Add as a preferred source on Google WWE: Unreal returned to Netflix on July 21 for its third season, but the show continues to divide opinion over how much it reveals about creative meetings, last-minute changes, and decisions made behind the scenes at the company.
In a recent interview on The Rich Eisen Show, Tiffany Stratton pushed back against critics who believe the show gives away too much about how WWE operates.
“Like you said, the people that are crying about it online are the people that are also sitting down and watching it, so it doesn’t really check out. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.”
She also said the series can give fans a better appreciation for everything that goes on before each episode of Raw, SmackDown, or NXT.
“Yeah, I really enjoy it. I like Unreal. I think it gives fans a different perspective on everything that kind of goes on, and it kind of gives them a new respect for the business because I don’t think people understand how much truly goes on behind the scenes and how much you do kind of have to go with the flow or go off the cuff and, you know, stuff like that.”
Stratton herself was at the center of a controversy during the first season. The documentary showed that her exchange of personal attacks with Charlotte Flair ahead of WrestleMania 41 actually went off script, leading Triple H to ask her to apologize to Charlotte.
The third season includes five episodes running about 50 minutes each, with a focus on John Cena’s farewell, notable returns, and the creative changes leading up to WrestleMania 42.
Stratton also believes the show’s presence on one of the world’s biggest streaming platforms could introduce WWE to people who have never followed pro wrestling.
“I feel like having it be on Netflix and having it say Unreal and having WWE Superstars on it, I just feel like it draws a different kind of fan or a different kind of person that maybe isn’t a wrestling fan into it, and then they can watch it and hopefully become a wrestling fan from that.”