Vince McMahon Netflix SHOCK, MAJOR AEW Debut Scrapped, Nikki Bella’s Husband Arrested

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0:16 - Sound The Alarm
0:46 - Vince McMahon Netflix Shock
4:56 - Nikki Bella’s Husband Arrested
5:42 - Major AEW Debut Scrapped
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00:00The Vince McMahon Netflix documentary series is actually happening, a WWE legend's AEW

00:06debut scrapped, Nikki Bella's husband arrested and more.

00:10I'm Oli Davis, and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:16Now we've heard of getting wrestling heat, but the dark match between Colt Cabana and

00:20Satinam Singh on Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite took it to another level when

00:24the venue's fire alarms started going off, derailing the action when Cabana had to come

00:29to the outside as the system announced that everyone should immediately evacuate the building.

00:34Well, like any fire alarm that's gone off anywhere ever, everyone just tried to ignore

00:38it for the longest time possible.

00:40A little joke story there to start things off, because now… we have to talk about

00:45Vince McMahon.

00:46Back in October 2020, Netflix announced they would be making a documentary series on Vince

00:51called Mr McMahon.

00:53The six hour long episodes would be produced by the filmmaker behind the Tiger King series,

00:57Chris Smith, and also The Ringer founder Bill Simmons, who co-created ESPN's brilliant

01:0230 for 30 sports documentary series.

01:05This was to be a big prestige project for Netflix, reportedly one of the highest budgeted

01:09of all time with WWE and Vince's direct cooperation, where McMahon apparently wanted

01:15this to be a warts and all portrayal of him.

01:19And the next four years more than granted his wish.

01:22The project was apparently 99% completed when the Washington Post first broke the news that

01:27Vince had paid almost $20 million in hush money payments to women who had accused him

01:31of sexual misconduct.

01:32He then announced his retirement, prompting the Netflix documentary to start reshoots

01:36to cover the new revelations.

01:39Then at the start of 2023, Vince forced himself back in control of WWE and oversaw the merger

01:44with the UFC to create the new company TKO.

01:47The project now required more updates.

01:50And then in January this year, Janelle Grant filed a graphic lawsuit accusing McMahon of

01:54sexual assault and trafficking.

01:57She's swiftly resigned from TKO and has been engaged in a legal battle with Grant

02:01and a federal investigation since.

02:04On top of all that, Netflix then bought the rights to Monday Night Raw starting from 2025.

02:09It seemed like releasing a documentary series about Vince, while they'll have to cover

02:13all the allegations of sexual assault, was no longer in either side's best interests.

02:19So it was pretty shocking when Netflix announced that the Mr McMahon show will debut on the

02:2425th September, along with its first official poster showing Vince McMahon manipulating

02:30a puppet Mr McMahon character in, um, yep, that's a boxing ring there.

02:36It's a boxing ring graphic.

02:38Because it's got four ropes instead of three.

02:40The press release also calls McMahon a co-founder of WWE, which isn't strictly true.

02:46The company can trace its origins back to the early 1950s, and shows ran by either Vince's

02:51father, Vincent J McMahon, or his grandfather, Jess.

02:54And Vince would've been about 8 years old.

02:56I presume the documentary will argue Vince founded the Titan Sports version of the company

03:00in the 1980s.

03:02But the announcement does claim it will cover the explosive sexual misconduct allegations

03:07that led to his eventual resignation.

03:08Don't know which one.

03:10And it has been made from over 200 hours of interviews with McMahon himself prior to his

03:15resignation, his family members, business associates, and some of the most iconic names

03:20in wrestling history, as well as the journalists who uncovered McMahon's allegations.

03:25WWE documentaries can often unfortunately struggle with objective truth.

03:29They have a far more North Korean approach to history, where they rewrite and sometimes

03:34outright lie to construct their own narrative.

03:37Like the Monday Night War series, the Ruthless Aggression series, the Rise and Fall of the

03:41Ultimate Warrior.

03:42They've actually done it so many times, we made a list video for it over on parts

03:47And the current cultural landscape is worryingly

03:54open to brands or celebrities controlling their own portrayals under the premise of

03:58it being a real look into their lives, where shows about everything from the Dallas Cowboy

04:03cheerleaders to Harry and Meghan have editorial control over these truthful documentaries.

04:09But in truth, they're far more like puff piece autobiographies, written or ghostwritten

04:13by the celebrity themselves, as opposed to an actual serious biography diving into their

04:18lives or careers.

04:19It remains to be seen what side the Mr McMahon show could take.

04:23Perhaps it focuses far more on his business or creative exploits.

04:26Perhaps it doesn't cover the Grant allegations in depth, because that's still an ongoing

04:30case.

04:31Janelle Grant's lawyers have even told WrestleNomics and Post Wrestling that her side hasn't been

04:35interviewed for the show.

04:36Or perhaps, and this is my best guess, it's damning of Vince.

04:40But it portrays WWE in a very positive light ahead of their Netflix debut, even though

04:46McMahon shaped the company's toxic culture for the previous four decades with many of

04:51the same people working there.

04:52What do you think about the McMahon documentary?

04:54Let me know in the comments down below.

04:56TMZ has reported that Artem Chingvinstev, the husband of former WWE star Nikki Bella,

05:01was arrested for domestic violence on the morning of the 29th August.

05:05TMZ notes that Nikki's potential involvement in the incident isn't known, and the Sheriff's

05:10Office handling the case has noted the victim in the case has asked for total confidentiality.

05:15PWInsider has added that Artem is still listed as incarcerated in Napa Valley Jail with a

05:20bail of $25,000, and that he was booked under California Penal Code Section 273.5a, which

05:27means it is illegal to injure a spouse, cohabitant or fellow parent in an act of domestic violence.

05:34This offence is also referred to as domestic abuse, domestic violence or corporal injury

05:39to a spouse.

05:40The investigation remains ongoing.

05:42Into a much nicer kayfabe story now, wrestling legend Mick Foley has revealed he was having

05:47talks about an AEW run, which would've ended in, like, his 39th retirement match.

05:53Speaking at MickleCity Comic Con, Foley revealed that after he announced he'd like one final

05:57match ahead of his 60th birthday next year, he had a secret meeting with a top AEW star.

06:04There was no shortage of people from every promotion reaching out to me, and one guy

06:08I probably would've gone with because he'd clearly done some thinking about it and lined

06:12out six great weeks of TV was MJF.

06:16We didn't take a photo together because we didn't want to ruin the secret meeting,

06:20but I heard what he had to say.

06:21I really liked it.

06:23I had no doubt he would've pulled it off perfectly and, you know, he's so good and

06:27in his prime that he could've worked around my weaknesses and played to my strengths and

06:31I think we could've done something pretty cool.

06:34Unfortunately, Foley had to scrap the plans due to suffering a concussion while preparing

06:38for an in-ring return.

06:40Speaking of wrestlers who should know when to retire, here's 80s wrestler Turbo Jack.

06:45No one talks about the 80s anymore, Turbo Jack.

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06:49You need to freshen up your gimmick.

06:51Oh hi there, I'm 90s wrestler Turbo Jack.

06:55How about that Jerry Springer show?

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09:01Wrestling friends.

09:02In other Scottish wrestler news, Fightful Select is reporting Wyatt's 6th member Nikki

09:06Cross has signed a new multi-year deal with WWE.

09:09Daniel Garcia still hasn't signed a new deal over in AEW, but the promotion is reportedly

09:14happy with his return at All In, and then his MJF attack angle on the following episode

09:18of Dynamite.

09:19It was also speculated that former WWE stars Zack Gibson and James Drake had signed a contract

09:25with AEW following their return All In 2, but Fightful Select writes they don't yet

09:29have a deal.

09:30Their next match will be against the Outrunners on tonight's episode of Rampage.

09:34You would've expected Dynamite to get a ratings bump after one of the biggest shows

09:38of the year, All In on Sunday.

09:40But continuing the frustrating trend of no matter how great their pay-per-views are,

09:44no difference is made in the TV viewership.

09:47Wednesday's episode of Dynamite pulled 691,000 viewers and a .22 rating in the 18-49 demographic,

09:55numbers almost identical to the previous week's 698,000 viewers and a .24.

10:02It did finish first on cable for the night, though.

10:04Now go watch our Bash in Berlin predictions ahead of the pay-per-view tomorrow!

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