Vince McMahon is officially moving forward with plans to bring back the XFL, the pro football league he launched in 2001 which lasted for one season.
The WWE chairman and CEO made the announcement during a live press conference on Thursday.
"The new XFL will kick off in 2020 and quite frankly we're going to give the game of football back to fans," McMahon said. "It's still football but it's football re-imagined." McMahon also said the league would begin with eight teams, each with a 40-man roster. He also said there would no crossover of WWE talent into the league and that he would not be the frontman of the new league as he was with the original.