In a recent appearance on The Varsity podcast with John Ourand, Gabe Spitzer, Vice President of Sports at Netflix, shared insights about various topics, including an upcoming documentary focused on the late WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan. This documentary is currently in production, featuring over 20 hours of footage filmed shortly before his passing in July.
Spitzer also mentioned that Netflix has become more selective in its sports documentary offerings as the market becomes increasingly competitive. Instead of prioritizing the quantity of projects, the company is focusing on producing fewer films that have broader appeal and provide deeper insights. He highlighted the Hogan documentary, along with upcoming films on Mike Tyson and Deion Sanders, as examples of this new strategy.
This is what Gabe Spitzer said, “We have reached sort of a tipping point in the ‘follow doc genre,’ as we call it, where maybe there are too many of them, so we have to be a bit pickier in terms of the ones we’re doing. We still have Quarterback. We’re still doing many seasons of Drive to Survive. We have America’s Sweethearts on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Outside of that, there are incredible other docs coming. Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson, Deion Sanders. There are plenty of good ones still out there. Hulk Hogan, we had been filming with Hogan for 20 hours around the time of when he passed. We think that can be a good one.”
Hogan’s career encompasses multiple eras of professional wrestling. Following his untimely death, his family has raised legal concerns related to his passing, introducing real-world context that may influence how the documentary is presented. Netflix has not yet commented on how these aspects will be handled, and no release date has been announced.
🚨NEW: Video Footage of Hulk Hogan’s final appearance has been found. This a day or so before his passing. pic.twitter.com/FBQlGbBn4l
— jace (@vurawrestling) July 24, 2025
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
