Vince McMahon Restarting the XFL

Blank. · 01-25-2018, 06:34 PM

Spoiler for big pic:

Vince McMahon -- Gimmick-free XFL to return in 2020

I'd heard rumors about this but it's still a shock.

The Batlord · 01-25-2018, 06:55 PM

He looks like a Matrix agent two days from retirement before Neo jumps in his guts.

Akai · 01-25-2018, 08:42 PM

What happens on XFL?

Never heard of it.

Blank. · 01-25-2018, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ziggy

What happens on XFL?

Never heard of it.

It's Vince McMahon's new Football league. It literally isn't set to start 'til 2020. He's done this before back in 2000. Also called the XFL. Majorly flopped.

Maajo · 01-25-2018, 09:53 PM

Unfortunately, I had the displeasure of having watched a couple of XFL shows. It was absolute dog ****, and what's hilarious is that they didn't even hide that it was the exact same thing as the WWF, but with football players playing football instead of wrestlers wrestling. Basically, they even had The Rock and Undertaker try to give it a big push because of course they did. Also, there were probably like 2 real football players who had any business playing professionally. Now that the WWE is pretending that their product is legitimate (it isn't), they're going to try and make the XFL look legit (it won't be).

~~[MERIT]~~ · 01-25-2018, 10:41 PM

We already have the Arena Football League and the Indoor Football League in the U.S.

The WWE's modus operandi has been to buy up the competition. They may as well buy one of those leagues and re-brand it.

Maajo · 01-25-2018, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

We already have the Arena Football League and the Indoor Football League in the U.S.

The WWE's modus operandi has been to buy up the competition. They may as well buy one of those leagues and re-brand it.

I'm convinced that Vince has lost it.

Blank. · 01-25-2018, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Maajo

Unfortunately, I had the displeasure of having watched a couple of XFL shows. It was absolute dog ****, and what's hilarious is that they didn't even hide that it was the exact same thing as the WWF, but with football players playing football instead of wrestlers wrestling. Basically, they even had The Rock and Undertaker try to give it a big push because of course they did.

He was trying to do in football something similar to what he did in WWE. He was also using his established stars to get eyes on it. Not to mention XFL actually used several camera techniques that NFL would much later on install in their system. Frankly XFL doesn't get enough credit. It's only crime was trying to do something different to stand out.

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Also, there were probably like 2 real football players who had any business playing professionally. Now that the WWE is pretending that their product is legitimate (it isn't), they're going to try and make the XFL look legit (it won't be).

Yeah. They don't try and pretend it's legit now. Everyone knows it's not and no one cares.

Maajo · 01-25-2018, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Blank.

He was trying to do in football something similar to what he did in WWE. He was also using his established stars to get eyes on it. Not to mention XFL actually used several camera techniques that NFL would much later on install in their system. Frankly XFL doesn't get enough credit. It's only crime was trying to do something different to stand out.

It's crime was being incredibly boring and offering very little of anything new that wasn't entertainment related.

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Yeah. They don't try and pretend it's legit now. Everyone knows it's not and no one cares.

Damn, here I was thinking that they added all of these indie and japanese wrestlers (and their "strong style") to try and restore some credibility to the WWE. How silly of me.

Blank. · 01-26-2018, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Maajo

It's crime was being incredibly boring and offering very little of anything new that wasn't entertainment related.

The entertainment was the new thing. If you don't like it fine, but it's still them trying something new. Kudos to Vince for trying.

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Damn, here I was thinking that they added all of these indie and japanese wrestlers (and their "strong style") to try and restore some credibility to the WWE. How silly of me.

I don't understand. Do you think that Indie and Japanese wrestling is real? They're not. Nakamura was brought in because he's a popular and proven draw in Japan. The indie guys got brought in to see if they can make money with them. Lesnar, the only person with legitimacy, was in the company before his UFC run.

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01-25-2018, 09:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	Unfortunately, I had the displeasure of having watched a couple of XFL shows. It was absolute dog ****, and what's hilarious is that they didn't even hide that it was the exact same thing as the WWF, but with football players playing football instead of wrestlers wrestling. Basically, they even had The Rock and Undertaker try to give it a big push because of course they did. Also, there were probably like 2 real football players who had any business playing professionally. Now that the WWE is pretending that their product is legitimate (it isn't), they're going to try and make the XFL look legit (it won't be).

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~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	We already have the *Arena Football League* and the *Indoor Football League* in the U.S. The WWE's modus operandi has been to buy up the competition. They may as well buy one of those leagues and re-brand it.