JNPO: Inside Viceland’s ‘Dark Side Of The Ring’
Note: This is a free show, so just click below to listen.
With Viceland’s new six-part wrestling documentary series ‘Dark Side of The Ring‘ set to kick off this week, I wanted to know everything about it from the creation to the execution.
That’s why I tracked down series co-creator and producer Evan Husney for a near hour-long conversation that will give you pretty much everything you want to know and then some. Among the avenues we went down:
– His background in film and where his pro wrestling fandom came from
– How the initial pitch for the series came to be
– How they pared down all of their ideas to six with descriptions and insights on all of them
– What it will take to make a second season
– Whether they ran into resistance with wrestlers talking to them or with footage they used
– My thoughts on the Bruiser Brody episode you can watch for free now
– Whether his view on wrestling documentaries changed after making this series…and a lot more.
Just click below to listen and check out the debut this Wednesday night on Viceland, focusing on the Randy Savage and Elizabeth relationship.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.