It’s believed that the Netflix documentary on Vince McMahon could be out sooner than we think.
In 2020, the initial announcement was made that a Netflix documentary would be produced about Vince McMahon. Originally, it was believed to be set for a 2022 release, but that was put back by the sexual misconduct investigations launched against McMahon that same year. Still, the series remained in development and there has been an update on the documentary and when we may be able to see it.
To give an update on what he knows about the process, Dave Meltzer has spoken on Wrestling Observer Radio, saying that the Netflix series will be out ‘sooner than you think’. Meltzer suggested that he would be able to reveal the release date ‘pretty soon’, calling the whole thing a big deal.
“Today I went to Los Angeles to do a Netflix taping (about) Vince McMahon. I guess what I can say, because I’m not supposed to say much about it, is the Netflix series is gonna be out sooner than you think. I guess that’s the best way to put it. I’ll know the date, I’ll be able to release the date pretty soon. It’s soon. It’s a big freakin’ deal. They’ve interviewed all kinds of people. I was told the most interesting person they’ve interviewed is Vince McMahon.”
-Dave Meltzer
Meltzer then confirms that the documentary will cover the entire life of Vince McMahon. Unsurprisingly given what has happened in recent years, he touches on just how much has changed since filming began for the Netflix production, meaning that they had to redo a lot of aspects of the series.
“It’s covering the whole life of Vince McMahon. I’ve been asked about every single subject that you can think of regarding Vince McMahon, from childhood to last week, practically. Covered everything. I’ve done multiple tapings for this. This one was more to catch up on everything that’s happened since the last taping. The series, when it started and how it’s ended are completely different. When it started it was just ‘Vince McMahon, the owner of the company’, and now it’s not the owner of the company, and there’s all the reasons that he’s not the owner of the company, the payoffs – all that stuff happened, they were years into this documentary before all that stuff happened. They kinda had to redo everything or refocus on all kinds of new stuff.”
-Dave Meltzer
As we know, it was the allegations made against McMahon in July of 2022 which led to his brief retirement from all WWE responsibilities. As it stands, he was key in Endeavor’s acquisition of the company and currently stands as the Executive Chairman of the TKO Group.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the production of the Vince McMahon Netflix documentary as soon as we hear more.
H/T to WrestleTalk for the transcription.
