The WWE has been through some serious highs and lows, breaking records but then having endless amount of controvesery. Really thriving and growing over the decades Mr. McMahon is a look at the leadership of Vince McMahon and how others have found working with him over the years.
Number of Episodes – 6
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Mr. McMahon spans over six episodes, each focusing on a different era within the WWE. They filmed 100s of hours of interviews for the documentary, which was completed before the different accusations and stories came out against Vince leading to him stepping back from his role with WWE and the business empire overall.
The flow of each episode moves at a good pace and quite frankly at times I couldn’t even believe what Vince McMahon was actually coming out with and being serious about. It took a little while to get used to how his face now looks, sorry I have to go there as I was a big wrestling fan in the late 90s and early 00s which mainly included that crazy Attitude era. I was certainly looking forward to that episode, but I also enjoyed seeing how things had changed and progressed over the years.
Hulk Hogan was probably one of the biggest names from wrestling to make that leap into more mainstream entertainment, and quite frankly a sign of what would come further down the line for other wrestlers. That change from being wrestlers to superstars and then from the wrestling to the entertainment factored into it all. Creating that brand and eventually leading over WCW. I didn’t know a whole lot about that Monday night battle, as in the UK Monday Night Raw was actually screened on a Friday at one point!
Anyway, those blurred lines between reality and storylines within the show was another interesting aspect to see unfold. The way Vince (and the team) would write and play on a real life story into the actual plot. The main one that stuck in my mind was the Sable accusations, but then that she went back to work for them so they put in a sexual relationship with Vince, like what?!?! The treatment and sexualisation of the female wrestlers as Diva’s during that era and the nudity factors was something that we certainly would not want to see today. In all honesty that part had me questioning why I had even watched it, but I had Chyna who beat up the men to focus on and enjoy watching I guess.
Everything surrounding the wrestling had issues and moments that you cannot still believe are true. The use of steroids and other drugs within the training has always been a big talking point, then going alongside the number who have died before reaching 40 years old. The death of Owen Hart in the ring, that decision to continue the show knowing he had died, was certainly a bizarre one!
Two days before the release on Netfix, Vince McMahon released a statement on social media calling the documentary deceptive and misleading, claiming that two sides to every story despite his involvement in the project. Which you can understand, in terms of cutting and editing were certain parts taken out of context? Possibly. But he does at one point when talking about a rape accusation that it would have passed the statute of limitation anyway, when just before that he said it was all consensual. That part really did stick in my mind.
As well as Vince and his claims that Mr. McMahon was just a character and he was very different in real life was not agreed with by many of the people also talking about his life and legacy. Hulk Hogan who you would have thought would have laid into Vince more, actually didn’t. You then had The Rock and John Cena both being very positive about his impact on their careers and lives. It came across that the relationship with his son Shane had always been rather strained and Stephanie didn’t really say anything against her father. Steve Austin was another that came across in a totally different way to how I expected.
It was a good and quick watch over 6 episodes and something that I really did enjoy and considering over 200 hours was completed, will we ever see anymore? As let’s face it I would watch it!
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