This Was the XFL

Name: This Was the XFL
Director: Charlie Ebersol
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-02-02
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Dick Ebersol, Vince McMahon, Bob Costas, Jesse Ventura, Ken Schanzer

Directed by Charlie Ebersol

Documentary

20171h 17m7.0

Overview

A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 2001, sports entertainment titans Ebersol and McMahon launched the XFL. It was hardly the first time a league had tried to compete with the NFL, but the brash audacity of the bid, combined with the personalities and charisma of Ebersol and McMahon and the marketing behemoths of their respective companies -- NBC and WWE -- captured headlines and a sense of undeniable anticipation about what was to come.