10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring's Evan Husney

5. Chris Jericho's Unique Link To The UWF

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While so many of the topics covered in Dark Side of the Ring's second season are ones some wrestling fans may have a strong knowledge of, one of the more intriguing topics featured in Season 2 is that of Herb Abrams and his UWF.

The Universal Wrestling Federation has gone down in infamy for just how awful it was, and its one and only live PPV was watched by a ridiculously low amount of people. But while 1991's UWF Beach Brawl may have only pulled in an in-attendance crowd of 500 people - largely made up of freebies - and had a meagre buyrate of 0.10, one person who did watch that PPV, as per Evan Husney, was Chris Jericho.

Not only did Jericho order the Beach Brawl PPV, mind, but he has an extremely unique to tie that show.

For those unaware, Beach Brawl emanated from the Manatee Civic Center in Palmetto Florida. Fast forward five years, and wouldn't you know it but Chris Jericho made his WCW debut from that very same building on the August 26, 1996 episode of WCW Nitro.

Considering that barely 100 people ordered the PPV - with the majority of cable companies opting not to carry it - it's amazingly coincidental that one of the few people who bought that show would go on to make their 'big two' debut in the one and the same venue.

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