Former longtime WWE chairman, CEO and head of creative Vince McMahon reportedly made an attempt to prevent the upcoming Netflix docuseries based on him, Mr. McMahon, from getting released to the public.

According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News), McMahon made offers to buy the docuseries from Netflix last year with the intention of killing it before it aired.

The six-part series featuring interviews with McMahon, will focus on his triumphs, defeats and scandals over the course of his time with WWE, and will begin streaming on Netflix on Wednesday.

On Monday, the 79-year-old McMahon released a statement on X in which he accused the producers of the series of pushing a "deceptive narrative" about him and attempting to blur the lines between his true self and the character he played on screen for decades:

McMahon also wrote that producers attempted to "use a lawsuit based on an affair I ended" to paint him in a negative light.

He was referring to former WWE employee Janel Grant, who filed a lawsuit against WWE, McMahon and former WWE head of talent relations John Laurinaitis in January.

Per Khadeeja Safdar of the Wall Street Journal, Grant alleged that McMahon sexually abused and trafficked her to others within WWE, including Laurinaitis, over the course of their relationship, which began in 2019 and ended in 2022.

Grant stated in the suit that she signed a nondisclosure agreement in 2022, agreeing to remain silent about her relationship with McMahon in exchange for $3 million; however, he allegedly ceased paying on the NDA following an initial $1 million payment.

In the wake of the lawsuit, McMahon resigned from his position as chairman of the board of directors for TKO, which is the name of the joint WWE-UFC company that was formed when Endeavor purchased WWE in September 2023.

Prior to his resignation, McMahon had retired from his post as WWE chairman, CEO and head of creative in June 2022 after the the Wall Street Journal reported that he had paid millions of dollars to multiple women, including Grant, to remain silent about sexual relationships against him and sexual misconduct allegations against him.

McMahon returned to WWE in January 2023 to help facilitate the sale of WWE to an outside buyer, but his tenure with WWE came to an end one year later.

After purchasing WWE from his father in 1982, McMahon turned the company into a global phenomenon, and while that rise will almost certainly be covered in the docuseries, it would be impossible to tell McMahon's entire story without the context of how his time in WWE ended as well.

Director and producer of Mr. McMahon, Chris Smith, confirmed as much last month in a press release, saying: "Over the four years of production, the story evolved in truly shocking ways, culminating in some extremely harrowing allegations. The final product is a revealing documentary that we believe offers a rich and nuanced portrait of the man and the complex legacy he left behind."

The debut of Mr. McMahon on Netflix will occur just a few months before the start of WWE's new deal with Netflix, which will see Raw air weekly on the streaming platform beginning in January.