Given the depressing topics covered on the show, it's not hard to tear up at these moments.
- Jim Cornette recalls Kevin Von Erich saying this to him, which almost made him tear up:"I used to have five brothers, now I'm not even a brother."
- The Von Erichs received the call telling them about David's death in the middle of the night (as he was in Japan at the time). Kevin admits that now, decades later, he still can't bring himself to answer the phone after dark.
- Kevin has to pause the interview at one point, admitting that he didn't expect it to still be so emotionally taxing.
- The entirety of the Chris Benoit tragedy. From talking about Eddie Guerrero and his tragic death (given how he miraculously turned his life around) to Chris's downward spiral and the unfortunate double Murder-Suicide of himself, his wife Nancy, and their child Daniel.
- It's incredibly heartwrenching to hear how Vickie Guerrero, who was immensely grieving over Eddie's passing, described Nancy Benoit as her angel, taking care of her kids and watching over her as well, managing to get her out of her grief in order to support her daughters. To hear her and her son were murdered by Chris destroyed her heart.
- Chavo while talking about the moment Eddie literally passed away in his arms has to take a moment, his voice breaking slightly as he apologizes and says "I haven't been to this moment in so long." Somehow made worse when Chavo goes on to talk about Chris's reaction; when he calls to check where Eddie is for their morning workout, Chavo describes a brief pause before a "wail of heartbreak" from the usually stoic Chris.
- Jim Cornette's speech in regards to what happened to Droz shows why he takes wrestling so seriously. As he speaks, he seems to be tearing up.Cornette: Droz's still paralyzed to this day. It's more than 20 years. Things happen you know in this business. And it's not ballet. And that's why it especially angers me when people diminish it. One move, he's been in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. So don't tell me that wrestling is a bunch of bullshit. Just some of the ways that people have gotten into it treat it is bullshit.
- Cornette becoming visibly emotional to the point of holding back tears when talking about the accident that killed Owen Hart. He also has a similar reaction when speaking about Brian Pillman's death, still being rattled by it 23 years later.
- The ending of the Ultimate Warrior's episode. Jim Hellwig, after his surprising induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and making amends with several people, including longtime rival Jake Roberts, he goes on Raw the next night and gives a rousing, emotional speech that turns out to be his swan song and then dies of a heart attack the following day. Making it worse is that Hellwig knew it was coming, as none of the men in his family had lived past their fifties (he was 54 when he died). It cuts in between the shocked/emotional reactions of Cornette, Hellwig's ex-wife Shari, and Jake, the latter who is clearly holding back tears and only manages to say "Rest in peace".
- B. Brian Blair weeping as he discusses Herb Abrams' death in "Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story." This is topped off with a line that, in any other situation, would be considered otherwise funny.B. Brian Blair: All I know for sure is Herb died doing what he loved... cocaine and hookers.
- Out of everyone interviewed in the episode, Lenny Dudge (UWF's general manager) had taken Herb's death the hardest, and it is painfully clear it still affects him today; not only does he state the worst thing Herb ever did to him was die, but when the topic of Herb seemingly having faked his death is broached, Lenny explains how he knows for sure he is actually dead:Lenny: And I know that, if he was still alive, he would've come and found me. He would've let me know... (chokes up) that he was alive. He would've, uh... he would've done everything he could to send a message, somehow... He wouldn't have stayed away for 30 years... ... He wouldn't have stayed away for 30 years...
- Out of everyone interviewed in the episode, Lenny Dudge (UWF's general manager) had taken Herb's death the hardest, and it is painfully clear it still affects him today; not only does he state the worst thing Herb ever did to him was die, but when the topic of Herb seemingly having faked his death is broached, Lenny explains how he knows for sure he is actually dead:
- James Mitchell recalls breaking out in tears when he arrived back home after seeing Kanyon for the last time after realizing that he was finally going to go through with killing himself.
- Chris Candido finally begins to get his life back on track and joins another nascent national promotion after years of substance abuse and heartbreak in his personal life. He injures himself in a steel cage match and flies out to a taping after surgery. He dies shortly afterwards of a blood clot-induced bout of pneumonia.
- Due to kayfabe still being strong at the time of Magnum T.A.'s near-fatal car accident, the heels of Jim Crockett Promotions had to literally be snuck into the hospital in order to see their friend.
- The Graham family episode, particularly the fact that suicide spans four generations within the Graham family, Mike Graham’s daughter begging him to let the family history of suicide end with his son (who had just killed himself) and Mike taking his own life while wearing his son’s boots.
- The episode on the life of the Junkyard Dog, aka Sylvester Ritter. According to his nephew Steven, the two-fold death of both JD and his daughter LaToya all but destroyed his mother Christine (Sylvester's sister).
- The episode on Adrian Adonis interviews the sole survivor of the car crash William "Mike Kelly" Arko. His twin brother Victor "Pat Kelly" Arko was killed in the crash, and the grief and pain are still visible on his face thirty-five years later.
- The sad story of John Tenta's funeral. Completely unmourned by the wrestling community, with no WWE or WCW wrestlers in attendance.
- The sad fact that Tenta died to one of the most treatable forms of cancer, because he didn't go to the doctor soon enough.
