10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About 2020

5. The XFL Failed Again

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McMahon and partners may point towards COVID-19 as the sole reason for yet another XFL failure. Maybe they're right (the league did fold in March when pandemic fears turned real), but the history books will nonetheless chalk this one up as a second agonising bite at the pro football cherry for WWE.

Worse, if new owner Dwayne Johnson and his consortium make the brand a success in 2021/2022 and beyond, then Vince will be forced to eat humble pie and admit that somebody can do this NFL alternative thing better than him. Here's the thing: XFL 2020 had a chance before it got postponed and ultimately scrapped.

The on-field play was fast-paced and fun, and WWE somehow managed to run it as a more serious, wrestling-free product than its 2001 predecessor. Even so, it's true that people looking back in years to come will regard it as similar to the botched AAF and USFL upstarts.

Johnson might want to think about a name change.

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