Netflix’sMr. McMahoncovers 40+ years of Vince McMahon’s control of World Wrestling Entertainment, but the 6-hour docuseries glosses over some details and leaves key people and events out of WWE’s story. In 2024,Vince McMahon stepped down as the Chairman of WWEin the wake of the federal investigation into charges of sexual abuse and trafficking of female WWE employees. McMahon and several WWE stars participated in theMr. McMahondocumentary, but Vince did not complete his interviews after charges were filed against him.
Mr. McMahondepicts the rise of Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s, the steroid scandals of the 1990s, and the resurgence of the renamedWorld Wrestling Entertainmentin its various eras, leading up to today.Mr. McMahoncovers multiple WWE storylines in-ring and behind the scenes, from Hulk Hogan’s Hulkamania in the ’80s, to the Attitude Era led by Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, to John Cena’s Ruthless Aggression era, into the current WWE now overseen creatively by Vince’s son-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. Yetsome people and parts ofMr. McMahon’s story are missing or incomplete, and here are 13 of the biggest omissions.
This article contains discussions about adult sexual harassment and abuse, and human trafficking.
13Who Coined The Name WrestleMania?
Howard “The Fink” Finkel is missing from Mr. McMahon
Vince McMahon takes credit for the creation of WrestleMania, and, indeed, it was Vince’s vision to create an annual mega-event for WWE. WrestleMania is the biggest event on the WWE calendar and in pro wrestling annually. However,the name ‘WrestleMania’ didn’t come from Vince. It was coined by Howard Finkel, who is not properly credited or spotlighted inMr. McMahon.
Mr. McMahon Review: WWE’s Vince McMahon Piledrives Himself But Shocking Series Needed To Go Further
Netflix’s Vince McMahon series is surprisingly candid, but fails to really pull back the curtain on the man, or challenge him or his world enough.
Howard Finkel was the WWF’s first employee, and he was the promotion’s ring announcer in the 1980s. Also known as “The Fink,” Howard was a beloved WWE personality and a storehouse of knowledge and trivia about Vince McMahon’s promotion. Howard Finkel passed away in April 2020, butWrestleMania might have had a different monikerwere it not for The Fink’s brilliant invention.
12WWF On TBS
“Black Saturday”
Mr. McMahondelves into the rivalry between WWE and its main competitor in the 1990s, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which was owned by Ted Turner. However,Mr. McMahondoesn’t talk about howMcMahon vs. Turner started a decade prior. In July 1984, during Vince’s early expansion into other pro-wrestling territories, McMahon took over the Saturday night time slot on Turner’s WTBS cable network that belonged to the popular Georgia Championship Wrestling.
The WWF’s takeover of GCW’s time slot became known as “Black Saturday.“WWF’s show on WTBS was disastrous in the ratings, and fans flooded Turner’s offices with letters of complaint. Finally, Jim Crockett Promotions bought out Vince’s WTBS show for $1-million. Crockett’s promotion would eventually become World Championship Wrestling, McMahon’s chief rival.
11Randy Savage
The Macho Man was glossed over
Randy “Macho Man” Savage and his importance to the WWF was skipped byMr. McMahon.The colorful and charismatic Savage was an immensely popular star, and theMacho Man was Vince McMahon’s first successor to Hulk Hogan as WWF Championin the late 1980s. Eventually, McMahon went back to Hogan as his top star, and Macho Man became a color commentator beforeSavage left WWEand joined Hogan in WCW in 1994.
Randy Savage’s ex-wife and manager, Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Hulette), died of a drug overdose in 2003.
A long-standing urban legend suggests that Randy Savage had relations with an underaged Stephanie McMahon, which led to Savage being blackballed by WWE for years. Savage died in 2011, and the truth of that rumor may never be known.The Macho Man never returned to WWEafter exiting in 1994, but Savage was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.
10Ric Flair
“The Nature Boy” was a blip in Mr. McMahon
Ric Flair appears inMr. McMahonin the context of Hulk Hogan’s jump to WCW in 1994, but Netflix’s docuseries doesn’t addressFlair’s own stature and importance to WWE. “The Nature Boy” is a 16-time World Champion and a two-time WWE Champion. The standard-bearer of WCW jumped to the WWF in 1992 before returning to WCW in 1994.
Ric Flair’s The Iron Claw Role & Who Plays Him Explained
Ric Flair, a wrestler, is one of the characters portrayed in The Iron Claw. Why is Flair in the film, and what is his history with the Von Erichs?
After WWE purchased WCW in 2001, Ric Flair returned in 2002 as the on-camera co-owner of Monday Night RAW. Flair then resumed his wrestling career as part of the Evolution faction with Triple H, Batista, and Randy Orton. Flair retired in 2008 following a classic WrestleMania match with Shawn Michaels. Flair has a unique perspective on Vince McMahon, but"The Nature Boy” wasn’t interviewed forMr. McMahon.
9What Was Left Out Of Bret Hart & The Montreal Screwjob
There’s more to “The Hitman’s” side of the story
Mr. McMahondelves into the infamous"Montreal Screwjob,“the most infamous event in pro wrestling history. Netflix’s docuseries explains that Bret Hart received a 20-year contract from Vince McMahon to remain in WWE, but jumped to WCW and refused to lose the WWE Title at Survivor Series 1997 toShawn Michaels, who Hart legitimately despisedat the time.
Bret Hart tells his side of the “Montreal Screwjob” in his autobiography,Hitman, and the behind-the-scenes events of Survivor Series 1997 are also chronicled in the documentaryWrestling with Shadows.
However,Bret’s contract gave him"reasonable creative control,“and Hart was willing to lose the title, just not to Shawn Michaels in Montreal. Vince decided to go with the"screwjob"and take the title from Bret in the ring at Survivor Series. Bret also did not want to leave WWE, but Vince told him he could not honor his 20-year contract and to seek more money in WCW.
82001’s Failed WCW/ECW InVasion
One of Vince McMahon and WWE’s biggest blunders
Mr. McMahonshows how Vince and theWWE purchased WCW in March 2001but glosses over perhaps thebiggest promotional blunder ever by WWE. After buying WCW, Vince’s original plan was to put WWE vs WCW as competing brands. However, WWE’s purchase didn’t include WCW’s biggest stars like Hulk Hogan, Sting, Goldberg, and the nWo. After a failed attempt to relaunch WCW, WWE instead did the “InVasion” storyline where WCW and ECW stars tried to ‘take over’ WWE.
Without WCW’s biggest names,the InVasion was a flopmade worse by Shane and Stephanie McMahon becoming the leaders of the WCW/ECW Alliance. Also dooming the InVasion was Vince deciding that under no circumstances would WWE superstars look weak compared to WCW and ECW’s wrestlers. What could have been a storyline WWE milked for years and grossed millions of dollars fizzled out by Survivor Series 2001.
![nWo in WWE]](https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/nwo-in-wwe.jpg?q=70&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=1)
7nWo in WWE
The New World Order failed in WWE
The New World Order (nWo) storyline was the hottest act in pro wrestling in 1996 and 1997, leading WCW to demolish WWE in the ratings for 83 straight weeks. When Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall’s WCW contracts expired,Vince McMahon brought the nWo into WWE in 2002. However, the mighty nWo was no longer cool in 2002; Scott Hall was soon fired, and the nWo was watered down with the additions of Shawn Michaels and Booker T before being disbanded.
In storyline, Mr. McMahon had gone insane and decided to “kill” WWE with the “lethal poison” of the nWo.
Mr. McMahondoes cover thebiggest benefit of bringing the nWo into WWE: bookingThe Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania18. Hogan and Rock’s “Icon vs Icon” match exceeded expectations and made the Hulkster popular once more. Hogan got another run with the WWE Championship and faced Mr. McMahon in a match at WrestleMania the following year.
6Eddie Guerrero & Chyna’s Deaths
Eddie and Chyna were beloved stars and a popular on-screen WWE couple
Mr. McMahonspotlights wrestlers who died while performing for WWE like Owen Hart and Chris Benoit, but two more big names fleetingly mentioned are Eddie Guerrero and Chyna (Joanie Laurer). Known as “Latino Heat,” Eddie Guerrero was a former WWE Champion who was beloved as one of the greatest and most influential Mexican-American wrestlers. The muscular Chyna was billed as “The 9th Wonder of the World,” was the first woman to win the WWE Intercontinental Title, and was one of the most popular women of the Attitude Era.
Rhea Ripley’s “Mami” gimmick in WWE today is a rehash of Chyna’s from 2000-2001.
Eddie Guerrero and Chyna were paired together as an on-screen couple, andChyna as Eddie’s “Mami” proved incredibly popular.However, Chyna left WWE in 2001, and Eddie continued his career until his death from heart failure in 2005. Chyna’s life spiraled after stints in reality TV and making an adult film, and Joanie Lauerer died of an overdose in 2016. But in their heyday, Eddie and Chyna were two of the biggest stars in WWE, and both were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
5Vince McMahon’s Kiss My Ass Club
“A very special club”
Mr. McMahonoccasionally showed wrestlers with their lips forced into Vince’s bare bottom without context. This was theVince McMahon Kiss My Ass Club. Following Survivor Series 2001, Mr. McMahon decided to begin humiliating wrestlers and employees who displeased him by dropping trou and forcing them to literally kiss his naked posterior in the ring.
Members Mr. McMahon made to join his"very special club"include William Regal, Jim Ross, Shawn Michaels, Shane McMahon, Mick Foley, and Hornswoggle. However, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Trish Stratus, Eric Bischoff, and Marty Janetty managed to avoid their induction into Mr. McMahon’s club. Vince mercifully retired the Kiss My Ass Club by 2009.
4Ultimate Warrior’s Death
Warrior suddenly passed away in 2014
The Ultimate Warrior is mentioned inMr. McMahonas a failed attempt to replace Hulk Hogan as WWE’s top star.Warrior’s WWE legacy is more complicatedthan that. Jim Hellwig, who legally changed his name to Warrior, walked out of WWE in 1992, made a brief and unsuccessful return in 1996, followed that with a failed stint in WCW in 1998, before making a final surprise return for his WWE Hall of Fame induction in 2014.
Warrior was a controversial figure during his lifetime who filed many lawsuits against Vince McMahon and WWE.
On Jul 10, 2025, Warrior appeared on Monday Night RAW following his Hall of Fame induction and WrestleMania appearance the weekend before.Warrior suddenly died next day, August 10, 2025, of a heart attack. Warrior’s widow, Dana Warrior, continued working with WWE, establishing the Warrior Award given out at WWE’s Hall of Fame ceremonies.
