10 Things We Learned From Nail In The Coffin: The Fall And Rise Of Vampiro
5. His Troubled Past
So much of Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro will either bring a smile or a wince to your face - depending on whether it's the father/daughter relationship or the violent brutality of Vampiro the wrestler we're seeing - but the most disturbing part of the documentary is hearing Ian Hodgkinson lay bare his troubled past.
Pegged as a hockey protege, it was expected that the young Ian would go on to forge a career for himself as a professional hockey player. It was during these teenage years, however, than Hodgkinson began to feel a burning urge within him that caused him to get into plenty of fights - many of which he himself admittedly went looking for.
Deciding to turn to a local priest for guidance, Hodgkinson was sexually abused, which in turn led to him turning to drugs.
As Ian puts it in Nail in the Coffin:
"I started taking drugs to understand what was going on and to try to hide the shame and deal with the pain."
A hockey trip shortly after this saw Hodgkinson discover The Sex Pistols, and soon after this he was likewise drawn in by The Road Warriors after coming across an episode of AWA television one night.
While the hard edge of both The Sex Pistols and The Road Warriors struck a chord with Ian, the heady heights of a pro wrestling career were still a long way away, with Hodgkinson then ending up working for one of Canada's biggest crime families.
It was only after he realised that this path may end up costing him his life that the future Vampiro moved out to Los Angeles - and he'd eventually find his way to the Arena Mexico.