‘Mr. McMahon’ Producer Says Vince McMahon Isn’t A Reliable Narrator

The Mr. McMahon Netflix docuseries had a lot of fans wondering what would be revealed. In the end, those fans who already knew the McMahon story may have been left feeling a bit underwhelmed, but the fact is that Vince McMahon isn’t that reliable of a narrator when talking about his own life. After all, McMahon needed to be reminded about many things that happened during his own life.

The six-part docuseries covered the career of the former owner and chairman of WWE. The series included interviews with Vince McMahon, where he discussed various topics up until 2022. He also had lapses in his memory, like pertaining to Sable’s lawsuit against his company. He also asserted that nobody can understand his thought process.

In a recent interview with Kevin Iole, Mr. McMahon producer Matt Maxson reflected on his experience working with Vince. He noted that McMahon seemed to be more willing to share when the filmmakers displayed enthusiasm. He also remarked on McMahon’s nature as an unreliable narrator, which added depth to the project.

“I also think, you know, Chris Smith, who is the director of the series, has no background in professional wrestling. You know, we would always kind of bring to him, it was David Shoemaker, who was one of our consulting producers from The Ringer. I grew up in the 90s in wrestling, so I have the institutional knowledge of these type of things. But also, one of my other colleagues, Eric Malloy, didn’t have that type of knowledge. So we would all kind of be this brain trust filtering through Chris and be like, hey, this is what matters.”

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“This is it. But Chris had this beautiful thing of letting a silence be awkward. Sometimes as a reporter or as a producer, you want to fill the thing or you want to walk your interview subject into the next thing and he would say something and he would just let him sit in it. Sometimes the longer he sat in it, he realized how uncomfortable it could be. Or he’d just be like a quick follow up. Like, what do you mean? So many of those things made it into the series that you can see that it’s not just necessarily passion. It’s asking things he’s never heard before. It’s, you know, taking a look at things or being introspective.”

“There’s a moment in the series that I don’t think anybody else has caught on to as much as, you know, things have kind of got like Phil Mushnick ‘because he’s a dirtbag’ or things like that. Nice to be able to do it. But there’s a moment where he says, you know, there are times where I, you know, what I say isn’t necessarily what I mean. That was just such a fulfilling thing. He’s like, I’m the chairman of the board. I’m not going to tell you the truth.”

“We even set that up at the very beginning. He’s not a reliable narrator. But, you know, Chris did many subtle ways of getting that out that I just think was just such an art form and really was able to allow us to show him in a much different way.”

Netflix has a lot of pro wrestling fans binge-watching the Mr. McMahon docuseries, and they learned a lot in the process. That being said, Vince McMahon’s interview may not provide the tell-all story that some were hoping for due to his selective memory.

Fans did hear Vince’s hot take on The Undertaker’s WrestleMania XXX concussion. He addressed the Chris Benoit tragedy. There was also a new allegation laid down on Pat Patterson from Tony Atlas.

Fans who haven’t been able to watch the Mr. McMahon docuseries can check it out on the streaming site. Netflix also makes it very easy to sign up and subscribe for their service, one that will host WWE RAW every week starting in January 2025.

We will keep an eye on this story for more Vince McMahon tidbits. Our official Vince McMahon news hub exploded after the Mr. McMahon special dropped.

What’s your take on the Vince McMahon docuseries? Do you believe it is the best story ever produced about WWE history? Let us know what you think in the comments section!