Anyone who was into wrestling in the 80s and 90s will probably find this series immensely entertaining. I'm 3 episodes in and not only is it like reliving my childhood but paints a picture of what a business genius VM was in addition to a colossal asshole.
Highly recommend.
It is a deep look at a very complicated and delusional man and it focuses on ALL aspects of his life.. I actually think he used the MR. McMahon persona to tell the "truths" of his real life. Dude has issues.
Channel 5 had wrestling on Tuesday night from Sunnyside Gardens, Thursday Night from Washington DC, and Saturday night from New Haven.
Channel 9 I think had it from the Boston Garden.
And, Channel 13 had wrestling from Chicago.
I don't know if it was live or on tape.
A parent took a couple of us to an arena in Norwalk where we saw the Scuffling Hillbillies, midgets, women, and the headliner was Killer Kowalski who beat Tony Altimore from Stamford.
I ended up wrestling on my high school team and also in the Marines. I was 2nd string in high school as we had great team. But I did pin the captain of a team from a nearby high school and wrestled in the county tournament. I also became the base champion in my weight class as a Marine at the Subic Bay Naval base in 1968.
I never understood why freestyle wrestling never became a true professional sport.
Both, although it wasn’t supposed to. It was filmed in 2021 and then the allegations came out so they pivoted and added that onto it. Vince McMahon released a statement on it ahead of this launching on Netflix last week.
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or does it touch on the recent revelations/allegations?
It is a deep look at a very complicated and delusional man and it focuses on ALL aspects of his life.. I actually think he used the MR. McMahon persona to tell the "truths" of his real life. Dude has issues.
The pint of it is to show that Vince McMahon jr is one and the same as his character Mr McMahon. Probably why he tried buying it from Netflix so it never aired
My take away his ego is a bad thing. His plastic surgery is just as historically awful Embarrassingly bad
Back in the day, I went to a few live events, just to see a few of the legends. Talking to those fans, down on the floor, a few rows from the ring, much more than 50% believed everything about wrestling was "real".
Vince had nothing to do with that deal
I had a similar impression. Starts good but it moves very quickly at some points, and I think loses steam in the last few episodes.
I think they could have focused a lot more on individual stories. The series could have easily been 12 episodes or more. For instance, they glossed over Ventura attempting to start a union under Vince's nose. Right when it was getting interesting the story was over lol.
Pritchard felt it was a hit piece on Vince and he says so in the doc. I kind of wish they were able to dive more into his "genius" and how he built the empire. For those who appreciate wrestling and also business in general those aspects are super interesting. Maybe that's not as casual mainstream though for Netflix's audience.
My take away his ego is a bad thing. His plastic surgery is just as historically awful Embarrassingly bad
The facial surgery and painted eyebrows is all time horrible...
I saw him and Last reviewed every episode - what did they say?
I watched every episode - nothing really earth shattering…
The Shane stuff was interesting though
Channel 13 was/is PBS. :-)
If you want real stories about the wrestling world, watch Dark Side of the Ring.
Channel 5 had wrestling on Tuesday night from Sunnyside Gardens, Thursday Night from Washington DC, and Saturday night from New Haven.
Channel 9 I think had it from the Boston Garden.
And, Channel 13 had wrestling from Chicago.
I don't know if it was live or on tape.
A parent took a couple of us to an arena in Norwalk where we saw the Scuffling Hillbillies, midgets, women, and the headliner was Killer Kowalski who beat Tony Altimore from Stamford.
I ended up wrestling on my high school team and also in the Marines. I was 2nd string in high school as we had great team. But I did pin the captain of a team from a nearby high school and wrestled in the county tournament. I also became the base champion in my weight class as a Marine at the Subic Bay Naval base in 1968.
I never understood why freestyle wrestling never became a true professional sport.
I remember hearing about a story when NWA-WCW held an event at the New Haven Coliseum and when Vince found out - he didn’t bring the WWF back to New Haven for a while.. the New Haven Coliseum was considered to be the home of the WWF at the time too
They do acknowledge all of it was filmed prior to any of the new allegations. That said, it’s definitely not as transparent as other docs and, is mostly focused on how great Vince was.
I never understood why freestyle wrestling never became a true professional sport.
They tried with Real Pro Wrestling. It didn't last. Daniel Cormier and King Mo were two of the champions that went on to MMA success.
The fans knew that it was business and a show 100 years ago. There would be occasional thoughts that the championship match might be legitimate. Bruno was probably the last time of that.
I hate Vince for killing off all of the other promotions. What he did would be like the Cowboys took over football and toured like the Harlem Globetrotters while the Giants and all of the other teams went out of business.
Real Pro Wrestling - ( New Window )
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I saw him and Last reviewed every episode - what did they say?
I watched every episode - nothing really earth shattering…
The Shane stuff was interesting though
Nothing groundbreaking. I don't have Netflix so I didn't get a chance to watch the documentary. It's just Cornette breaking down his experience with Vince, Shane, Linda, etc. And Last is surprisingly very knowledgeable on wrestling history.
I had no clue about the McMahon kids and their roles and all the lewdness and pushing the lines wrestling became. I can't believe they got away with that stuff. A far cry from the PG WWF wrestling I grew up with. But I wish I had followed more as the storylines blurring reality and fiction seemed very interesting.
Anyway great series, filled in a lot of gaps for me and made me respect the performers even more for what they put themselves through. Yeah it was "fake" but taking chairs off the head, or being piledriven into concrete, or jumping off a 20 ft cage and landing on a gate still had to hurt like a mofo
I had no clue about the McMahon kids and their roles and all the lewdness and pushing the lines wrestling became. I can't believe they got away with that stuff. A far cry from the PG WWF wrestling I grew up with. But I wish I had followed more as the storylines blurring reality and fiction seemed very interesting.
Anyway great series, filled in a lot of gaps for me and made me respect the performers even more for what they put themselves through. Yeah it was "fake" but taking chairs off the head, or being piledriven into concrete, or jumping off a 20 ft cage and landing on a gate still had to hurt like a mofo
I got back into it a few years ago.. and whenever someone makes a snide remark - I compare it to them watching their favorite tv show. Recently.. especially the recent PPV over the weekend - it has been very good