A startling new book takes aim at the WWE, exposing the shocking history of death, drugs, and sex scandals that have pervaded Vince McMahon's realm of professional wrestling.

"Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America" delves into the controversies that have surrounded McMahon and the WWE since he inherited the organization from his father, Vince Sr., in the 1980s.

Author Abraham Josephine Riesman places the blame on McMahon for the tragic 1999 death of popular wrestler Owen Hart, who fell 70 feet from the rafters of a Kansas City arena when a harness meant to lower him into the ring failed.

Riesman accuses McMahon of hiring an inexperienced technician and, astonishingly, refusing to cancel the remainder of the show following the fatal accident. Riesman writes, "The rest of the wrestlers had to perform, knowing their friend was gravely injured, probably dead."

The book also alleges McMahon's involvement in covering up domestic abuse committed by late wrestler Superfly Jimmy Snuka, a notorious cocaine addict, against his girlfriend Nancy Argentino.

According to Riesman, Vince attempted to dissuade Nancy from filing a complaint, and when she was later found dead, the case was inexplicably dropped by prosecutors despite the coroner's recommendation to investigate it as a homicide. Snuka was eventually charged with murder in 2015 but was deemed unfit for trial; he died two years later.

In addition, Riesman reveals the alleged cover-up of a pedophile ring in the mid-1990s. Former ring boy Tom Cole claimed that two WWE officials offered him a promotion in exchange for sex. Cole, who was fired for refusing, sued the WWE and settled for his job back and $55,000 in damages. Tragically, Cole took his own life in 2021.

A source exclusively tells The National ENQUIRER, "The WWE tries to present itself as family entertainment, but it's had a seedy underbelly since Day One of Vince McMahon's reign." As the organization is reportedly up for sale, insiders are hoping for a new beginning.