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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Episode 9 - Zach Gowen: Against All Odds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Zach Gowen: Against All Odds

    S7:E9

    After losing his leg to cancer as a child, Zach Gowen chased wrestling stardom, rising in the WWE before a dramatic fall.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 14 - The Steroid Trials
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Steroid Trials

    S3:E14

    In the mid 90s, wrestling was rocked by accusations of rampant steroid abuse. With star witness Hulk Hogan, prosecutors set out to prove that Vince McMahon was the one responsible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Episode 4 - Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe

    S7:E4

    In 2005, hardcore brawler Necro Butcher faced powerhouse Samoa Joe in a brutally savage match that became one of indie wrestling’s most infamous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 3 - Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty

    S4:E3

    Florida became a wrestling mecca for decades under patriarch Eddie Graham and his son Mike, but a series of shocking and unrelenting tragedies threatened to eclipse their legacy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 7 - Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood

    S4:E7

    Infamous for his in-ring bloodbaths, Abdullah the Butcher was a money-making phenomenon. But after fifty years of pushing boundaries, one cut cost him everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Episode 5 - The Big Boss Man
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - The Big Boss Man

    S7:E5

    From prison guard to WWF star, Ray Traylor became the Big Boss Man, while behind the persona he battled pain and addiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 6 - The Tragic Fall of Adrian Adonis
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #7 - The Tragic Fall of Adrian Adonis

    S4:E6

    A real life street fighter, Adrian Adonis turns flamboyant wrestling heel, but his life cuts short in an horrific accident that has been shrouded in mystery for the past thirty years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dark Side of the Ring Season 2 Episode 6 - The Assassination of Dino Bravo
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #8 - The Assassination of Dino Bravo

    S2:E6

    Family and friends of Dino Bravo relive his descent from Montreal's favorite wrestling son to mob enforcer, and the deadly consequences that followed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 7 - The Dynamite Kid
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - The Dynamite Kid

    S3:E7

    The Dynamite Kid earned worldwide fame with a riveting, self-sacrificing style, but violent confrontations outside the ring would destroy his family, his body and his legacy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 4 - What Happened to Doink the Clown?
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - What Happened to Doink the Clown?

    S4:E4

    Matt Borne, the man behind Doink the Clown, lived a life of unhinged violence and substance abuse until his shocking death left his family questioning if it really was an accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dark Side of the Ring Season 1 Episode 5 - The Mysterious Death of Gorgeous Gino
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #11 - The Mysterious Death of Gorgeous Gino

    S1:E5

    New revelations about her son's death are revealed to the mother of wrestling star Gino Hernandez, whose 1986 death was believed to be a drug-related murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 5 - The Junkyard Dog
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #12 - The Junkyard Dog

    S4:E5

    One of the first Black megastars in wrestling, the Junkyard Dog's journey to the top of the business is marked by addiction and unrealized potential.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dark Side of the Ring Season 5 Episode 9 - Enter Sandman: Legacy of a Hardcore Icon
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Enter Sandman: Legacy of a Hardcore Icon

    S5:E9

    A legend of hardcore wrestling, The Sandman made his mark in ECW as the ultimate beer-chugging dirtbag — but lines are blurred when his real family is brought into the ring.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dark Side of the Ring Season 5 Episode 10 - Black Saturday: The Rise of Vince
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Black Saturday: The Rise of Vince

    S5:E10

    The day that has gone down in infamy as the launch of Vince McMahon’s absolute takeover of the professional wrestling industry, Black Saturday changed wrestling forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Episode 3 - Jeff Jarrett & The Battle for TNA Part 3
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Jeff Jarrett & The Battle for TNA Part 3

    S7:E3

    Exiled from the company he built, Jeff Jarrett battles alcoholism, enters rehab, and fights for redemption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Episode 6 - Ultimate Fantasy: The Fall of Renegade
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Ultimate Fantasy: The Fall of Renegade

    S7:E6

    An exotic dancer with dreams of wrestling stardom, Rick Wilson’s brief rise as an Ultimate Warrior knock-off dubbed ‘The Renegade’ quickly unraveled and led to tragedy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 3 - The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #17 - The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage

    S3:E3

    Nick Gage is the self-proclaimed king of deathmatch wrestling, but his road to the top has been marked with a six-year prison sentence for armed robbery and personal tragedies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 13 - Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW

    S3:E13

    XPW merged Rob Black's passions for hardcore porn and deathmatch wrestling, but after he waged a war with federal authorities his empire imploded.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 1 - Chris and Tammy
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Chris and Tammy

    S4:E1

    Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch were high school sweethearts whose talent and ambition had them on a path to wrestling stardom. Along the way, drugs, injuries, and ill-fated choices sent them down another road altogether.

    Director:Andrew Appelle
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dark Side of the Ring Season 6 Episode 2 - Ludvig Borga: Hellraiser from Helsinki
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Ludvig Borga: Hellraiser from Helsinki

    S6:E2

    A Finnish wrestling bad guy turned real-life racist politician, Tony Halme’s time in the WWF as Ludvig Borga is only the start of his chaotic and destructive life.

    Director:Stuart Stone
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dark Side of the Ring Season 1 Episode 1 - The Match Made in Heaven
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #21 - The Match Made in Heaven

    S1:E1

    Art collides with real life when the mythical love story between wrestling icons Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth explodes beyond the ring with tragic consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 5 - Becoming Warrior
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Becoming Warrior

    S3:E5

    The Ultimate Warrior was a divisive force in and outside of the ring. His first wife reveals how an aspiring chiropractor morphed himself into wrestling's most polarizing figure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 2 - Shattered: The Magnum T.A. Story
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Shattered: The Magnum T.A. Story

    S4:E2

    Wrestling hearththrob Terry Magnum T.A. Allen was destined for worldwide stardom, but one rainy night altered his career and the future of wrestling forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dark Side of the Ring Season 4 Episode 9 - Bash at the Beach 2000
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Bash at the Beach 2000

    S4:E9

    At the end of the '90s, WCW's greatest battles played out backstage between scheming executives and writers, until one off-script rant against Hulk Hogan changed everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dark Side of the Ring Season 3 Episode 11 - Bikers, Bombs & Bedlam: Johnny K9
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Bikers, Bombs & Bedlam: Johnny K9

    S3:E11

    Johnny K9 led a double life as an in-ring brute and the leader of a biker gang implicated in drug trafficking, the bombing of a police station, and a gruesome double murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Zach Gowen: Against All Odds" is the worst rated episode of "Dark Side of the Ring". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/25/2026. This episode scored 6.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Steroid Trials".