The MYSTERIOUS Case Of Jimmy Snuka And Nancy Argentino (Dark Side Of The Ring - Review)

[@ststriker]

Watching this and the Benoit episodes back to back made me realize that the reason Benoit isn't in the HOF is not because he's a murderer. It's because the world knows he's a murderer.

[@TheSolomonster]

Good point

[@Tasbeeratkotob]

Solomonster Sounds Off but we remember back then in 2015 that WWE has removed Jimmy Snuka’s name from the hall of fame .

[@ststriker]

@@Tasbeeratkotob Yeah, when the world found out he was a murderer.

[@dkres82]

True

[@elijahloveell8809]

Never thought about it like that before. Good point

[@kfire2567]

Point of the story: If your name is Nancy, STAY AWAY FROM THE WRESTLING BUSINESS!

[@LINKMASTERX]

I thought the same thing during the episode ha...

[@BlueAmerican26]

And if you have an older sister.

[@Megared82]

or don't date a wrestler who uses a flying headbutt for a finisher...

[@muhammadrifqi7308]

@@Megared82 except harley race perhaps. I heard he was a gentleman.

[@ZacharyShow]

Unless you're Nancy Grace. She can get as close as she wants xD. The closer she gets the better. Hopefully she'll piss off the wrong person.

[@mexiwolf009]

Anyone remember this solomonster gem: “Brudda, I don’t know where I am Brudda? Is Richard Nixon still president Brudda?”

[@onigames7309]

XD

[@SuperMarcoPolo7]

mexiwolf009 dude HELL yeah that made me laugh very hard!😂🤣

[@mexiwolf009]

Marco Ruiz I wish he said it during the review. Super funny!

[@jareddavis9012]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mookiewilliams2740]

No the gem was the money in the bank comment. I laugh so hard

[@theodoredavis201]

You know all these dark side episodes do for me for the most part is expose Vince McMahon.

[@mastersaber9183]

Yet fans will still cheer him when he shows up despite this

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@mastersaber9183 Should we held him accountable?

[@dvon1097]

I feel bad for Tamina in all this. The fact that she has to live knowing that her father likely killed a woman has to be tough.

[@samcortez420]

Just like David

[@Ricardo_Montegarza]

I feel bad for Arn Anderson.

[@tw475]

i never thought about Tamina getting shit for it, until they showed that clip of Jimmy Snuka in ecw. i think like David Benoit, she's had to put up with fucking assholes.

[@HeartyArtie]

Tamina has a job for life because of her father. Why else would WWE keep such a useless pillock around when they're laying off better workers left, right and centre unless they're afraid of her talking. Superfly is dead, his family has nothing to lose. WWE does, and is buying the Snuka family's silence by keeping Tamina employed.

[@jayelsteveson]

I wonder if that’s why she never gets a push. . Other than she’s out of weight and not a great wrestler.

[@jareddavis9012]

"They misunderstand me brudda" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@c4662]

Double murder-suicide Career murdered Attempted murderer Alleged murderer Next is an assassination Damn man, lot of murders this season.

[@TheSolomonster]

They don't call it Dark Side for nothing 😂

[@TheJuliet316]

And then we'll have an episode of sex, drugs, and rock and roll with the Herb Abrams ep!

[@tw475]

they would have to go way back, but if there's a 3rd season. they could cover Dr Sam Sheppard, who apparently did the opposite murdered his wife then became a wrestler.

[@danamaniac66]

The Herb Abrams episode will have to be the comic relief for the season

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@danamaniac66 When will that debut?

[@samoanjoseph1457]

I wish people wouldn't say things like "Snuka never got to clear his name in court". HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO COURT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR HIM. That's why Vince was hauling around a briefcase full of money, to keep this FROM going to court! If you can't keep your story straight, court is the absolute LAST place you want to go.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

Samoan Joseph he’s just lucky he was deemed unfit for trial

[@samsteffen300]

cosby accuser could not keep story straight

[@Ricardo_Montegarza]

I'm so glad he's gone and his reputation and legacy is tarnished. Nancy died too young and her family had to live with that for over 30 years.

[@braxtonslife7779]

The more I learn about this Snuka guy, the more I don’t care for him.

[@Apethantos]

Snuka was doing coke while working as a wrestler, he was systematically abusing his girlfriend, then beat her to death and bribed his way free... I mean, the guy sounds like a real jerk!

[@westnile21]

Apethantos - not to mention steroids too

[@beefpepperoni6323]

Apethantos I think calling him a jerk is the biggest understatement of 2020 🤣

[@JacobH2112]

@@Apethantos explain to the folks at home who Jimmy Snuka is

[@spenceshaji436]

@MrSmeeth23 norm MacDonald fan uhh ??

[@masonclark4770]

I watched an old ECW 1992 VHS involving Snuka. And there was a few people in the crowd who chanted “You killed your girlfriend.”

[@jalenbraithwaite5655]

These Darkside of the ring reviews are some of my favorite segments

[@austinarnold155]

Same

[@aaroncolston7572]

Vince needs to be jailed PERIOD!

[@atticus5106]

He's too important to go to jail.

[@aaroncolston7572]

@@atticus5106 😂 and to add, he still apart of the hof like moolah and colon...they minus well put benoit in that bitch

[@mattm6580]

The state of Florida has declared Vince McMahon too essential to ever be held accountable for anything ever.

[@adrianbarrett895]

Aaron Colston why does Vince need to be jailed?

[@adrianbarrett895]

The Invisible Man that’s what happens when Vince McMann gives the person in charge of Florida money out of his own pocket because he’s rich so he thinks we’re giving money to Florida he’ll be fine

[@King4sshole89]

In an alternate timeline, Benoit went to the Vengeance PPV after the fact and Vince said don't worry about it.

[@jareddavis9012]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@m47co4]

BRUHHHHHHHH

[@DanielRandB]

13:43 Wait Solomonster is Batman.....I Thought He Was Orange Cassidy Lol

[@PolarisCastillo]

he's the KZbinr wrestling deserves, but not the one it needs right now

[@prasan7561]

Man this year is not good for Vince McMahon and this episode didn't do him any favours

[@M97-u8t]

How so?

[@JCOdrjones]

@@M97-u8t the episode or the year? For the episode, it pretty much made it well known that Vince is a super shady guy at best who got a killer free and gave him a career. For the year, WWE stocks are down, the XFL died before it could start, and Vince lost a billion dollars.

[@M97-u8t]

And they´re about to make a billion in revenue which is a record and as far as Vince being shady we´ve known that for years

[@JCOdrjones]

@@M97-u8t I think the DSotR episodes that have Vince in it is making it more obviously known to the public at least. And Vinny gonna make another bil? Wild

[@MrDp115]

Not over yet, wait til the Owen Hart episode.

[@AMOLAD79]

The "Great" Vince McMahon.

[@thatdamnbradley]

Solomonster, I need to let you know that I love your Dark Side of the Ring reviews. Be well, stay safe. 🤟

[@TheSolomonster]

Thank you 🙏

[@kaind.badguy]

That former police chief was seconds away from saying “ everybody’s gotta price”.

[@WaynesWorld12]

13:42 Jimmy Snuka: I never hurt that girl Solomonster: Yeah and im Batman lol shit im dead 😂🤣

[@TheJuliet316]

Was looking forward to this review if only to see what was left out of the broadcast, since as Solomonster has said, he's covered this topic on the podcast before.

[@ElGranSanto]

"but I guess they only had so much time... So I'll tell it." Lol don't ever change, Solomonster.

[@iHeartGasington]

Im from Allentown and my grandparents actually had their honeymoon at the hotel Nancy died at. From what I got told, they remember the incident and are certain Snuka did it.

[@greatnesssingh9491]

I thought the same thing when I heard the undertaker lol

[@jasonbailey960]

Funny how unprepared Tonga Kid was for the producers' questions, like what the fuck did he think that they were interviewing him for?

[@AdamDrake411]

Great job as always man, we appreciate all this content you give us for free 🙏

[@Davetazz1976]

"Brada, they dont hear to good, brada"...lol

[@mrowley7300]

So which batmobile do you have

[@JamesS805]

Oh he real guilty.

[@colino5056]

Everyone just gonna ignore the police and WWE helping a murderer get away bc he sold tickets?

[@atticus5106]

That's business pal!

[@MazeDaGr8]

Just like any other, Wrestling is a Dirty business

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

According to the comment section, NOBODY is ignoring this lol

[@joey159213]

Snuka was a murderer his career should never be mentioned ever again. Sad how this was handled.

[@dkres82]

Finally love hearing your thoughts on the episodes

[@TriggerTheNexus]

You're impression at 15:40 is pretty much on point

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I've been a pro wrestling fan since mid '85 and I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I knew nothing about this situation 'til 2015! Somehow all of this escaped me. I had (and still do) a huge collection of wrestling magazines and I don't recall any of them mentioning any of this. Granted, those magazines were steeped in kafabe but, every now and then, you would read about something involving wrestlers that had nothing to do with them being in the ring, it would be about a real incident. For example, I read about The Iron Sheik and Jim duggan being busted for drugs in one of the Apter Mags. I grew up a huge Jimmy Snuka fan and I will always be a fan of his ring work but, it's pretty obvious, judging by everything that I've heard and read, that he is definitely guilty of this. I feel very bad for Nancy and her family.

[@willisskull2676]

I'm not sure when I first heard about this tragedy, but it was pretty much common knowledge among wrestling fans by then. Snuka himself wrote about Vince McMahon entering with a briefcase and leaving without it. When they finally started pursuing Snuka for murder, it was like, "No shit!" We already knew he's a murderer. The fact that it took 20-30 years to get a tiny bit of justice is absurd. This should have been dealt with a long, long time ago. I don't care if he's a wrestler or not, Snuka was an abusive, coked up monster. What he did outside the ring doesn't change what he did in the ring, and vice versa. As much as I love wrestling, it's hard to love. Snuka, Benoit, Owen Hart, all the drug abuse, all the wrestlers who died young, it's tragic. Thank you for sharing your perspective as a long time fan.

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

9 cops and a dog? And the dog bit one of the cops, haha. The dog whole trying to arrest Snuka stood on it's hind legs and tried to get the handcuffs around Snuka while whaling, "Awooooooo." Haha.

[@freemind6954]

Snuka: Vince I hurt her real bad. Vince: How bad Jimmy? Snuka: She died brudda. Vince: She what? Jimmy how could you? Snuka: I don't know! That stuff you give me brudda! It makes me crazy! Vince: Jimmy! Just calm down. Don't ever mention that again! I'll help you...

[@Darthpsychonis]

Sounds like a case of a guy who let drugs go to his head and did something he would regret for the rest of his life. Regardless, Snuka chose to do all that coke and never owned up to what he did. He is responsible for his own actions.

[@chrisrelyea8732]

Blaming coke is stupid ive done coke many times throughout life and have done alot of dumb shit murdering or hitting a woman has never been one of those things. He also didn't seem to regretful ever in life

[@Darthpsychonis]

@@chrisrelyea8732 Did I not say he was responsible for his own actions? I'm pointing out that coke probably contributed to his wild behavior. Like with Benoit, CTE and steroids are a factor but the dude is still responsible.

[@chrisrelyea8732]

@@DarthpsychonisNot trying to be a dick I know you weren't defending him just saying. I dont think you can blame drugs for the shit you do especially when it's something as horrible as murder

[@Darthpsychonis]

@@chrisrelyea8732 I'm not blaming the drug, I'm blaming him for the fact that he kept putting the drug in his body. I cannot be any more clear than that.

[@BlueAmerican26]

That head deputy or whatever was so fucking guilty. I love how he couldn't make eye contact when they asked him the hard questions.

[@thomasrondon9286]

With the undertaker saying that Nancy was beaten tells it all. It's a shame cause I liked Snuka and to find out he is a murderer, takes away some of my childhood innocense. What a piece of shit!

[@NIGHTFALLDROP]

Just my own 2 cents to this story. There are no (repeat NO) heroes in this story. Because as much as everyone (and I include Nancy's family), wants to come out and cry, moan and scream about the lack of final justice to this case...I personally hold them ALL accountable for her death. Everyone seems to want to say now that Jimmy was this manic "Jeckyl and Hyde" person, that one minute he's as safe as a sleeping lamb, the next he's a raving lunatic. Well, if they ALL KNEW THIS, yet none of them did anything to STOP IT, then they are all EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE for the outcome. Pure and simple. Bottom line, if you or someone you know is in a violent predicament, it is your MORAL OBLIGATION to intercede. Even if the person tells you not to.

[@TRivera13]

Can't disagree with you there my man. My younger sisters are adults with their own personal lives. I don't get involved in any way in their arguments or personal conversations. But should those men ever assault them in any way. All bets are off, I don't care what my sisters say. I'd rather have them alive and pissed at me than the alternative.

[@MrStaley]

@@TRivera13 Real shit

[@joshuaoneill3118]

36:25 The Ralph Wiggum?

[@GeneKing-lz8xg]

Solomonster is not never has been and never will be batman.period.

[@gsf23]

That police chief knew there was someone else in the car. When the producers bring this up to him, they were talking about he was asking the chief if he ever talked to Snuka about the car ride story and the chief says no, and the producer goes "well the guy who was just in here before you.." and the chief kinda chuckles and goes "said he was in the car" and then the producer says "said he was in the car that night" and that's when he starts acting all surprised.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

You think that he was bsing?

[@cuttinupthecarpet504]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 of course he was . Vince walked in with a suitcase full of money and paid the cops off .

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Vince McMahon’s meeting with his briefcase in the room be like; Old Biff from Back to the Future 2: KID, I OWN THE POLICE!!!

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Natureboy Buddy Rogers told Vince he no longer wanted to be associated with Snuka

[@slidejones6033]

So whose story is worse: Jimmy Snuka or OJ?

[@mallyb.3044]

Jimmy’s. Only because he never pleaded his case. OJ at least showed up to all his court appearances and beat it lol

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Jimmy -"My god knows what happened." Jimmy's God -"So....we're going to have some words Jimmy."

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Tonga Kid is like the living embodiment of denial. No-one who spent time around Snuka during this time period can credibly say that they 'don't believe he could hurt anybody'. He was a bully and an abuser and you fucking well know that.

[@CraigSmithII]

Snuka was just fuckin' crazy let's be real. IMO he was so coked out of his mind & couldn't handle the stardom

[@slimshady12345ish]

The copper and Snuka's wife did not look good at all in this. I dont know if he just senile but he did not know how to answer anything or have a good cover up on his shady part in it. And the wife ! man she one those loyal wont believe anything bad about my superstar husband so ill go on the offensive types, even though he cheated on her she stayed loyal to him maybe out of sheer oblivion of what snuka was really like. Whether he really was a bad man or not the drugs definitely brought the worst out of him and maybe once away from the ring he was a good husband and a good man, but fuck youve got to feel for nancy and her family. Edit: i commented before realising this was a new wife, she is just oblivious and only knows him in his later years, cant faullt her on that

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Exactly. It isn't easy to just turn on someone especially if you are married to them

[@limitlessandy1117]

Solomonster is Batman, confirmed

[@freddielopez948]

Shame on Jimmy and Vince all the police officers involved he should’ve been arrested and punished and thrown in prison all of them especially the ones that cover it up

[@NightsIntoDreams777]

That cop fucked up massively to not come off as suspicious

[@TRivera13]

Apparently that briefcase contained a championship opportunity.

[@samcortez420]

With this episode do you think they're gonna push Tamina to win the SmackDown women's title?

[@TheSolomonster]

Pushing Tamina to any title, regardless of her last name, would be ridiculous

[@GeneKing-lz8xg]

Youknow, snukas act, probably wasnot an act at all.

[@tomprice453]

Manic wrestlers have a thing for Nancy’s I’ve noticed 🤭

[@Reachfan2]

Hey Solomonster, I noticed your video about the Brawl for All was taken down and is no longer on your youtube account... what happened? However, more importanty, can you reupload it again?

[@TheSolomonster]

I'm fighting a bogus claim on it from Vice, but it could be a while before it gets resolved.

[@TheJuliet316]

@@TheSolomonster That sucks, hopefully it's resolved.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@TheSolomonster Hope you win against them

[@rayvenkman2087]

I think Vince paid off the people in that room to cover up the reports for decades and that included the likely disposal of the detailed transcript notes.

[@Billsmafialeader1778]

I’m wondering since it happend 35 years ago that maybe Tonga Kid was in the car with them but at a different time since they went to allen town a lot.

[@flexjohnson18]

All these DSOTR episodes reveal to me that mixing steroids, cocaine and alcohol are very bad

[@smokemirrors6628]

If there's a hell Vince has a presidential suite waiting for him lol

[@Hammerhead547]

Had it been investigated properly chances are that snuka would've gotten the chair. You don't get head injuries like nancy had from "hitting" your head on a rock, you get a head injury like that from someone bashing your head in with a blunt object.

[@keetahbrough]

The yellow fluid snuka reported seeing oozing from her was cerebral spinal fluid. Leaking out because her brain was so swollen it left no room for the CSF. Pupils fixed and dilated... even though she might've been breathing still, recovery from that kind of head injury, well, it's not compatible with life. He must have hit her, with his entire strength behind it, in her head.

[@Hammerhead547]

@@keetahbrough Yep. She could've suffered that head injury in the entrance way to the emergency room at a hospital and the absolute best outcome would've been a persistent vegetative coma from which she would never wake. I think he probably smashed her head into something repeatedly and then tossed her body back into the bed thinking she was just out cold and not either dying if not dead.

[@TheVampirePredator]

Irv is related to Sam Muchnick. Well that explains the vendetta he’s had against Vince for the last 20+ years.

[@jerranspearman3369]

good review

[@MrModamanReviews]

Does anyone know what happened to the detectives who were on this case? The documentary didn't even mention that they turned down being interviewed.

[@TheSolomonster]

Two of the detectives who were present when Snuka was interviewed back at the motor lodge that night have since passed away. Interestingly, the other one stated (a few years ago after Snuka was finally charged) that the audio tape from 83 was placed at the time in the Whitehall police station evidence room for safekeeping, but when he went to look for it (this would've been in 2016), the tape was missing. He couldn't find it.

[@anthonyrivera2306]

What's in the briefcase?

[@JustinStinoStamosZamora42]

Pokemon Cards

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I'd like to hear from Mick Foley by this point. Would he still consider Jimmy Snuka a hero to him?

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Little low sir

[@OneandOnlyFootyPodcast]

Yesss Jason.was a interesting episode of dsotr

[@anthonycampos8057]

Snuka was still making alot of appearances with the WWE.

[@gman2015z]

So sad they took Snuka to court decades later, similar to arresting WW2 Nazis in the 90's or 00's. Gotta feel for Tamina cuz she doesn't know if her dad was a killer or not but his legacy is now tainted. I think he did it but they took too long and coulda saved a life in 1983 when stuff was going on.

[@samsteffen300]

I think hogan was brought in partially because of this

[@chrisiverson5648]

Vince with the briefcase🤔🤔...... I get it now...... Money in the bank... Sad.... But truth be told Vince and alot of his ppl should have been in prison... Decades ago.... Just saying.. really like the show✌🏾

[@johnenigma8506]

18:06 Watching wrestling for as long as I have had distorted my concept of Undertakers.

[@jeaninempanzone7851]

It’s on now on vice

[@jonathonholifield5900]

Jesus Christ this is horrifying. And he GOT AWAY WITH IT. he got to just go on and live his life for another 40 years. WHAT THE FUCK

[@kalebrunton527]

Guys like him give islanders a bad name

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

He was dragging her by her hair like a caveman. I totally agree with you

[@Mattyman1987]

That whole situation happened minutes away where I live 😅

[@eltondilworth5917]

We're the rspw

[@Brogan97]

31:00

[@dimitrisbright9807]

This whole story is a damn shame. Nancy was a damn fine sexy woman too. Gone too soon. I'm surprised that Vince hasn't sued Vice yet...although I wouldn't know on what terms he would have. It's been a terrible month for him. Even his football league is biting him in the ass over and over again

[@Moyocochis214]

5:28 kevin snuka

[@adrianbarrett895]

Solo monster that does sound suspicious to me I was Jimmy snorkel fan it’s just disappointing if Jimmy snooker has something to do with Nancy‘s death

[@austintucker1586]

As much as I love Jimmy Superfly Snuka I'm sorry if you murder somebody you need to go to trial for it I just watched this one today feel sorry for family not getting complete closer for Nancy

[@LJF_JR]

I hear it’s hot in hell this time of year.

[@NuRm69]

the Chief of police got paid by Vince to rule it an accident

[@Riztastic1]

So Orange Cassidy is the real Batman lol

[@jeaninempanzone7851]

They should have sued wwf

[@AmericanGypsy206]

Vince McMahon covered up a lot of heinous stuff that his talent did over the years because he was a shady wrestling promoter a lot of people, including myself when I was younger, looked at wrestlers as these larger than life people, but we did not see what they were really like behind closed doors a lot of wrestlers, especially back in the 70s and 80s were big-time drug addicts who did violent things and got away with it and their promoters always covered up for them. Wrestling is a very shady business a lot of the wrestlers used to do disgusting things behind the curtains, such as shit and peoples duffel bags food, and other gross stuff so ask yourself this do these so-called wrestlers live this clean cut lifestyle no lot of them are women beaters drug users, and a lot of them are straight up criminals I really believe the me too movement shed light on the dark side of Hollywood and the evil things that take place behind the scenes of these people that we see on TV… fast forward to the late 90s and early 2000s when Vince became the Mr. McMahon character it was truly disgusting and it wasn’t just a character he played on TV. He really is sick and twisted which is why the WWE cut ties with him after the TKO and UFC merger but it’s too late. The WWE will always have the dirty fingerprints of the McMahon family all over it

[@jeaninempanzone7851]

Yea right. Better then oj

[@hottakestuesdays7450]

You. described manslaughter

[@savageaf6023]

Solomonster is Batman

[@Negajoe]

Cocaine's a helluva drug, brudda.

[@sani8646]

I remember how celebrated Tamina's Snukasplash off the top turnbuckle was before this case was brought back. I'm not a Tamina fan at all, but that was the only thing going for her. She's one of those knockknee'd people that looks like it hurts when they walk.

[@jetHawk5150]

and i'm Batman.

[@scottyb003]

I know that Vince worked for his father before he purchased the WWE from his father. However, how did he get enough money to buy off people like this? I know he came from a poor trailer park in the Carolina's.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Mind you his Dad was rich

[@scottyb003]

Well, I know that. Vince was in a documentary in 1999 where they touched on his father, but I seemed to recall Vince saying his dad never gave him any money.

[@QuackMamba34]

They take Hulk Hogan out of the Hall of Fame for racial remarks. But yet leave Snuka in for probably murdering someone.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Yeah that's bad

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

What Hogan said wasn't great but yeah this is so much worse

[@flexjohnson18]

Also if your name is Nancy don’t date a wrestler holy fuck

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Solomonster sound off I did not know you are Batman, and yes this is a joke.

[@lakeerieheartthrob216]

I didn’t think Johnny rods liked white women