AEW star claims there are "three sides" to Vince McMahon's story ahead of Netflix docuseries release

Vince McMahon dominated all AEW and WWE headlines on Monday when he issued a viral statement on the upcoming Netflix docuseries on his controversial career. He is still a trending topic almost 24 hours later, and now WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett has weighed in on the matter.

McMahon issued his first social media statement in almost two years on Monday. The WWE co-founder said he did not regret participating in the upcoming Netflix docuseries, but after viewing an "early partial cut," he believed the project fell short and conflated the Mr. McMahon character with who he really was, Vince.

The 1999 Royal Rumble winner accused the producers of misrepresenting the facts and of using Janel Grant's lawsuit to prove he was the Mr. McMahon character.

Jeff Jarrett has worked for Vince McMahon and competed against him. On his My World podcast, AEW's current Director of Business Development was shown Vince's tweet. Meanwhile, co-host Conrad Thompson pointed to how Wednesday was set to be a big day as Netflix would release the Mr. McMahon docuseries and AEW would present Dynamite: Grand Slam.

The Last Outlaw was asked if he expected Vince McMahon to do damage control. The question came as he was reading the last line of McMahon's statement, where the 79-year-old said he hoped docuseries viewers would keep an open mind and remember that there were two sides to every story.

"Well, I'm gonna kind of contradict that statement (...) I think there are always three sides, I do. What is fascinating about all of this is, as we've stated—the timing of it, and now it's being released on a Wednesday. Does Netflix usually release new episodes on Wednesdays? I'm not the biggest Netflix watcher. It's interesting they're releasing it on a Wednesday, the timing of it is very, very interesting," Jeff Jarrett said. [From 4:38 to 5:17]

McMahon had always controlled the narrative but no longer had the massive platform that was WWE, said Thompson. Jarrett's co-host pointed to how Kevin Dunn was available and McMahon could easily cut a check for some sort of production of his own. Double J was asked if he thought Vince would create his own video to counter the Netflix docuseries or if he would let it play out in court first.

"It's been over 18 months [since Vince McMahon tweeted] (...) you know personally, the world really knows, he never takes anything laying down, at all. He's going to (...) yes, he controlled the narrative when he ran the organization, but now he obviously doesn't, and he understands as well, better than anybody, that Netflix's number one goal is to get as many streams as possible. What's WWE's goal at this current time? Where do they sit on it?" Jeff Jarrett said. [From 6:36 to 7:09]

Jarrett continued:

"Well, we know Vince obviously wants to... I won't say protect his name, but to tell his side of the story. Well, it's like he said... there's two sides of every story. I'm gonna say there's three sides in this: there's Vince's version, Netflix's version, and then somewhere out there, there's going to be the truth, maybe even lost in it all, but like you said... I think it goes without saying, him posting today is a definite sign that he's just not going to let this... [motions forward]," Jeff Jarrett said. [From 7:10 to 7:52]

Thompson once again mentioned Vince McMahon getting out in front of the docuseries to do damage control. Double J hesitated on using "damage control" to describe Vince's actions but said the former WWE Champion was punching back. Jarrett added that this certainly was not the first time McMahon was fighting back and wouldn't be the last.

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Ex-WWE Chairman Vince McMahon reportedly tried to buy the Netflix series

Wrestling fans are patiently awaiting the release of Netflix's six-episode docuseries on Vince McMahon. The controversial "Mr. McMahon" project will be released in full on Wednesday.

McMahon was said to be nervous after he saw some of the early docuseries footage, according to Matthew Belloni's Puck Newsletter. The report claimed the billionaire tried to buy the project from Netflix. The streaming giant did not respond to the allegation.

Dave Meltzer noted on the Wrestling Observer Radio that Vince McMahon tried another route to get the docuseries "killed," but obviously had no luck. The former WWE Champion allegedly wanted Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel to try and do the same.

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