Checked Out The First Two Episodes Of Dark Side Of The Ring

You knew I would be checking these out.

Randy Savage/Miss Elizabeth

This was the first episode in the series and that’s an interesting way to go. You could go with a bigger story but there is something to be said about having a story on two major names and how things can go badly behind the scenes. That’s the case here with Savage and Elizabeth being two major names who had a real life story that was similar to the pretty bad version that you saw in front of the cameras.

The talking heads were good, though hearing Linda Hogan talk that much was a little much. Some of the details are sad, and even though it’s a lot of stuff that was already known, it’s hard to sit through in total because the story really was tragic. That’s kind of the theme of the whole thing though and that’s just fine.

Montreal Screwjob

I’m not sure what to think of this one. The Montreal Screwjob is the most infamous ending to a match in wrestling history and there has been all kinds of things to say about it. It’s an hour long show and while it seems like they could have done a lot more stuff, the show felt like it had a bunch of filler to get us up to the sixty minutes. Did we really need the stuff about Jim Cornette and Vince Russo? Did we need Vince Russo at all?

Much like the first one, this felt like a bunch of stuff that hardcore fans will know but all in one package. That works well for fans like us, but for fans who are hearing it for the first time, there’s a lot to take in. They had to leave a lot of it out for the sake of time, but it’s not exactly like the Savage/Elizabeth story, which can be summed up rather easily. I liked it, but it’s a story we’ve covered so much and it’s not the best in the world to show new fans.

Oh and it wasn’t a work. Just stop.