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Netflix to Showcase Groundbreaking Vince McMahon Documentary

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Candace Cordelia
October 30, 2020

Netflix is digging deeper into the wrestling business.

According to Bleacher Report, WWE CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon will be the subject of a forthcoming multi-part documentary to air on the popular streaming platform. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter tweeted on Thursday that the film will be “one of the highest budgeted Netflix docs in history.”

WWE & Bill Simmons producing a multi-part Netflix documentary on Vince McMahon, will be one of the highest budgeted Netflix docs in history.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) October 29, 2020

TalkSPORTS’ Alex Carthy confirmed via Twitter that The Ringer founder and ESPN’s 30 for 30 co-creator Bill Simmons is set to produce the Vince McMahon documentary. Fightful reports that Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened director Chris Smith will direct the film.

Nick Khan says there will be a multi-part Netflix documentary on Vince McMahon! Bill Simmons to be an executive producer.
HOLY HELL THAT'S EXCITING TO ME. That's huge.
— Alex McCarthy (@AlexM_talkSPORT) October 29, 2020

The release date for Netflix’s untitled Vince McMahon project is currently unknown.

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Candace Cordelia

Candace Cordelia has been an on-camera interviewer and writer for In The Zone since the Summer of 2020. Candace's journalism experience includes writing for the New York Daily News and ABC Radio, where she also conducted celebrity interviews and audio production/editing for ABC Radio's national radio affiliates across the country. Her on-camera experience involves working as a backstage/in-ring interviewer with a number of independent wrestling promotions and as an actress. Candace is dedicated to bringing combat sports and eSports news to the In The Zone universe.