Dark Side of the Ring/Nightmare Fuel

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Season 1

• The Match Made in Heaven: Jake "The Snake" Roberts recalling that infamous match with Randy Savage where the former's pet cobra chowed down on Savage's bicep in what is widely considered to be one of the most disturbing moments in WWE history.
• The Fabulous Moolah: The Fabulous Moolah may be one of the innovators of women's wrestling, but her legacy has come under intense scrutiny due to her activities behind closed doors, such as financial and sexual exploitation and using her backstage influence to ensure that other women wouldn't gain greater recognition.

Season 2

• Benoit: Parts 1 & 2:
  • As discussed on Chris Benoit's Nightmare Fuel page, his infamous Pater Familicide is one of the darkest incidents in the wrestling world. What was once a successfully-accomplished professional wrestler murdered his own wife and 7-year old son before committing suicide by hanging, in the process tarnishing his own legacy and destroying the business he passionately loved and worked his ass out for in the ensuing aftermath of the tragedy.
  • The damage to Benoit's skull due to repeated use of the diving headbutt and chair shots to the head confirms him having a bad case of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to former wrestler-turned-neuroscientist Christopher Nowinski. Based on his findings upon examining Benoit's brain, Benoit's Pater Familicide was originally attributed to anabolic steroid abuse, but a brain biopsy confirmed pathognomonic CTE tissue changes: large aggregations of tau protein as manifested by neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads, which cause neurodegeneration.
    • The fact that Nowinski volunteered in examining Benoit's brain makes a lot of sense, as he himself sustained a number of concussions in his WWE career, which forced him to retire from pro-wrestling.
• The Life and Crimes of New Jack:
  • Everything about the Mass Transit incident in general. It doesn't help that New Jack's victim that night was a 17-year-old kid subbing in for another wrestler who no-showed due to travel issues.
  • The fact that Eric and his father Stephen lied to Paul Heyman about Eric's age so that he could live out his dream of becoming a pro-wrestler. Eric gets beaten to a bloody pulp by New Jack for his troubles, and his father can do nothing but watch from the sidelines.
  • The reason why Eric's family refused to take part in this show's episode is because they didn't want to relive the trauma of that night.
• Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino:
  • Jimmy's life outside of the ring is a combination of erratic behavior and drugs. Matters don't help that he's been high on cocaine, much to the chagrin of "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, who was his manager at the time.
  • The Argentino family were frightened by Snuka's erratic behavior, as Louise, Nancy's sister, was violently grabbed by the throat and even given a pouch of cocaine as a peace offering by Snuka. Ultimately, it turned out that they were right to be wary of him...
  • One of Nancy's sisters, Lorraine, described a disturbing incident at Nancy's funeral where Jimmy, accompanied by Buddy Rogers, appeared during the second day and approached her lifeless body lying in the coffin, where he touched her hands until the Argentino family patriarch had to pull him away. The Undertaker came over to their stepfather and explained how disturbing it was in that they were trying to make Nancy look good because of a bruise on her neck, as well as multiple cuts and abrasions all over her body.
• The Assassination of Dino Bravo: Dino Bravo was an Italian-Canadian wrestler who worked in the WWE from 1985 to 1992. On March 10, 1993, Bravo was shot 11 times (7 shots to the head and 4 on the torso) in his home whilst watching a hockey game - his murder remains unsolved to this day.
  • According to Bret Hart's book Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling, a few days before he was shot dead, Bravo told some of his close friends that he feared someone was coming after him...
    • It should also be noted that Bravo was the nephew-in-law of Vic "The Egg" Cotroni, The Don of Montreal, Quebec's Cotroni family, and was reportedly involved in a contraband cigarette smuggling operation.
• Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story: Another underlying moral of the episode is that Drugs Are Bad. Case in point, Herb Abrams' cocaine addiction became not only detrimental to himself, but to his own business as well. It's made even worse that his addiction caused him to become increasingly paranoid and lose sight of reality.
  • What doesn't help is that several wrestlers have died prematurely as a result of drug overdoses - with Miss Elizabeth, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow and "Sensational" Sherri Martel being some notable examples.