Dark Side of the Ring season four has been officially announced by Vice TV.
According to a press release issued today, Dark Side of the Ring will return on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 p.m. ET on Vice TV. The popular pro wrestling docuseries’ fourth season will have ten episodes.
A teaser for Season 4 can be seen below.
Executive Producers Evan Husney and Jason Eisener of Dark Side of the Ring issued a joint statement saying they are honored to continue telling fascinating and compelling stories in season four.
“We’re incredibly grateful to our viewers for giving this show the life that it has had for the past 4 years,” Husney and Eisener said. “As lifelong fans of professional wrestling, our subjects continue to inspire us. There are so many fascinating and compelling stories left to tell and it’s a privilege to share more of them in our fourth season.”
It was also revealed that AEW’s Chris Jericho will return to narrate Season 4 of the show.
DSOTR producers were previously revealed to be working on an episode about WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall. The synopsis and teaser in today’s announcement did not mention a Hall episode, but it was confirmed that season four will include episodes on the following topics: controversial couple Chris Candido and WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch, The Junkyard Dog, Doink the Clown, the car accident that ended Magnum T.A.’s career, wrestling’s most unhinged monster WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah the Butcher, a focused look on Marty Jannetty, and perhaps an episode on WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin.
“As the WWE sale works towards a close, Vice TV remains the leading chronicler of wrestling in America.” said Vice Media Group President of Global TV Morgan Hertzan. “I’m cheering from the ropes to announce the return of ‘Dark Side of the Ring,’ as proven this show and its spinoffs have been incredibly successful for the network and insightful to produce, now someone tag me in!”
Vice Studios produced Dark Side of the Ring in collaboration with Bell Media’s Crave. Husney is the series’ Executive Producer and writer, and Eisener is also an Executive Producer. Hunsey and Eisener co-created the series, which is executive produced by Vanessa Case and Guillermo Garcia for Vice Studios and Lee Hoffman and Catherine Whyte for Vice TV.
Today’s press release noted, “Having wrapped its explosive third season in late 2021, Dark Side of The Ring was the #1 show on networks in less than 60 million US homes in 2021 and continues to be VICE TV’s most watched series of all time.”
Dark Side of the Ring season three averaged 177,230 viewers and a 0.07 key demo rating across thirteen episodes, while season two averaged 257,666 viewers per episode across nine episodes, and season one averaged 201,333 viewers per episode across six episodes.
The following is the season four teaser:
