# Mr. McMahon (2024)

> A six-episode Netflix docuseries tracing the record-breaking highs and scandal-ridden lows of WWE under Vince McMahon's leadership.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/177149

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 56 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Created by: Chris Smith
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Vince McMahon, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, Paul Levesque, Eric Bischoff, Bret Hart
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33301469/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Tone: sober, investigative, revealing, tense

## What critics say

Audiences rate the docuseries positively for its candid access to WWE's rise and the controversies of Vince McMahon's reign.

## Synopsis

Mr. McMahon (2024) is a Netflix American true events docuseries created by Chris Smith and produced by Ringer Films and Library Films. Across a single six-episode limited series, each runtime close to an hour, it examines the reign of Vince McMahon, the mogul who built World Wrestling Entertainment into a global sports entertainment empire. The engine of the series is the tension between extraordinary commercial success and the human cost of one man's control, told through archival footage and on-camera interviews with the people who lived it. Wrestling legends and insiders appear as themselves, including Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Shane McMahon and Cody Rhodes, each recounting the peaks of the promotion and the crushing lows that followed. Episodes move through business deals, stardom, backstage politics and allegations that eventually reshaped the company. The tone is sober and investigative, with a documentary realism that keeps the focus on accountability rather than spectacle. Fans of The Last Dance, Fyre and Drive to Survive will find resonance in its blend of insider testimony, corporate power and a charismatic figure's fall. Viewers drawn to pro wrestling history or true crime storytelling will find a tightly focused and revealing account.

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