Dark Side of the Ring: Unheard

Mar 19 2025 15 ep. 55 mins 545
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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. 
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Mick Foley

Mar 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jerry McDevitt

May 08 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. D David Schultz

May 01 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott Hall

Apr 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jake Roberts

Apr 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Atlas

Apr 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim Cornette & Vince Russo

Apr 03 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Terry Funk

Mar 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marty Jannetty

Mar 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Road Warrior Animal

Mar 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.