10 Things We Learned From VICE’s Dark Side Of The Ring: Jimmy Snuka

by Jamie Kennedy

1. VICE Get His Death Date Wrong

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Even so, they dropped a clanger right at the end of an otherwise-excellent piece.

Narrator Chris Jericho noted that, "10 days after the ruling on 15 January 2015, Snuka succumbs to his cancer and dies". That's not true. Jimmy didn't actually die until 15 January 2017. He couldn't have passed away before attending the trial, after all. Oops.

Obviously, this is a minor mistake, though it's one that should've been spotted during the episode's edit. The stop-and-start trial for murder was eventually thrown out due to health complications (Snuka was declared unfit to stand in court), meaning neither he nor the Argentino family reached a satisfactory resolution.

Jimmy's name wasn't cleared outright, and Nancy's loved ones would never get the justice they wanted to vindicate her memory. VICE end the documentary with a picture of Nancy as a teenager and a message from her sisters Louise and Lorraine about how loved she still is.

What else did you learn from VICE's Dark Side Of The Ring: Jimmy Snuka? For more, check out 10 Things We Learned From Ric Flair On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast and 10 Best Ways Wrestlers Recovered From WWE WrestleMania Defeats!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.