Update On Vince McMahon Netflix Docuseries

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An update has been provided on the upcoming Vince McMahon Netflix docuseries.

The past seven months has been a whirlwind of changes within the WWE management team following the investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Vince McMahon.

Before all of this and the more recent actions of McMahon, it was announced by Stephanie McMahon in 2021 that Netflix was developing a Vince McMahon multi-part documentary that was scheduled to be released in 2022.

During a Friday segment with Ariel Helwani, podcaster and The Ringer founder Bill Simmons confirmed that the previously planned docuseries is still moving forward on Netflix. Simmons, who is an executive producer on the project along with WWE, said:

“I’m working on this massive docuseries right now about him, which is, obviously, that keeps evolving…”

This news follows a report from July which stated that the project was being shelved following the sexual misconduct allegations against Vince McMahon.

However, a month later, Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer revealed the series was revived with director and executive producer Chris Smith remaining on board.

On January 6, using his power as majority owner, Vince McMahon put himself and former WWE presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson back on the company’s Board of Directors, disposing of JoEllen Lyons Dillon, Jeffrey R Speed, and Alan M Wexler in the process.

McMahon had stated that his intention was to facilitate a sale of the company.

He changed bylaws to ensure that no sale or media rights deal could be completed without his approval.

Upon McMahon’s return, two further Board members resigned of their own volition, those being Man Jit Singh – who was the one heading up the Board’s investigation into McMahon – and Ignace Lahoud.

Stephanie McMahon then resigned from her role as co-CEO and Chairwoman and her position on the Board on January 10, as Vince McMahon was elected Executive Chairman.

There has been much speculation that Vince McMahon was looking to sell to a party that would commit to keeping him in charge of the company despite the multiple sexual assault allegations that have surfaced in the past year that led to his initial ‘retirement’ in July.

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