Latest Update on Vince McMahon’s Netflix Documentary – After years of development and additional shooting due to controversies surrounding Vince McMahon, the highly-anticipated docuseries on the WWE Chairman’s life and career is slated to premiere this year.
The Netflix Deal
The collaboration between WWE and Netflix for the docuseries was first revealed during WWE’s third-quarter 2020 financials call. Bill Simmons serves as the executive producer, with Chris Smith, renowned for his work on “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,” named as the director.
McMahon’s Turbulent Journey
Significant changes unfolded since the initial announcement in 2020, with McMahon forced to step down from his role in the company in the summer of 2022 amid a hush money scandal. McMahon then made a surprising return in January and subsequently agreed to the acquisition of WWE by Endeavor, merging it with the UFC to form the TKO Group Holdings company.
During a segment on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer, who was interviewed for the documentary, emphasized that the docuseries is not a mere “puff piece.” The narrative is expected to delve into the scandal, McMahon’s brief retirement, and other controversies that have marked his storied career.
“So this is what I can say about the Vince McMahon documentary. And, of course, this is all subject to change. Because when this documentary started, ordered by Netflix years and years ago, obviously, this was not the end result that anyone imagined. It was going to be something that they did. And Vince told them that he does not want a fake documentary. And Vince was probably the most interesting interview on the documentary. I don’t know all the different people they talk to. I only know what I talked about. And they were told this was anything but meant to be a puff piece if it ends up being, perhaps, much of the documentary. It’s a multi-part. Several of the parts were already done, the only stuff that was left to be done was the stuff that would have covered the period from Vince forcing himself back in and the sale, everything else was done. I mean, they were done with the scandal with Vince, retiring, quitting, whatever, forced out whatever that deal was last year or actually 2022, so work 2023, actually, sorry. But that stuff was all done. Now? Can they go back and clean it up? Of course, they can’t. And I guess when the finished product comes out? Well, no, I don’t anticipate it because it didn’t feel like Vince actually wanted that, believe it or not. I can’t say 100% Because I know what they were aiming for. This could change. Politics do get in the way of documentaries, that’s for sure. I don’t expect it. I’ll just say that,” Meltzer stated.
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Latest Update on Vince McMahon’s Netflix Documentary
