Former WWE star makes surprising revelation about Vince McMahon's Netflix docuseries: "I was not prepared to go"
Netflix released the long-awaited docuseries about former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon last week. The series seems to have been a hit, and a former company employee recently made a surprising revelation about his participation in it.
Jonathan Coachman remained an integral part of WWE for several years. During that time, he worked as an interviewer, commentator, and assistant to Vince McMahon.
Ahead of the docuseries, Jim Ross confirmed that he wouldn’t be part of the production as he was not approached for it despite his long tenure with WWE. Meanwhile, Coachman made a surprising revelation that he turned down Netflix's offer.
Speaking on the Behind The Turnbuckle Podcast, Coachman stated that he felt the docuseries would be a big hit. He thought he was unprepared for it and didn’t care about his involvement.
"People need to understand, I got called for this doc, and at the time, I was not prepared to go into a doc that I felt was going to be a hit piece. In hindsight, would I have liked to have been in it? I mean, it doesn’t matter to me one way or the other," Coach said. [H/T WrestlingNews.Co]
The docuseries has become a hit in the wrestling industry. It has shared many unknown tales related to WWE and Vince McMahon with fans.
The former WWE employee revealed why Vince McMahon’s docuseries on Netflix is controversial
The Coach revealed a few revelations during his Behind The Turnbuckle Podcast talk. One of the major statements he made was regarding TKO’s willingness to bury Mr. McMahon’s name through Netflix.
Jonathan Coachman said the new parent company wanted to distance itself from Vince McMahon. Therefore, they want his name gone before the Netflix premiere of RAW.
"If you're TKO, and you're the company that owns the WWE now, you wanna get as far away from Vince as you humanly possibly can. So, Tommy, if they're gonna start in January, I promise you there have been meetings behind closed doors with Netflix executives, and they say, 'Make this as bad as possible. Make this as bad as possible!''' he said.
Due to the lawsuits and grave allegations, the company might erase Mr. McMahon from history. This could help the company get a clear start, especially once RAW moves to the Netflix platform.