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 superb gentle.
“I do not remorse taking part on this Netflix documentary. The producers had a chance to inform an goal story about my life and the unbelievable enterprise I constructed, which had been equally full of pleasure, drama, enjoyable, and a good quantity of controversy and life classes,” McMahon mentioned 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 large 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 quick and takes the predictable path of conflating the ‘Mr. McMahon’ character with my true self, Vine. The title and promos alone make that evident.”
The WWE co-founder an longtime boss continued, saying … “Loads has been misrepresented or not noted completely 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 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 give attention to McMahon’s life, his ascension as essentially the most highly effective man in wrestling, and the controversy and lawsuits that in the end 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 preserve an open thoughts and do not forget that there are two sides to each story.”
