Last year’s Documentary of the Year at the EYG Year in Review was the first season of WWE Unreal on Netflix. Unreal season two just dropped the other day on the streaming service and it continues to be a fascinating show to watch.

One of the things that is most intriguing is how several of the big individuals featured on this show has specifically spoken out about how tough it is for them to deal with the idea of Unreal. Seth Rollins, CM Punk, Paul Heyman, Cody Rhodes have all spoken on how “old school” they were and how difficult it was for them as performers to accept the idea of Unreal. After years of protecting the secrets of the business, it comes as a hard thing for them to show so much from behind the curtain.

Yet, they were all right there, front and center during this five episode series.

The path from Wrestlemania to SummerSlam was winding, and that was the period of time this show followed. There was a major event that happened during that time… Seth Rollins blew out his knee on Saturday Night’s Main Event. Or did he?

Watching how this secret was worked behind the scenes, with few people actually being “smartened” up about it was amazing. The lengths that they went to in order to fool the world was tremendous. The long term storytelling of the work was next level and to hear the actual moment when it was brainstormed in a creative meeting was something that I did not expect to hear.

The words of Seth and his wife, Becky Lynch, punctuated the storyline. Becky telling how much she hated having to lie to everyone for months, and even confronting Triple H in the ring at one point, chastising him for making her lie, was so fabulous.

Becky Lynch was a definite star of this series. Her moments were engaging, entertaining and emotional. When she was telling the story about returning to the arena where he father had seen her before he died was very powerful.

I especially enjoy hearing the agents such as Michael Hayes, Chris Park, Shane Helms, Jason Jordan etc. and how they work a match backstage. This is one of the best parts of this series.

They also showed moments where the action in the ring did not go the way it was supposed to and we saw the aftermath: from LA Knight not executing the closing sequence in the Money in the Bank ladder match as it was planned to Lara Valkyria’s flubs during the no holds barred match with Becky at SummerSlam. It is a peak behind the curtain which can explain some questions. You may not have noticed anything wring with the ending of the MitB match, but you now can see perhaps why it has taken LA Knight a long time to reach the level the fans want him at.

The stories of Jelly Roll and his path to his first match, R-Truth and his subsequent release and return, Chelsea Green and her rise and fall of a US Champion, Naomi’s new character as a heel, Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky, the arrival of Penta, among other stories that were highlighted here made this quite the variety.

They announced that Unreal will be coming back in the summer to do a set of episodes dealing with the last few months of John Cena’s career. Sounds great.