10 Best WWE Documentaries
History may be written by the winners, but that doesn’t discount it entirely.
The WWE Network is a goldmine of wrestling goodies. Besides episodes of RAW, SmackDown, and NXT, it also has an extensive catalogue of wrestling from the past sixty years. Featuring historic matchups from different incarnations of the worldwide leader of Sports Entertainment, to important marquee events from the territory years of wrasslin', the WWE Network has you covered. But what if even that isn't enough?
While the library is regularly updated with matches from the vault, its collections of documentaries provide hours of worthwhile retrospectives and history. From weekly episodic dinner discussions in Table for Three, to classic features from wrestling's bygone era, there is so much non-wrestling match content in the network, you could watch countless hours of content, and never even see a pinfall.
Due to their tendency to gloss over information, many WWE features are to be taken with a grain of salt. However, this doesn’t mean that they’re not worthwhile. Many of their documentaries serve as a great starting place for voracious fans with an insatiable thirst for pro wrestling knowledge.
From superstar tributes to declining companies, these documentaries are worth a great place to start.
10. Steve Austin: Bottom Line
In one of the longest documentaries WWE has produced, this near-three-hour feature, highlighting the career of The Texas Rattlesnake, really delivers.
Starting from his childhood and quickly focusing on Austin’s in-ring career, this documentary covers the monumental rise of the biggest superstar to ever lace up a pair of boots.
Particular focus is placed on Austin’s legendary proto-Stone Cold promos from his brief stint in ECW, and the anecdotes shared from the man himself, and the best speaker in the business, Paul Heyman, helps capture this turning point.
While it glosses over the motivations behind Austin’s WWE walkout from 2002 - with The Rattlesnake unjustifiably taking full responsibility for the decision - the documentary is still remarkably in-depth and acceptably factual.
Despite it being almost ten years old, Bottom Line remains one of the best documentaries ever produced by WWE.