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Netflix's Vince McMahon's much-awaited documentary series Mr. McMahon has finally been announced to be released on September 25, 2024. The series was announced back in October 2020, and finally, after four years, Chris Smith and Bill Simmons (known for Tiger King) are bringing it to light.
With a set of six one-hour episodes, the series will narrate the rise and fall of WWE's infamous founder and former CEO, Vince McMahon. It was in 2022 when Vince McMahon stepped down from WWE following s*xual misconduct allegations.
He joined the WWE board of directors in January 2023. WWE was bought by Endeavor in April 2023 and merged with UFC. But when a WWE former employee Janel Grant filed a case against Vince McMahon for s*x trafficking and assault, Vince McMahon had to resign in January 2024.
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Mr. McMahon chronicles the life of the man who took pro wrestling to an international level, creating World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Viewers will be able to see how it started, how McMahon reached the top, and later, his massive downfall, up to the point where he had to resign from the company that he had once created.
Docuseries on Vince McMahon will show the dark side of WWE
On Thursday, August 29, Netflix announced that the documentary series on the rise and fall of Vince McMahon, named Mr. McMahon, would be released on the streaming platform on September 25. In a conversation with Netflix, Chris Smith opened up about his reason behind making a docuseries about such a controversial figure. He said,
“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.”
Mr. McMahon, the six-hour documentary series, will take a deep dive into the life of Vince McMahon and the s*xual misconduct allegations against him. The allegations against the WWE co-founder go back to 1992, when a former referee, Rita Chatterton, accused him of r*ping her in 1986.
Fans of WWE have always been eager to know behind the scenes of the industry. Mr. McMahon will try to answer all the questions regarding McMahon's scandals in recent years. Over the four years of its production, the docuseries has collected over 200 hours of interviews with McMahon himself, his family members, his co-workers in the industry, some very famous names, and the journalists who had worked previously in uncovering McMahon's scandals.
What happened to Vince McMahon?
Vince Kennedy McMahon, after graduating from East Carolina University with a business degree back in 1968, began working as a commentator for the World Wrestling Federation, known to be WWF, which was owned by his father, Vincent J. McMahon. WWF was just a pro wrestling regional business that used to work as small divisional entities across the United States.
In 1982, Vince McMahon bought the company from his father and monopolized it as a single company. He took the regional business to a global level, making it a wrestling entertainment powerhouse. Its annual event, Wrestle Mania, which started in 1985, quickly gained international popularity and soon became one of the most successful wrestling events in the entire world.
During his time, he brought some wrestling legends to the industry, including Hulk Hogan, Big Scorr Hall, Mean Gene Okerlund, Rick Martel, and Kokina Maximus.
But McMahon soon began to face allegations on r*pe and s*x trafficking. He was also accused of paying hush money to former WWE employees. He faced harsh criticism from the media and public, which led to his final regulation from WWE.
As per a NBC News article dated April 17, 2024, Mark Shapiro, the president and chief operating officer of TKO Group Holdings, said that McMahon “doesn’t work for the company, doesn’t come into the office, and he’s not coming back to the company.”
McMahon is reportedly trying to maintain a normal life amidst all the investigations into the allegations against him. He has taken a retreat from the industry.
Mr. McMahon will premiere on September 25, 2024.
