By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
ESPN is doing a 30 for 30 on the now defunct XFL, which was previously owned by World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince Chairman. NBC Universal also had a stake in the company.
According to ESPN, “This was the XFL,” will debut on February 2nd at 9 pm. It will make it’s World premiere tomorrow at the DOC NYC.
Just three days before Super Bowl LI, ESPN will showcase McMahon’s brain child. However, after just one-year, it did not work.
The XFL was a spring football league that was owned by World Wrestling Federation titan Vince McMahon through a joint venture with NBC. The league was founded in 1999 by McMahon and Dick Ebersol.
Their first season was in 2001. There was eight teams that were broken up between the Eastern Division and the Western Division.
The Birmingham Thunderbolts, Chicago Enforcers, New York/New Jersey Hitmen, and the Orlando Rage made up of the Eastern Division. The four teams in the Western Division consisted of the Las Vegas Outlaws, Los Angeles Xtreme, Memphis Maniax, and the San Francisco Demons.
Despite the WWE being involved the games were not scripted, like the wrestling matches that McMahon was apart of with his wrestling company. The Xtreme won the lone championship.
One of the key players in the league was “He Hate Me” Rod Smart. Former NFL player Tommy Maddox was the league’s MVP as the Xtreme quarterback.
Xtreme kicker José Cortez was named the Million Dollar Game MVP. Rage head coach Galen Hall was named the Coach of the Year.
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