The XFL was successfully able to complete its first season, though it would not make it to a second. On Dec. 31, 2023, it was announced that the XFL and rival USFL would merge to create the new UFL.

The XFL’s revival in 2018 led, in part, to the development of All Elite Wrestling, according to Tony Khan. Speaking to Leap Academy (via Fightful), Khan revealed how Vince McMahon’s decision ...

The XFL and U.S. Football League (USFL) announced Sunday they are merging to become the United Football League, a spring football league that will kick off its first joint season on March 30, 2024.

XFL saw two iterations, first a shuttered start-up from Vince McMahon in 2001. He would later revive the project in 2018 before filing for bankruptcy in 2020.

Under the XFL model, the kicker lines up at his own 30-yard line and the other 10 members of the kickoff team line up at the opponent's 35-yard line—five yards away from the returning team's ...

The NFL is considering the adoption of the XFL’s unique kickoff. The UFL, which merges the XFL and USFL, will not be using it. On Tuesday, the UFL announced the rules that will apply to the joint ...

The UFL, as announced on Tuesday, will not be adopting the XFL kickoff. Instead, they’ll use a traditional kickoff play, with the ball placed at the kicking team’s 20. The NFL has acknowledged for ...

The new NFL kickoff isn’t exactly like the XFL’s, but it’s pretty close. On NFL kickoffs in 2024, 10 players on the kicking team will line up on the receiving team’s 40-yard line.

Birmingham, the two-time USFL champion, was one of four teams to survive along with four teams from the XFL. The Stallions came into the weekend as the league's only unbeaten team at 5-0 and had a ...