In recent weeks, Vince McMahon has become the talk of the wrestling world again, making his shocking return to WWE after retiring amid scandal in July 2022.
McMahon not only returned to the WWE Board of Directors on January 6th but three days later he was unanimously elected the Executive Chairman after his daughter Stephanie stunningly resigned from the company.
In light of all the twists and turns in Vince McMahon’s life over the past year, it has been revealed that a long-mooted docuseries on the WWE Chairman is still being developed.
Vince McMahon Netflix docuseries still in development
The docuseries was originally announced late in December 2021, but disappeared from Netflix’s 2022 calendar soon after allegations of misconduct and hush money payments by McMahon came to light that July.
In August, Dave Meltzer reported that the project was still being developed but there has been little news on the series since then.
However, the Producer of the documentary, Bill Simmons, has now provided an update saying that it is still happening and “keeps evolving”.
Simmons was speaking on a recent episode of his podcast where he discussed the potential sale of WWE and McMahon’s possible mindset around coming back.
“Vince hasn’t really spoken publicly about all the allegation and the NDAs that he signed, and all that stuff, we haven’t heard him talk about it.
“He can say, ‘I took a break.’ We probably won’t (hear him talk about it). That’s why I feel like he’s coming back to sell it and then he’s out. He probably just wants to cash in.
“I think it really probably did bother him though that things were going so well without him. Think about that, he’s had this thing…I’m working on this massive docuseries right now about him, which is, obviously that keeps evolving.
“This guy has been doing this since 1976. This is his. This was a local promotion that he blew up into a whole thing. I think he honestly kind of lost it, that it was doing well without him. You have something for five decades and then, ‘Oh, it’s gonna fall apart now.’ No, actually, it’s not gonna fall apart. It’s doing better.”
H/T to Fightful for the above transcription.