This Was the XFL
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.
Storyline
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.
42 to 1
7.0
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6.5
Avengers: Age of Ultron
7.3
The Avengers
7.7
Prometheus
6.6
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
7.1
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
7.4
X-Men: Days of Future Past
7.5
Spider-Man
7.3
Spider-Man 3
6.4
42
7.2
X-Men: Apocalypse
6.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
7.4
Need for Speed
6.4
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming
6.7
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
5.6
Fast & Furious 6
6.8
The World's End
6.8
The Hunger Games
7.2