Vince McMahon is not losing any time knocking Netflix’s soon-to-be-released docuseries, “Mr. McMahon” … with the previous WWE honcho blasting the undertaking simply days earlier than its anticipated launch.
The six-part doc debuts on the streaming large’s platform later this week — on September 25 — and though 79-year-old McMahon admits he hasn’t but seen the collection, it is evident he is bracing for a present that paints him in lower than splendid gentle.
“I do not remorse collaborating on this Netflix documentary. The producers had a possibility to inform an goal story about my life and the unimaginable enterprise I constructed, which had been equally crammed with pleasure, drama, enjoyable, and a good quantity of controversy and life classes,” McMahon stated in a press release launched Monday afternoon.
FYI, Vince agreed to be a part of the collection, sitting down with producers on-camera. A number of different huge wrestling stars additionally participated, together with Hulk Hogan, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin, and Paul “Triple H” Levesque, McMahon’s son-in-law.
“Sadly, primarily based on an early partial reduce I’ve seen, this doc falls brief and takes the predictable path of conflating the ‘Mr. McMahon’ character with my true self, Vince. The title and promos alone make that evident.”
The WWE co-founder and longtime boss continued, saying … “Quite a bit has been misrepresented or not noted fully in an effort to go away viewers deliberately confused. The producers use typical enhancing tips with out-of-context footage and dated soundbites and so forth. to distort the viewers’ notion and assist a misleading narrative.”
“In an try and additional their deceptive account, the producers use a lawsuit primarily based on an affair I ended as proof that I’m, in truth, ‘Mr. McMahon.'”
The present will deal with McMahon’s life, his ascension as probably the most highly effective man in wrestling, and the controversy and lawsuits that finally led to his stepping away from WWE.
Vince ended his assertion with an ask of people that will watch the collection.
“I hope the viewer will hold an open thoughts and do not forget that there are two sides to each story.”