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ViceTV has released the official trailer for season three of Dark Side of The Ring:
The trailer revealed there will be an episode devoted to The Ultimate Warrior. The season will premiere on 5/6.
As PWInsider.com has previously reported, material has also been shot for the following planned episodes for Season Three:
*The late Brian Pillman.
*XPW.
*The WCW-New Japan event in North Korea.
*The Smith family - Grizzly Smith and his children, Jake Roberts, Sam Houston and Rockin' Robin.
*The late Dynamite Kid.
*Nick Gage.
*FMW in Japan.
*The late Bruiser Bedlam.
*The late Chris Kanyon.
*The Plane Ride from Hell.
ViceTV released the following press release in conjunction with the trailer:
VICE TV’S MEGA-HIT DARK SIDE OF THE RING
PREMIERES SEASON 3 TRAILER
The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed wrestling series returns to VICE TV on May 6th @ 9 PM ET/PT
VICE TV also debuts teaser for Dark Side of Football, the first official ‘Dark Side’ spinoff
BROOKLYN, NY (April 8, 2021)--VICE TV, America’s fastest growing entertainment cable network¹, announced today that the record-breaking docuseries Dark Side of the Ring will premiere its third season on Thursday May 6th @ 9 PM ET/PT.
Dark Side of the Ring, VICE TV’s most watched show of all time², exposes the hidden, heartbreaking, and untold stories of professional wrestling with intimate access to its subjects. The series chronicles the deeply personal and often controversial legacies surrounding the larger-than-life brawlers of the wrestling world, in a sport that draws tens of millions of fans around the globe to this day.
This season will continue the rich storytelling that defined seasons one and two, exploring some of the most dramatic moments in wrestling history with a compelling cast of insiders, many of whom are baring their souls on camera for the very first time.
The season 3 trailer unveils just a fraction of this year’s enormous and star-studded cast, which will include Chris Jericho, Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, Jon Moxley, Eric Bischoff, Jim Cornette, David Arquette and the former wife of Ultimate Warrior, Shari Tyree. It also teases six of the installments in this season’s 14-episode lineup; Brian Pillman, Nick Gage, Collision In Korea, Ultimate Warrior, Grizzly Smith and Dynamite Kid.
A formal series announcement revealing more of this season’s electrifying roster and explosive storylines will be released later this month.
Since VICE TV launched Dark Side of the Ring in April 2019, the series has entertained wrestling fans and newcomers alike with the biggest stories from the last 40 years, giving viewers unprecedented access to wrestling insiders and revealing the harsh truths and often tragic consequences of lives in the squared circle. In addition to being the network’s #1 show of all time, Dark Side of the Ring is also the #1 non-fiction series on networks in less than 70 million homes³. During its second season, the series reached a total of 15 million viewers?.
VICE TV, which announced last year it would be expanding the Dark Side franchise, is also debuting the very first teaser for its upcoming docuseries Dark Side of Football, which will explore the tension between America’s undying love of the game, and its ability to corrupt and damage those who live and die for it. It premieres Thursday May 13th @ 10 PM ET/PT.
VICE TV is available via all major satellite and cable providers and the VICE TV app via iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast. For more information about VICE TV, go to VICETV.com
Dark Side of the Ring is a VICE Studios production in partnership with Bell Media’s Crave. Evan Husney is Executive Producer and Writer for the series; Jason Eisener is Executive Producer and Director. Dark Side of the Ring is co-created by Husney and Eisener. Executive Producer for VICE Studios is Vanessa Case. Executive Producers for VICE TV are Catherine Whyte and Lee Hoffman. Series Producer is Barry Davis. The series is distributed worldwide by VICE Distribution.
ABOUT VICE TV
VICE TV is the Emmy®-winning international television network from VICE Media Group. Since its inception in 2016, the channel has ushered new audiences to cable with its compelling and provocative programming. Boldly redefining news and current affairs, VICE TV produces hundreds of hours of original content for over 150 million homes worldwide. Built around a mission to tell courageous stories you won’t see anywhere else, told by the people you won’t hear from anywhere else, VICE TV showcases the best in informative and entertaining original series, documentaries and movies, and is the destination for content that challenges popular knowledge and opinion.
ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP
VICE Media Group is the world’s largest independent youth media company. Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 25 offices around the world. VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women; PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin; and i-D, a global digital and quarterly magazine defining fashion and contemporary culture.
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