Jim Ross gives his take on Netflix's 'Mr. McMahon' series.
On Wednesday, September 25, Netflix will release a new docuseries that will chronicle the rise and fall of Vince McMahon. The series is highly anticipated by fans, as it has been in the works for years at this point.
On the latest edition of Grilling JR (via AdFreeShows), Jim Ross gave his take on the upcoming series, stating that the quality of the product will depend on how much Vince is involved.
“It all depends on how much involvement, in a production sense, that Vince is going to have on the project. Look, he’s a controversial guy and this is a hell of a story. I can tell you, Bill Simmons is really talented. His 30 for 30s, all of the things he’s accomplished are significant. [Tiger King] made money and it worked. I’m anxious to see how much in depth on the production side, the storytelling side, the screenwriting side that Vince is going to have in this thing. He can make it or break it. There’s always a way at the end to make a guy hold to some degree, I expect that to happen here. But boy, what a hell of a story. I mean, if you’re a storyteller like Simmons and the other cat, you hit storytelling gold because you can’t write this stuff. It just doesn’t seem feasible, but it is, it’s real. How real it stays and how accurate the storytelling is will be everything about the success of this. Our beloved wrestling fans will know this story as well as the story tellers. I’m excited to see it, I’ll be sure as hell watching it. I’m intrigued by it. There was a point in time where I never thought it would occur, I never thought it would make air, but we were wrong on that one.”
Ross went on to state that he was not interviewed for the project.
“No [I wasn't interviewed for it]. Yeah, [I was also surprised by that] too. What are you afraid of? What’s the powers to be afraid of? Why wouldn’t you interview me?”
Ross continued on and talked about how he would have been happy to do an interview for the series if he was approached.
“No one closer to Vince than me at certain times of my tenure. Right hand man type material. I never got a call. Maybe they didn't feel like I was viable enough to follow up. I would have been happy to do an interview if I had been approached. But that didn’t occur, and I’m not sure why because I know every secret, every corner, the whole nine yards. My feelings aren’t hurt because I wasn’t involved in it, might be better that I wasn’t just because it would be easier to watch. A lot of us hate seeing ourselves on television.”
Ross finished off the topic by stating that he would have got Tony Khan's blessing to participate in the project.
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