Vince McMahon is not losing any time knocking Netflix’s quickly-to-be-launched docuseries, “Mr. McMahon” … with the previous WWE honcho blasting the venture simply days earlier than its anticipated launch.
The six-half doc debuts on the streaming big’s platform later this week — on September 25 — and though seventy nine-yr-previous McMahon admits he hasn’t but seen the collection, it is evident he is bracing for a present that paints him in lower than ultimate mild.
“I do not remorse collaborating on this Netflix documentary. The producers had a chance to inform an goal story about my life and the unimaginable enterprise I constructed, which have 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-digital camera. A number of different large wrestling stars additionally participated, together with Hulk Hogan, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and Paul “Triple H” Levesque, McMahon’s son-in-regulation.
“Sadly, based mostly on an early partial minimize 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 … “Lots has been misrepresented or omitted totally in an effort to go away viewers deliberately confused. The producers use typical modifying tips with out-of-context footage and dated soundbites and so forth. to distort the viewers’ notion and help a misleading narrative.”
“In an try and additional their deceptive account, the producers use a lawsuit based mostly on an affair I ended as proof that I’m, in reality, ‘Mr. McMahon.'”
The present will concentrate on 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 keep in mind that there are two sides to each story.”
