This is the story of the greatest fighters you’ve never heard of.
They come from all over the world — from Bangkok to Brooklyn. These are the dangerous men and women of Red Ring.
Our show is an hour-long drama centered around the world of Red Ring, an illegal pit-fighting tournament. Week-to-week we follow an eclectic cast of characters as they punch their way to the top.
THE RED RING TOURNAMENT
Red Ring is exclusive, accepting only the greatest fighters on Earth. Victory in the tournament is the highest honor in all of pit-fighting. Its winners are legends within the subculture.
The catch: it’s highly illegal.
Red Ring has existed across many generations. Each time, it was financed and commissioned by a different entity. Warlords. Drug
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Think of them like a dysfunctional family, bonded by their lust for Red Ring and blown apart by the fallout from each fight.
JOE BELDIGO (30s)
The current Red Ring holder.
Joe isn’t the most talented fighter in the tournament. Nor is he the most athletic. What Joe lacks in skill, he makes up for with sheer willpower and intensity. He knows how to win.
Joe’s scared of who he becomes while fighting. During a fight, he gets violent. He gets cruel. But outside the ring, Joe’s a natural peacemaker. After winning the Red Ring, he decided to quit fighting. He travels from city to city, working a series of odd jobs and living off his earnings from the last tournament.
DEMIEN SOTO (40s)
A criminal kingpin of indeterminable Latin origin.
Much of Soto’s past remains a mystery. Soto commissions the tournament in Season 1, after it has been dormant for years.
No one knows exactly how Soto obtained his fortune. He’s connected to everything from high-profile European bank robberies to the conflict mineral trade. Soto uses his wealth to bowl over the small fishing village in Isla Ceniza, where his “reboot” of the Red Ring tournament will take
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