- Reviews are mixed for the miniseries on the much maligned former wrestling promoter
- Some wrestling fans don’t believe the documentary covers McMahon’s alleged crimes in the necessary depth
- Most of the documentary was filmed before the sexual abuse and human trafficking allegations were made against the former WWE Chairman
The highly anticipated Vince McMahon documentary has finally landed on Netflix and it is drawing plenty of reactions online.
Unsurprisingly, given the subject matter, there was a boatload of intrigue about what the documentary would include, from one of McMahon’s wrestlers attacking a reporter on camera, to steroid dealing doctors, the ring boy scandal, ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka’s girlfriend and the mysterious circumstances in which she died and multiple sexual assault claims including the most recent allegations involving former employee Janel Grant.
While all of these topics are covered across the six episodes, there is a feeling among those who have already binged the series that they are not focused on in enough depth to craft a proper picture of McMahon, who by his own admission at the beginning of the documentary will not share the most explosive stories from his near four decade long run as owner of World Wrestling Entertainment.
While the series is an entertaining enough watch, given the seriousness of so much of what is covered across the six episodes, there is a feeling that Mr. McMahon could have delved a lot further into several of the scandals that have engulfed the 79-year-old over the last 40 years.
Of course, the documentary being pretty much complete before 2022’s initial allegations were printed in the Wall Street Journal, made production of the series more complicated. Then again, so many dark tales being worked through in one short series feels as though we’re only seeing what McMahon wants us to see, rather than the full story.
Netflix will bring WWE programming to its service from January, having struck a $5bn deal with WWE to broadcast Monday Night Raw live every week from 2025 for at least five years. The streaming service will also host WWE’s content library and stream SmackDown, NXT and monthly PPV events in several regions around the world.
