15 Things We Learned From Vince McMahon's Docuseries On Netflix
11. Some Episodes Try To Be Too Exhaustive
You've got to applaud what Netflix was trying to do across six epic episodes, but there's no denying their series loses some focus here or there. The spotlight should’ve been firmly trained on Vince’s personal life and his thoughts/behaviours, not an exhaustive look at every single WWF/WWE generation or what was going on in WCW or ECW.
Sure, McMahon was WWE for the longest time, but man - here’s a lot of stuff casual viewers just wouldn’t care about. The ‘Curtain Call’ is given far too much time, and there's a lot of general prattling about various angles/storylines. Some folks out there might disagree with that viewpoint, which is fair enough; this fan just can’t see it keeping non-wrestling hardcores who want more of a biography vibe glued to their screens.
At the same time, there’s a bizarre ignorance of select story beats. Steve Austin is depicted as someone who totally flopped in WCW, then went to ECW for a cup of coffee and magically turned into ’Stone Cold’ overnight in the WWF. That didn’t happen. If anything, Vince McMahon didn’t see much in him at all, and wouldn’t even let him cut promos initially.
Netflix wanted to drag this out into at least six episodes, clearly, but they get a little too deep in the weeds on occasion, and it was a strange decision to cut corners when bothering to bring some topics up at all.