WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is stunning the sports media world by giving professional football a second try. Less than a week after making an appearance on the 25th anniversary broadcast of WWE Monday Night Raw, McMahon announced the creation of the new XFL.
XFL is a previously defunct American professional football league that played a single season in 2001—until now. Kick-off will take place in late January or early February in 2020 (traditionally the approximate time of the Super Bowl).
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