XFL, owned by WWE chairman Vince McMahon, currently has no plans to start up again 2021. with the shutdown, nearly all staffers were laid off
The XFL is suspending operations effective immediately, a month after the spring football league stopped play due to the coronavirus pandemic.
, that changed Friday when CEO Jeffrey Pollack told employees on a conference call the XFL was shutting down. The 2020 version of the XFL was the second attempt by McMahon to start a spring football league. The first, in 2001, played a single season before folding due to plummeting TV ratings after a strong start and poor quality of play.
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