10 Things We Learned From VICE’s Dark Side Of The Ring: New Jack

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Jack Admits He Tried To Kill Vic Grimes

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By 2002, ECW was gone and the upstart XPW tried to take its place. Seizing his opportunity at revenge, Jack agreed to wrestle Vic Grimes in what was dubbed as a 'Freefall (Scaffold) Match', and he legitimately tried to kill him. That is not an exaggeration.

New Jack told VICE that he wanted to throw Vic hard enough that he'd miss the stack of tables mid-ring and hit the concrete floor outside. When push quite literally came to the shove, he couldn't get enough purchase on Grimes and was disappointed that his victim crashed through one of the tables then hit the ropes.

Wow.

The Sandman was there when Jack purchased a taser earlier that day. His peer confided that he planned to incapacitate Grimes before throwing him off the scaffold. Vic is very lucky that a dislocated ankle was the only injury he suffered, because Jack had seriously bad intentions.

What did you think of VICE's New Jack documentary? For more like this, check out 10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE No Way Out 2000 and 10 Things You Didn't Know About Beyond The Mat!

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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.