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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    eeriepadave said:
    Will He Hate Me be playing?  Wonder if they'll keep the same teams?  I don't understand why they didn't have wrestling team names in the first season.  Could have had the Rocks, The Hitmen, The Stone Cold Stunners, etc...  Guess they could have the Shield or or something
    LOL. he said this time it will be a completely separate entity form WWE. And the team cities aren't even on their radar yet. I'm thinking 2 years away to start a league where you don't have a clue which cities you are eyeing, not to mention having to strike a deal with the NFL (your potential competition) to use their stadiums? Good luck. 
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Will He Hate Me be playing?  Wonder if they'll keep the same teams?  I don't understand why they didn't have wrestling team names in the first season.  Could have had the Rocks, The Hitmen, The Stone Cold Stunners, etc...  Guess they could have the Shield or or something
    LOL. he said this time it will be a completely separate entity form WWE. And the team cities aren't even on their radar yet. I'm thinking 2 years away to start a league where you don't have a clue which cities you are eyeing, not to mention having to strike a deal with the NFL (your potential competition) to use their stadiums? Good luck. 
    with $100 million as the sole investor

    The NFL can piss through $100 million in 10 seconds.  

    Think about all the $ that is needed.  pay players, rent facilities, medical, training, front office staffs, production teams, marketing, etc...  
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    $100 M is just the startup investment, is it not?
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    igotid88 said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Will He Hate Me be playing?  Wonder if they'll keep the same teams?  I don't understand why they didn't have wrestling team names in the first season.  Could have had the Rocks, The Hitmen, The Stone Cold Stunners, etc...  Guess they could have the Shield or or something
    The Hitmen were the NY team
    they were?  i know there's a Calgary Hitmen (part-time owned by bret hart).  Still could have used other wrestling names IMO.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    2001 teams: Memphis Maniacs. Orlando Rage. Chicago Enforcers. New York/New Jersey Hitmen. Birmingham Thunderbolts. Los Angeles Xtreme. San Fancisco Demons. Las Vegas Outlaws. 
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2001 teams: Memphis Maniacs. Orlando Rage. Chicago Enforcers. New York/New Jersey Hitmen. Birmingham Thunderbolts. Los Angeles Xtreme. San Fancisco Demons. Las Vegas Outlaws. 
    I do remember LA Xtreme winning the whole thing

    Apparently Vince wants Johnny Football as the face of the XFL.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    eeriepadave said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2001 teams: Memphis Maniacs. Orlando Rage. Chicago Enforcers. New York/New Jersey Hitmen. Birmingham Thunderbolts. Los Angeles Xtreme. San Fancisco Demons. Las Vegas Outlaws. 
    I do remember LA Xtreme winning the whole thing

    Apparently Vince wants Johnny Football as the face of the XFL.
    He said no one with a criminal background
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    No thanks. 
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 612
    The 30 for 30 on the XFL was interesting. I believe the NFL even adopted some of the XFL's ideas
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    So fucking stupid.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    igotid88 said:
    eeriepadave said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2001 teams: Memphis Maniacs. Orlando Rage. Chicago Enforcers. New York/New Jersey Hitmen. Birmingham Thunderbolts. Los Angeles Xtreme. San Fancisco Demons. Las Vegas Outlaws. 
    I do remember LA Xtreme winning the whole thing

    Apparently Vince wants Johnny Football as the face of the XFL.
    He said no one with a criminal background
    He just means black guys who kneel during the national anthem are not allowed.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2018/12/05/wwes-vince-mcmahon-commissioner-oliver-luck-officially-announce-8-xfl-cities/amp/
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    He Hate Me...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Man I hope this thing fails quickly. Why did we have to get stuck with a team? What a fucking clown show.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    It will still be better than the CFL...so its got that going for it...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    jeffbr said:
    Man I hope this thing fails quickly. Why did we have to get stuck with a team? What a fucking clown show.
    it's not going to be like before
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    edited December 2018
    Its stupid.

    AAF is so much better run, with a much more realistic mission.  

    Putting teams in the 8 largest markets possible was foolish.  Trying to be "big league" is foolish at this point.  Going into the largest NFL markets, offering absolutely nothing that the NFL doesn't offer with 4th rate talent, and lack of broadcasting 'infrastructure' the NFL enjoys. 

    Is anyone in NYC going to fill Met Life Stadium to support their XFL team, quarterbacked by former Eastern Michigan standout Guy Smiley?  
    They would be better off in mid-sized cities that have room to grow in the realm of pro sports and will come out, flock to the stadium and support a team that puts them on the map.  In New York City and LA, it is a grain of sand on a beach that nobody will care about.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Exactly right, MayDay. Put the teams in mid-market cities without NFL teams, but with a solid sports fan base and it might have a shot. Put the teams in NFL cities to compete for fans, and forget about it. It will be weird to root for both teams to lose when I watch a game. lol. Seattle has the Seahawks. We don't need another pro football team here. I'll be rooting for the Seattle XFL team to lose every game, so that they don't extend their short season into the playoffs and potentially conflict with the start of the Sounders season. Even though Sounders have scheduling priority, I don't want that team of football scrubs, has-beens, and almost-made-its to be tearing up the turf. If they have to have a northwest team, put them in Spokane or Portland. 
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    This is going to be a summer league. They're not competing with the NFL
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    edited December 2018
    He said he wants to compete with the NFL when he started this thing.  The city choices shows that he is deluded that this can and will be 'big time'. 

    Cant wait to see all these superstar players willing to put their bodies at risk for that $75,000 salary.


    make a regional league in markets that have a hunger for sports (like the AAF did), and work on selling out 8-20K seat venues with enthusiastic crowds, and also provide something that is unique and desireable.  Plant the seeds and grow.  10,000 people is a great crowd for this.  At Met Life it will get swallowed up and be dull, and soon will be a 2,000 person crowd.

    I guarantee McMahon saw all these people lying, saying they are done with the NFL because kneeling saw an opportunity to come in and steal serious market share with a league that "respects the flag".  He is wrong.  There isn't any market share remaining.  The AAF is going to fill in fine, is starting sooner, and is in complement and beneficiary to the bottomless infrastructure of the NFL and NCAA.
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