Evan Husney reflects on interviewing Antonio Inoki for Dark Side off the Ring.
Season 3 of Dark Side of the Ring featured a story covering the WCW/NJPW Coliision in Korea event. During that episode, Antonio Inoki was interviewed.
During a recent interview with Sean Ross Sapp, series producer, Evan Husney, spoke about the intimidating process of interviewing Inoki, even if the interview was conducted virtually because of the global pandemic.
"That episode is very special to me, too," he said. "Because not only was it just a crazy story and it it allowed us to also experiment with a different tone for an episode. Like we kind of leaned into this Twilight Zone sort of aesthetic—strangers in a strange land, almost a science fiction type story. It was fun to do. But also it was just like personal bucket list item for me, something I never would have thought I ever would have happened in my time doing these shows, which was interviewing Antonio Inoki, which was a crazy experience.
"Because of the pandemic, we couldn't get into Japan during that time. But we were able to set it up remotely and still I'm looking at his face, he's looking at mine and it was intimidating. There was a translator, but it was like… Just wow. I never thought that I'd have that opportunity and that was just so cool."
Learn more about the production of season three here.
Season 6 of Dark Side of the Ring began on Tuesday, March 25. Check out the full lineup of topics here.
Check out the full interview with Evan Husney, which is embedded at the top of this page.
