Netflix is dropping multiple wrestling shows to its platform as it prepares its audience for WWE content arriving in 2025. Here’s all the wrestling dropping on Netflix in September, plus the shows already on there you may have missed.
Mr. McMahon, a documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of the WWE's controversial founder, is coming to Netflix on 25 September!
Including interviews with McMahon, his family, and some of the most iconic names in wrestling history. pic.twitter.com/EXOfCJUMDG
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) August 29, 2024
Mr.McMahon
September 25, 2024
Get ready for the most uncomfortable watch of your life. If you think Netflix’s Mr.McMahon docuseries could be a gateway for getting your loved ones interested in wrestling, think again.
You’d be better off showing them “Hangman” Adam Page drinking Swerve Strickland’s blood than this Mr.McMahon doc. It promises the rise and fall of the ‘controversial’ Vince McMahon.
Interviews with McMahon, his family, and famous wrestlers will tell the story. Created by the man behind the Tiger King documentary, it promises a deep-dive into Mr. McMahon and his ‘explosive sexual misconduct allegations.’
Interestingly, Netflix is airing this four months before WWE’s content arrives on its platform. Netflix will hope this draws a new line in the sand and disassociates McMahon from the current WWE product ahead of 2025.
Witness the rise of Japan's most frightening heel.
The Queen of Villains, the untold story of Dump Matsumoto, premieres September 19. pic.twitter.com/do5Y17l1xa
— Netflix (@netflix) August 13, 2024
The Queen of the Villians
September 19, 2024
The Queen of the Villians tells the origin story of how Kaoru Matsumoto went from a sweet wrestling-obsessed girl to the most feared and hated woman in Japan – Dump Matsumoto. The biopic perfectly encapsulates the time and feel in Japan in the 1970s and 80s.
It reflects the intensity and pressure required to make it in Japanese pro wrestling. This show is more likely to garner interest in Netflix’s investment in WWE Raw than the previously mentioned Mr.McMahon.
Fans of The Queen of the Villians will be able to turn to WWE Raw and see the largely Japanese female stable “Damage CTRL” paying homage to Matsumoto.
The Wrestlers
Available Now
The Wrestlers promises to pull back the curtain on Ohio Valley Wrestlers and its wrestlers who are set to follow in the footsteps of John Cena, Randy Orton, and Dave Batista. Of the crop of wrestlers, weed-smoking, cursing lovable rogue Hollyhood Hayley J provides the most entertainment.
Seeing Leila Grey and Ca$h Flo earn a shot in AEW is a genuinely heartwarming moment. But this is essentially the story of Al Snow’s mission to keep producing weekly OVW TV amongst the pressure of new sponsors, tumultuous wrestlers, and a chronically painful body.
Now On Netflix
For a comedic retelling of Saraya’s (FKA Paige) journey from her family’s British indy company to WWE, see Fighting With My Family. There are three seasons of the glossy 80s drama surrounding female wrestling GLOW.
Also, enjoy the interactive game in which you guide The New Day out of The Undertaker’s haunted house in Escaping The Undertaker. For a feel-good children’s movie featuring Sheamus, The Miz, and Otis where a WWE superfan finds a magic luchador mask that allows him to follow his NXT dream and vanquish bullies, kick back with The Main Event.
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