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The **XFL** is a professional American football league initially owned by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment, and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It was the successor to the previous XFL, which was controlled by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and NBC, and ran for a single season in 2001. The league followed a similar structure as the original XFL did in 2001, with eight teams, centrally owned and operated by the league (as opposed to the franchise model, with each team having different ownership groups) and spread across the United States in markets currently or recently represented by a National Football League (NFL) franchise, competing in a ten-game season and a two-week postseason in the winter and spring months, after Super Bowl LIV.

In announcing the reformed XFL, McMahon stated that while it would share its name and trademark with the previous incarnation, it will not rely on professional wrestling-inspired features and entertainment elements as its predecessor did, instead aiming to create a league with fewer off-field controversies and faster, simpler play compared to the NFL.

The league announced that its inaugural season would be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On April 10th, the league laid off several of its employees and players, and formally folded shortly afterwards, leaving the its first and only season of the incarnated league incomplete. All teams went defunct and most of their players were released. The league did allow players from the league to sign with NFL and CFL teams.

On August 3rd however, a consortium led by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale (through his RedBird Capital Partners fund) agreed to purchase the XFL from its previous owners for a sum of $15 million, hours before the first auctions of league assets took place; the purchase was approved on August 7th. Transition of ownership was completed on August 21st, and on October 1st a restart date of 2022 was announced by the league.

During the first half of 2021, the XFL and CFL (Canadian Football League) entered formal talks with the goal of presenting new ideas to "collaborate, innovate, and grow the game of football". As a result, the original restart date of 2022 was put on hold. However, during the summer of that same year, talks stalled, and eventually fell through; this culminated in a July 7th announcement by both teams stating they had ceased talks, and that the planned restart date of 2022 was cancelled. On October 14th, longtime president Jeffrey Pollack mutually parted ways with the team.

On November 8th, the rebranded XFL, now owned by Alpha Acquico LLC, made its first substantial public actions since the 2020 sale with the hiring of nine members to form an executive team - names that included McMahon-era holdover Doug Whaley, NFL Analyst Marc Ross, and former Buffalo Bills president Russ Brandon. On December 2nd, it was revealed that a new restart date of February 18th, 2023 had been set for the revived league, with player camps set to begin on January 4th.

**XFL files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will begin to look for buyers**

**XFL formally ceases all operations, teams go defunct, players released, employees laid off**

**Several XFL players continue to sign with NFL teams, despite a very possible league folding**

**Future of the XFL grim after league sends employees off with last paycheck**

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## This is the XFL: Just the beginning

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## Potential Expansion for 2021

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## Big Improvements Coming

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The **St. Louis BattleHawks** were a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. Home games were played at The Dome At America's Center. The team's fanbase was considered to be the rowdiest in the league, and was by far the most popular team in the XFL. The team joined 7 other teams as part of the incarnation of the now-defunct XFL.