There has been an update on the release of the much-anticipated Netflix documentary series on WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon.
The project, which looks to chronicle McMahon’s entire life, has been in the works for over three years and was originally slated to release in 2022.
However, the entire project’s future was suddenly thrown into doubt following the sexual misconduct investigation into McMahon; which led to his brief retirement from WWE in July that year.
Despite that the project was confirmed to still be in production in January 2023, with the latest update coming in October by way of The Ringer’s Bill Simmons in which he detailed what McMahon’s involvement in the project looked like.
Now, two weeks into 2024 we have another update; one that seemingly spells the end of the long road to release for the series, with Dave Meltzer revealing on Wrestling Obersver Radio that it may be available for us all to watch “soon”.
Meltzer said:
“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.
“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.”
Meltzer then went into detail regarding how the events surrounding McMahon over the past 18 months have impacted the series itself:
“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 kind of had to redo everything or refocus on all kinds of new stuff.”
Make sure to stay tuned to JJA Sport Studio for any updates on the exact date of release for the documentary series as and when they’re available.
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