 yr comment_6002586 I wonder if Buck Zumhoffe is too much of a fucked up story for Dark Side. They did do Grizzly Smith, so I guess not.
April 11, 20232 yr comment_6002588 1 hour ago, sek69 said: Magnum TA's story is kind of too happy for Dark Side imo. Yeah his wrestling career was cut short but he ended up having a pretty successful life afterwards. True. I just saw him in the A&E Dusty Biography. Any man that is still rocking a mullet and Sam Elliott moustache over 30 years after stealing his biggest rival’s wife is clearly winning at life.
April 11, 20232 yr comment_6002589 26 minutes ago, Johnny Sorrow said: I wonder if Buck Zumhoffe is too much of a fucked up story for Dark Side. They did do Grizzly Smith, so I guess not. The producers seem to make a concerted effort to end the episodes with the darkest subject matter (Grizz, Benoit, Pillman) on a somewhat hopeful note. I don't know if that's possible with Zumhofe unless his daughter ended up winning the lottery or something similar.
April 14, 20232 yr comment_6002723 I wonder if we'll ever get a Bill Watts episode. The problems with that is that Jim Ross, who worked closely with Watts, refuses to work with DSotR now, and Hank Aaron (the guy who's responsible for Watts getting canned from WCW) is no longer with us (and I dont think there are any archival interviews where he discusses that).
April 14, 20232 yr comment_6002751 So, apparently the Marty Jannetty episode is completely insane. I am not surprised.
April 14, 20232 yr Author comment_6002755 14 hours ago, JRH said: I wonder if we'll ever get a Bill Watts episode. The problems with that is that Jim Ross, who worked closely with Watts, refuses to work with DSotR now, and Hank Aaron (the guy who's responsible for Watts getting canned from WCW) is no longer with us (and I dont think there are any archival interviews where he discusses that). The episode of Tales from The Territories about Mid-South is about as close as we’ll get I imagine unless Bill himself agrees to do it.
April 14, 20232 yr comment_6002761 Come to think of it, I wonder if Ted Turner will ever show up as a talking head on this show eventually, or is that expecting way too much?
April 14, 20232 yr comment_6002763 Ted Turner has Lewy body dementia, so you can pretty much rule him out.
April 14, 20232 yr comment_6002765 Yes, Turner’s dementia is pretty advanced at this point unfortunately. Eric Bischoff mentioned on his podcast that he had communicated with him in the last year and things are not going well.
April 20, 20232 yr comment_6003112 On 2/1/2023 at 8:37 PM, Dav'oh said: What's Abby's dark side? First three announced for series four are Abdullah the Butcher, Bam Bam Bigelow and Mike Awesome. On 2/2/2023 at 12:34 PM, PeteF3 said: Yeah, I don't buy the illiteracy story at all. That's more carnies being carnies making a sympathy play. On 2/7/2023 at 2:11 AM, sek69 said: Didn't Abby run a BBQ joint in like Georgia or something? Seems like that would be difficult if you were illiterate. On 2/7/2023 at 2:30 PM, Al said: Depends how much of the business was run by his wife. Mind you, I'm not terribly sold on his tale of woe either. Saw some news about this story finally reported today.
April 21, 20232 yr comment_6003196 The problem is the source is the same. Abdullah and his handlers. I don’t doubt that Abby is poor or destitute. I just have a hard time believing he lost a big lawsuit out of pure ignorance.
April 21, 20232 yr comment_6003198 The claim that Abdullah lost the lawsuit because he didn't know about it is a complete lie. He had lawyers who contested the case on his behalf and he actively participated in the proceedings at several points, including providing blood test results and attending a mediation session.
May 2, 20232 yr comment_6003738 Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/business/media/vice-bankruptcy.html
May 4, 20232 yr Author comment_6003918 Who else is thinking that Endeavor will buy the show and either edit every episode, or just keep it from legally being sold while the entirety of the series is perpetually on YouTube , as it pretty much is anyway.
May 31, 20232 yr comment_6005165 1 hour ago, The Thread Killer said: So the Chris and Tammy episode was depressing as hell, huh? What did you expect?
June 1, 20232 yr comment_6005191 17 hours ago, Mr JMML said: What did you expect? I expected it to be positive and uplifting, obviously. Just like I expected the Benoit episode to have a happy ending. Boy, did I end up disappointed with THAT one.
June 1, 20232 yr comment_6005194 We humans really are a death cult. I was expecting Ellery Queen to pop up at the end of the Benoit episode and say, "I know who did it...do you?"
June 3, 20232 yr comment_6005279 I thought the episode was okay. The coverage of Tammy was very shallow (we didn't even get a mention of "Sunny Days"!), but the heartfelt appreciation for Candido from those who knew him was lovely. There's a good book on Candido by Jon Cosper (with help from Chris' brother) that is excellent for those looking for more.
June 4, 20232 yr comment_6005316 I thought it was pretty good but wish it had more on Sunny. Evan Husney said in his interview on POST the other day that he was pretty certain they would be able to interview her but when it was getting near the time they were going to do the interview, her legal team advised her against it.
June 23, 20232 yr comment_6006069 Really looking forward to the JYD episode. A first-ballot hall of famer, in my opinion, both for drawing and for historical influence. Who dat think they gonna beat that Dog?
June 24, 20232 yr comment_6006102 19 hours ago, MoS said: Really looking forward to the JYD episode. A first-ballot hall of famer, in my opinion, both for drawing and for historical influence. Who dat think they gonna beat that Dog? A great wrestler until 1984.
June 28, 20232 yr comment_6006344 Have really liked the last few episodes. Think the Chris/Sunny ep has been the weakest of the season.
July 12, 20232 yr comment_6007111 Watched the Adrian Adonis episode, since I always wondered what happened to him. At the time I saw him at WM3, he disappeared for a while and then he showed up in the AWA even heavier than he was before. I knew he died in an accident but I never knew why he left the WWF right after being in a major match. The episode more or less confirmed he got fired for drug use which made me think "Jesus Christ how much coke do you have to do for 1986 Vince not to want you around ".
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