After decades of being in charge of just about everything he’s been involved in, things are suddenly a little different now for Vince McMahon. Earlier this month, it became clear that he was no longer pulling the strings from afar for WWE creative, with subsequent reports suggesting that it was his new corporate boss at Endeavor who authorized that change.
McMahon is also the subject of a documentary series that will air on Netflix, with The Ringer’s Bill Simmons serving as executive producer. As it turns out, he’ll have to accept the fact that he won’t have the last word on how he’s portrayed in it either.
Speaking at Bloomberg’s Screentime event in Los Angeles, Simmons said the docuseries, which was originally announced three years ago, is still in the works. And while McMahon will get to see some of it prior to airing, he won’t be able to shape the final cut (h/t Fightful for the transcription).
Not the giving notes on the final cut part. He gets to look at clips.
Simmons added that he believes the series “has the chance to be really great” and one of the best projects with which he’s been involved. That’s potentially high praise, as Simmons has helped shepherd a number of highly acclaimed sports documentaries as co-founder of the “30 for 30” series during his time with ESPN.
So far, the Netflix project does not have an announced release date. This also won’t be the first documentary centered on McMahon, as VICE TV aired its special, “The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon,” last December.
The expectation, however, is that the Netflix series will dive even deeper into the background, career and controversies that have come to define McMahon. Like other aspects of his life right now, it appears he’ll just have to accept that other people will be calling the shots.
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