Netflix has lastly introduced that the Vince McMahon docuseries will likely be airing later within the yr.
Merely titled Mr. McMahon, the sequence will premiere on Wednesday, September twenty fifth and can chronicle the rise and fall of the previous Chairman of the most important skilled wrestling promotion on the planet, together with interviews with McMahon himself. The announcement was made on Netflix’s social media:
Mr. McMahon, a documentary sequence chronicling the rise and fall of the WWE’s controversial founder, is coming to Netflix on 25 September! Together with interviews with McMahon, his household, and a number of the most iconic names in wrestling historical past.
Mr. McMahon, a documentary sequence chronicling the rise and fall of the WWE’s controversial founder, is coming to Netflix on 25 September!
Together with interviews with McMahon, his household, and a number of the most iconic names in wrestling historical past. pic.twitter.com/EXOfCJUMDG
— Netflix UK & Eire (@NetflixUK) August 29, 2024
The docuseries has been produced by Invoice Simmons and Chris Smith, who had been the staff behind the hit Netflix docuseries Tiger King, which centered on Joe Unique and the assorted house owners of animal sanctuaries in america.
Vince McMahon Docuseries Is Official
Again in October 2020, a Q3 earnings name for WWE first introduced {that a} docuseries specializing in Vince McMahon was coming to Netflix. When it was first introduced, followers had been curious as to what the sequence would entail given {that a} behind-the-scenes take a look at McMahon was unprecedented at this level however was additionally sceptical as to how a lot new info can be revealed given McMahon’s infamous nature to have management over every little thing. Nonetheless, within the 4 years that adopted the unique announcement, the complete wrestling panorama was modified in a approach that nobody would have predicted.
Following McMahon’s first resignation as Chairman of the Board in July 2022 following allegations of hush cash funds and NDAs, the previous Chairman made his approach again into the corporate in January 2023 to facilitate a sale of the corporate, which was introduced as merging with the UFC and underneath Endeavor possession the day after WrestleMania 39.
In January 2024, WWE Uncooked was introduced as shifting to Netflix in early 2025 and can be the unique residence of the flagship present in lots of worldwide markets shifting ahead. Throughout this time, the standing of the docuseries remained undetermined.
Later in January 2024, Vince McMahon resigned from WWE for a second time following on from allegations of sexual misconduct and trafficking from former worker Janel Grant. The lawsuit continues to be ongoing however has been positioned in an order of keep till December 2024.
In October 2023, Invoice Simmons acknowledged in an interview that Vince Mcmahon had no say within the remaining minimize of the docuseries.
