Matt Jones: ‘Wrestlers’ Is Like ‘Last Chance U’, Netflix Wants To Show Grass Roots Wrestling

Matt Jones discusses Ohio Valley Wrestling’s upcoming Netflix docuseries.

On September 13, 2023, Netflix will premiere the new docuseries ‘Wrestlers’. The series, which will profile Ohio Valley Wrestling, comes from the director and producer of the popular ‘Last Chance U’ show, which profiled a number of lower level college football teams.

Many fans around the world of wrestling are excited for the show, as many think it has potential to bring in a new wave of fans to the sport.

In a new interview with The Business Of The Business podcast, OVW co-owner Matt Jones first talked about some of the feedback that the announcement of the show has gotten on social media.

“You know, I saw a lot of feedback online from the, I call them the wrestling nerds, that are upset that OVW — Well first of all, I’m the one that said the line that it’s the best besides WWE and AEW. I actually believe that. But even if you don’t, a lot of people being upset, I don’t think they get it. I don’t think they understand. Netflix is not doing this show because they care about what star of matches we’re putting on at OVW, they’re doing this for the same reason they did Last Chance U. They did Last Chance U at a college that was a small college in Mississippi, they didn’t go to Alabama, they went to small school in Mississippi. It’s a similar thing to this. They wanna show wrestling at the grass roots level, and the reality is for WWE and AEW and maybe even things like IMPACT, NWA — they’re not going to show you the behind the scenes drama because they have interests in not letting the world know about all the things that happen.”

Jones went on to say that this type of docuseries has been always been rare in the wrestling space, before telling fans that you’re going to see the many ups and downs of the company.

“I just decided when they approached me, let’s do it. Let’s just let them see what it’s actually like to be a wrestler. This is not, this is the kind of thing that’s only existing in wrestling a couple of times. There was the documentary Beyond The Mat that showed what happened with the Montreal show, but there hasn’t been much where a company has said, you have access to everything. You’re gonna see us fighting, you’re gonna see me and Al Snow arguing, you’re gonna see the wrestlers getting into it with each other, you’re gonna see their regular lives and I think even the hardest core wrestling fan is going to be surprised with what they see and I think they’re gonna enjoy it.”

Fans can learn more details about Netflix’s ‘Wrestlers’ show by clicking here.

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