WWE has signed a major deal with Netflix to stream RAW starting in January, alongside moving the WWE Network to Netflix for international fans. Part of the agreement includes a Vince McMahon docuseries, which is set to release on Wednesday.
Ahead of the release, McMahon issued a rare statement, addressing the content of the series. He stated, “a lot has been misrepresented” and clarified that Janel Grant’s lawsuit is based on an affair he ended. Grant’s lawyer, Ann Callis, also released a statement, bashing McMahon.
The Wrestling Observer reports that some at Netflix had reservations about partnering with WWE before the lawsuit involving Grant:
“If you remember, the deal with Netflix was signed a couple of days before the Janel Grant lawsuit was filed. It was not like this was behind the scenes, this deal that was everybody was drinking champagne about.
I mean, there were people on Netflix that were not high on this deal, but they signed it.
You know, they went with it, but there were people who were trepidatious about getting into business with WWE. And I think that if this lawsuit had been filed a month earlier… once the deal was signed, and they were all excited and been announced. I mean, didn’t back off because Vince was gone.
You know, it’s like, you got to remember that the lawsuit’s filed, they signed the deal, it’s announced a couple days later. The lawsuit’s filed a day or two later, Vince is gone. So if Vince had stayed, would they have stayed with the deal? Who the hell knows.”
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