Vince McMahon Netflix series: What does it reveal?

McMahon shares details of his own childhood, including how he was abused by his step-father and meeting his real dad for the first time when was 12.

“I know from a psychological standpoint if you’re abused as a kid, the tendency is for you to abuse,” he says, before adding: “That’s just a cop-out.”

His own position as a father is a theme the documentary returns to repeatedly and he reveals he was “tough” on his own children, Shane and Stephanie.

Members of the cast also describe him as a father figure.

McMahon himself says: “I still haven’t quite figured out who I am.”

Characters are the lifeblood of WWE, he tells the documentary makers – but is he playing a character himself?

We never quite find out.

“Sometimes the lines of reality, of fact and fiction, are very blurred in our business,” he says.

Critics say this is a helpful get-out-of-jail-free card, placing blame on alter-ego Mr McMahon – a corrupt boss who abuses his power.

“Which is the character and which is me? I guess maybe it’s a blend and I would suggest that maybe one is exaggerated a little bit,” says McMahon.

“I’m not so sure which one.”

But when asked what traits he shares with the character, he says: “None whatsoever.”