Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

The podcast from the creators of the hit VICE TV show Dark Side of the Ring and the The Lapsed Fan is back for an all-new season. We take you deep into Dark Side the Ring's vast archives of unaired interviews with wrestling's most talked about personalities. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Nikita Koloff

May 21, 2025 • 50 mins

Mild-mannered Scott Simpson from Minneapolis truly became "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, and on the season finale of Unheard, he takes us into the perils and peaks of playing a foreign menace in professional wrestling.

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Missy Hyatt

May 14, 2025 • 53 mins

Missy Hyatt set many precedents as a valet who mixed it up in the wrestling ring, and on this episode of Unheard, she discusses the bumps and bruises, the disparities she faced as a non-wrestling female character, and being rescued from the brink.

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Kevin Sullivan

May 7, 2025 • 68 mins

The former "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan learned from the best, and in this episode of Unheard, the former WCW booker and Eddie Graham confidant takes us through how to keep the audience guessing, a big secret Florida wrestling boss Eddie Graham kept, and how he finally convinced Hulk Hogan to become a bad guy.

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2 Cold Scorpio

April 30, 2025 • 48 mins

2 Cold Scorpio was quick to fly in the ring and quick to escalate outside of his, and on this episode of Unheard, the former Flash Funk takes us behind his behind-the-scenes confrontations, how he developed his signature moves, paranoia, and toughing it out in the Brawl for All.

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Lanny Poffo

April 23, 2025 • 54 mins

Lanny Poffo served as the proud voice for his legendary late brother "Macho Man" Randy Savage in sitting for Dark Side cameras for its first episode, and on this installment of Unheard, he takes us through growing up with Randy, the making of the Macho Man, and finally taking a stand as the second-fiddle sibling.

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Buff Bagwell

April 16, 2025 • 66 mins

Marcus "Buff" Bagwell had it all even before he became a wrestling star, and on this episode of Unheard, the former WCW prodigy discusses insecurity, hazing, the lows of addiction, and his parting gift for his late mother, former WCW tag team champ Judy Bagwell.

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Abdullah the Butcher

April 9, 2025 • 63 mins

From his carved-up forehead to his fork-stabbing style, Abdullah The Butcher knows how to bring in a crowd. On this episode of Unheard, Abby takes us back to some of his earliest hustles, and reluctantly lifts the veil on the tricks that made him a figure of fascination and fear for wrestling fans.

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Kim Wood

April 2, 2025 • 60 mins

Kim Wood went from Brian Pillman's strength coach in football to his trusted adviser in wrestling, as Pillman sought to con promoters into a bidding war. On this episode of Unheard, Kim Wood takes into the psychology of wrestling's inner circle, and how addictive the ability to manipulate can be.

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Bret Hart

March 26, 2025 • 59 mins

Bret Hart has ridden all of wrestling's highs and lows, and in this episode of Unheard, he talks about growing from boyhood surrounded by wrestlers in Calgary, to sharing a plane with "Sammy Hagar," to why cameras were allowed backstage the night of the Montreal Screwjob.

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Mick Foley

March 19, 2025 • 56 mins

Mick Foley has faced down fear and sacrificed life and limb in the wrestling business, and in this episode of Unheard, he shares his innermost thoughts on why bumping into bombs and barbed wire is worth it.

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Jerry McDevitt

May 8, 2024 • 60 mins

The man behind Vince McMahon's legal triumphs, Jerry McDevitt, sat with us for Season 3, and in this season finale of Unheard, he shares memories of McMahon confronting prosecutors, his fateful entré into the wrestling world, and how he became a steroid expert.

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Dr. D David Schultz

May 1, 2024 • 49 mins

Returning to one of our most memorable interviews, we curate the unaired perspectives of Dr. D David Schultz on getting heel "heat", taking the fall for scandals, and the possibility of reconciling with John Stossel and Vince McMahon.

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Scott Hall

April 24, 2024 • 54 mins

From the raw footage of his Season 1 interviews, we surface the late Scott Hall's memories on WCW drug culture, getting to know Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, and putting money first.

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Jake Roberts

April 17, 2024 • 65 mins

Jake Roberts has been a mainstay interview subject since Season 1, and on this episode, he speaks to the root of his sinister wrestling persona, a fleeting feud with Hulk Hogan, and why wrestlers die young.

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Tony Atlas

April 10, 2024 • 64 mins

From our very first interview, we revisit Mr. USA Tony Atlas' reflections on growing up poor, trying to control his rage, and additional traumatic memories of the killing of Bruiser Brody.

Disclaimer: José González was acquitted for the murder of Bruiser Brody on the basis of self-defense.

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Jim Cornette & Vince Russo

April 3, 2024 • 56 mins

Throughout Dark Side of the Ring, perhaps no war of words has been as incendiary or as entertaining as that between Jim Cornette and Vince Russo, and in this episode, we plumbed multiple seasons worth of interviews to understand the roots of their conflict.

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Terry Funk

March 27, 2024 • 55 mins

We were privileged to sit with one of wrestling's all-time greats for Season 3 as the late Terry Funk shares memories of a nomadic childhood, coming to terms with Vince McMahon's success, and how peeing on an electric fence braced him for barbed wire matches.

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Marty Jannetty

March 20, 2024 • 65 mins

It took us 3 days to interview Marty Jannetty for Season 4, and this episode features some of his wildest unaired comments on tag-team codependency, Shawn Michaels, and a honeymoon story for the ages.

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Road Warrior Animal

March 13, 2024 • 60 mins

Season 2's "The Last Ride of the Road Warriors" featured Animal's last major interview before his untimely death, and he reflects here on Hawk's passing, wet t-shirt contests in his bar bouncing days, and WWF storyline's going dark.

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Herb Abrams

March 6, 2024 • 64 mins

Few characters in Dark Side of the Ring illicit wilder memories than promoter Herb Abrams, and in this episode, we dive into a range of never-before-heard comments that speak to Abrams' eccentricity and infamy.

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