About this episode

The episode explores the dark side of wrestling history, focusing on major stars, failed promotions, and the impact of the Speaking Out Movement.

We're venturing back into the dark side of wrestling history! Today, we cover headlining mega stars like Sting, Shawn Michaels, Yokozuna, and the Hardy Boyz. We also go over failed or floundering promotions like TNA, GFW, CZW, and the industry-shaking #SpeakingOut Movement. We wrap it all up with the dark side of lucha libre as we cover Oro, Abismo Negro, La Ola Blanca, and La Dama Del Silencio.

Topics covered

• wrestling history
• headlining stars
• failed promotions
• Speaking Out Movement
• lucha libre

Keywords

• wrestling
• dark side
• headliners
• promotions
• lucha libre
• Speaking Out
• TNA
• CZW
• Yokozuna
• Shawn Michaels

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