A WWE Hall of Famer has shared his involvement with the documentary series, ‘Dark Side Of The Ring’.
Dark Side Of The Ring is a Canadian wrestling documentary produced by Vice. It premiered on April 10, 2019, and has since then focussed on the ‘dark’ and untold side of the pro wrestling industry. Over the years, several controversies and legends have been featured on the show, and now a WWE Hall of Famer is set to appear on it.
In an interview with O’Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, a part of the 2018 Hall of Fame Class, Mark Henry revealed his involvement in an upcoming documentary episode. The former World Champion is set to be a part of an episode featured on Tony Atlas.
I just confirmed today that I’m doing the ending of the documentary on JYD [Junkyard Dog]. I’m gonna be talking about his life. I did ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ that’s coming out here pretty soon, and I never did ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ because I didn’t agree with ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ because I thought it was too much of an expose of the bad side of wrestling. But I told them, I said, ‘You know what, man, I can’t do it.’ They said, ‘Why?’ I was like, ‘Because of the way that I feel about it.’
I said if y’all ever put a silver lining on it and ended some of those things with the good of people, then I would do it. Especially the way y’all paint Black people. Y’all don’t paint Black people in a positive light on these shows. They said, ‘So if we allowed you to help produce it, you would do it?’ I said, ‘Yup.’ So I did Tony Atlas, and Tony Atlas is coming out soon.
When you see ‘Dark Side of the Ring: Tony Atlas,’ man, that shit is awesome. It’s gonna be the best one. I’m not saying that because it’s me. I’m saying it because I told the truth. His life is tragic. Tony became who he became because he was not loved. His family threw him away….He just had talent. He just happened to be extremely talented, and he was able to succeed in spite of it. That’s the story that I talk about, the strength that he had to persevere and to be who he became, and how he failed. Yeah, he failed. But he got up. It’s a beautiful story,
H/t Fightful.com
Tony Atlas is a former professional wrestler and bodybuilder. With a long career in several wrestling promotions, Atlas was one of the most talented stars in the industry. A part of the 2006 class of Hall of Fame inductions, Atlas also played a brief role as Mark Henry’s manager in 2008.
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