- New series focusing on legendary WWE promoter promises to be unflinching in its portrayal
- Chris Smith – best known for Tiger King – is directing
- Series takes in hundreds of hours of interviews from Vince McMahon, family, associates, wrestlers and journalists
Vince McMahon is a legendary name in wrestling, but he is also controversial and his rise and fall is set to be explored in a new six-part series that has been announced by Netflix.
Pull back the curtain
Mr McMahon sets out to “pull back the curtain to reveal the true Vince McMahon obscured beneath the persona he presented to the world,” according to Netflix.
Chris Smith – no stranger to documentaries of charismatic but complicated people, having directed Tiger King – is directing and has worked on the show for more than four years. Smith is also an executive producer, along with Bill Simmons.
Mr McMahon will chart McMahon’s rise, from being a commentator, through buying the World Wide Wrestling Federation company – as it was then known – from his father to turning it from a regional business into the global entertainment powerhouse we know today, through to the sexual misconduct allegations that led to his resignation from the company.
Smith told Netflix that: “Over the four years of production, the story evolved in truly shocking ways, culminating in some extremely harrowing allegations. The final product is a revealing documentary that we believe offers a rich and nuanced portrait of the man and the complex legacy he left behind.”
Huge amount of material
The series has been put together from a huge amount of source material, including some 200 hours of interviews with McMahon – conducted before he resigned from WWE after allegations arose. In addition, there are contributions from members of his family, business associates and some of the most iconic wrestlers in WWE history. The journalists who uncovered allegations against McMahon are also interviewed.
You don’t have long to wait to see Mr McMahon – all episodes drop on Netflix on September 25.
