TNA Dark Side of the Ring: First-Ever 3-Part Special - Here’s the Dark Stuff They’re Covering
Vice TV just dropped the Season 7 premiere details and yeah… this one is different. Dark Side of the Ring is kicking off July 7, 2026 with two back-to-back episodes, followed by the third the next week — a full three-part deep dive into TNA Wrestling and co-founder Jeff Jarrett.
That’s right. First time ever in DSOTR history they’ve given any single promotion (or founder) three full episodes. Most episodes are one-and-done tragedies.
This one? It’s getting the extended cut treatment. And here’s the part I haven’t seen anyone else really hammering: TNA is still going.
Like, actively (kind of) thriving on AMC TV in 2026, pulling 200k+ viewers on good nights, while most DSOTR subjects are long-dead companies or careers that ended in disaster.
Jarrett himself said on his podcast it started as “just one episode” and ballooned because, unlike every other story they tell, this one actually survived.
What the Three Parts Will Actually Dive Into (The Dark Stuff)
Producers and Jarrett are calling it a “redemption and resilience” story, but DSOTR isn’t pulling punches.
Expect heavy coverage of:
Jeff Jarrett’s addiction battle — the very personal side he’s rarely gone this deep on publicly.
Losing his wife Jill — the heartbreaking tragedy that hit him right in the middle of TNA’s wildest years.
The Owen Hart tragedy connection — Jarrett and Owen were close friends and longtime tag partners; this one’s gonna sting.
TNA’s multiple financial near-deaths — the company was on life support more times than anyone wants to remember.
The chaotic Hogan/Bischoff/Russo era — the egos, the creative disasters, the Monday Night Wars spillover that nearly killed the momentum.
All the backstage drama and ego trips from the 2000s and 2010s — the kind of stuff that made TNA feel like a soap opera on steroids.
Matt and Jeff Hardy already sat for two-hour-plus interviews each. Jarrett opened the door wide. It’s gonna be raw.
The Weird Anthem Angle Nobody’s Talking About
Current TNA is owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment. They’ve been in control since 2017. Yet from everything out there right now… Anthem doesn’t appear to be involved at all in this special.
No executives sitting down, no current regime input. Just Jarrett’s era, the foundational chaos, and the survival story.
Kinda wild when you think about it — the company that owns TNA today is watching their own promotion’s messiest chapters get the full Dark Side treatment without any apparent say.
Feels like classic DSOTR: they go where the story is, not where the current corporate office wants them to go.
