Last nights Dark Side of the Ring was another must watch that covered the Graham family out of Florida.
It followed Eddie Graham and his son Mike Graham.
Eddie ran Florida Wrestling, which was an incubator for talent at the time, bringing in Dusty and Flair and other's at the time. He was a huge name in the wrestling scene. Sadly he had a lot of demons, an alcohol problem and financial problems and he shot himself.
His son who was really well known but oversaw the end of FCW, part of it was because Dusty left and took half the roster with him. But Mike sank into alcoholism and put a lot of pressure on his son Steven who eventually killed himself. Then Mike killed himself 2 years later. He shot himself while wearing his son's boots.
Nicole, Mike's sister, talked about the fact that Eddie's father and brother all killed themselves so there are five generations of suicide.
The uplifting thing is that Nicole talks about breaking the cycle, and she seems to do a lot of things to help that.
Its a tough tough episode to watch.
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Last edited by CaptainCrunch; 06-14-2023 at 12:22 PM.
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