New York CNN —Netflix recently bet $5 billion on the idea that pro wrestling is due for a renaissance.
The potential liability for Netflix, though, lies with World Wrestling Entertainment’s longtime puppet master and promoter, Vince McMahon.
CNN: Vince McMahon has been a powerful force in American culture over the last 40 years, but I think that’s hard to convey to non-wrestling fans.
Riesman: For about 40 years, Vince McMahon was the central actor and gravitational point for the American and Canadian professional wrestling industry.
There’s kayfabe, and then there’s what Vince really pioneered, which is neokayfabe, a term I made up.
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