6 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Dec 22)
5. F*cking Hell, It's The XFL
Vince McMahon doesn't do anything that isn't wrestling particularly well - bodybuilding, restaurant ownership, spotting trends in pornography...
Which makes the announcement that he is resuscitating the dead XFL - the latest news has it that 'Alpha Entertainment' has filed five XFL trademarks, and that McMahon has sold $100M worth of shares to finance the operation - absolutely insane.
The XFL cost the WWF an absolute fortune in 2001 because it was a low rent version of football, the rules of which McMahon just had to change because he's Vince McMahon. McMahon blamed the big NFL bullies for hounding him out the last time. The irony is unbelievable. It only took one season of empty stadiums to convince NBC that the whole thing was a deeply unpopular and divisive bust. The cynical amongst us are all in favour of this revival - though it'd be better if he dug up the bones of the WBF, sending Jinder Mahal there instead of booking him in a very uninspiring WrestleMania 34 bout with John Cena.
It's optimistic in the extreme, however, to expect Vince to loosen his grip on the reins even with more time spent doing American football again. What a collection of words that is. It's absolutely crackers, even if it's relatively more safe to spunk a cool hundred million on this now, than it was in 2001. It's still going to fail. It's Vince McMahon doing something that isn't wrestling. He's just going to survive on two hours of sleep instead of four, the deprivation resulting in even more drastic decisions than we witnessed this year.
"Finn Bálor is over again, sir."
"Yes, but he's not KANE!"