Netflix’s Mr. McMahon

Directed by Chris Smith

Executive Produced by Bill Simmons

Associate Producer: Dana Brandes-Simon

THE NEW YORKER | THE RISE AND FALL OF VINCE MCMAHON

The Netflix docuseries MR. MCMAHON explores the sordid history of the W.W.E. and the man who made it what it is.

“I thought about Donald Trump far more than I would have liked while watching “Mr. McMahon.” The association is obvious: Trump, like McMahon, is obsessed with generating attention-grabbing “heat,” has a habit of dismissively denying lawsuits—especially the sort that allege sexual assault—and continues to erect money and its pursuit as a kind of gilded god. As the series reminds us, Trump has also appeared on W.W.E. broadcasts, playing an even more brightly caricatured version of himself, a rich-asshole foil to the ultimate rich asshole, Mr. McMahon—Vince McMahon’s long-running character, perhaps the most well-developed “heel” (wrestling-speak for “villain”) in history.” - By Vinson Cunninham, The New Yorker

THE GUARDIAN | Mr McMahon review – this wrestling tale has more political intrigue than the House of Commons

“There are remarkable details aplenty in this glitzy docuseries about scandal-hit wrestling entrepreneur Vince McMahon – shame it’s hard to tell truth from fiction.”