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XFL
TV Series (2001)
XFL, or The Extreme Football League was a phenomenom that swept across the nation for about a year, before they ended it due to it's cost, and violent nature. Vince McMahan, creator of the WWF, wanted to create a competing football league against the more widely known NFL. Audiences failed to watch XFL, and it was ended after one season.
![XFL - 01x43 [Championship] San Francisco Demons @ Los Angeles Xtreme (NBC) Screenshot](/images/no_image.jpg "XFL - 01x43 [Championship] San Francisco Demons @ Los Angeles Xtreme (NBC)")
Series Info
Type:
Sports
Premiered:
Feb. 03, 2001
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Network
Genre
- sports
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- Instead of an opening kick-off, the teams were forced to scrum for the football. Like a hockey face-off, one player from each team scrambled to recover the football and win possession for his…
[show]Instead of an opening kick-off, the teams were forced to scrum for the football. Like a hockey face-off, one player from each team scrambled to recover the football and win possession for his team. The concept can be traced back to the 1920s NFL.
[hide] - The league was originally named "Xtreme Football League," but an arena football league with that name was already in development. The "X" didn't stand for anything.
- Vince McMahon created the XFL, a football league intended as an NFL alternative, in 2000. The show was a combination of regular football and WWF-style theatrics. Despite heavy promotion,…
[show]Vince McMahon created the XFL, a football league intended as an NFL alternative, in 2000. The show was a combination of regular football and WWF-style theatrics. Despite heavy promotion, including ads on all of the WWF shows, ratings were low. The show was canceled after 1 season, the league disbanded, and McMahon's company lost $35 million.
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