Vince McMahon Vice Documentary Slammed as Disappointing by Wrestling Fans

By Brian Jones

Vince McMahon may have stepped down from WWE, but the former chairman continues to say in the spotlight. This week, Vice TV aired the documentary called The 9 Lives of Vince McMahon, and according to Showbuzz Daily, 95,000 viewers watched the premiere. And once the documentary aired, fans went to social media to complain that it didn't show anything new, which is surprising considering everything that has happened two McMahon this year. 

"Despite lawsuits, allegations, scandal and controversy, Vince McMahon has dominated the world of wrestling for over 40 years, turning it into a multi-billion-dollar global empire," the official synopsis states, per Yahoo. One of the things that hurt the documentary is several professional wrestling figures declined interviews. According to the Wrestling Observer, people were asked that didn't participate included Chris Jericho, Jim Cornette, Eric Bischoff, Bryan Danielson, C.M Punk, Mick Foley, Jim Ross and Ted Mann of Wall Street Journal among others.

The Vice TV documentary of McMahon won't be the only one. HBO Real Sports is working on a McMahon story, and Netflix is moving forward on a documentary after it was canceled due to McMahon's scandal in WWE over the summer. Here's a look at fans reacting to The 9 Lives of Vince McMahon. 

Thoughts

One person responded: "If you've watched Dark Side of the Ring already I'd tell you not to waste your time. 95% of it is recycled footage. Wish I wouldn't have wasted my time."

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The Twitter user added: "The whole narrative of "Vince is a mastermind who was pinned so many times and kicked out every time" is just as much pro-Vince propaganda as anything WWE sells itself."

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Disappointed

One fan replied: Lol what did u expect? Did u see who they interviewed for it, a bunch of dirtsheet writers. They moved the show multiple times and hardly promoted it."

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Weak

One fan said: "They had a slam dunk lined up for them and they smacked their head against the rim. Pointless s—."

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Waste

One person tweeted: "If you've always wanted to see a Dark Side of the Ring clip show and have an overwhelming desire to revisit the history of the first WrestleMania — yet again — you'll love the Vice Vince McMahon documentary."

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Not Much Added

One Twitter user said: "This Vince McMahon documentary is just Dark Side Of The Ring in a nice little two-hour block to smear Vince. I can't complain."

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Lame

And this fan wrote: "Saw it before it aired. It was basically just a complication of previous interviews. Too much Russo. I'm over generalizing I'm sure but a few minutes in I was mentally checked out, it didn't live up to the hype."

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