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News - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Is Now Part-Owner Of The XFL

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Is Now Part-Owner Of The XFL

<p>In what almost seems like an episode of HBO's Ballers, former WWE star and movie mogul Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has swept in, along with a financial group, to buy the XFL and all of its assets.</p><p>Johnson teamed up with Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital to buy the league just hours before a planned auction was scheduled to begin. According to a report by <a href="https://www.sportico.com/2020/personalities/athletes/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-buys-xfl-for-15-million-with-redbird-capital-1234610422/">Sportico</a>, Johnson and Cardinale paid $15 million, splitting it evenly. Johnson’s business partner, Dany Garcia, will be a stakeholder as well.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://twitter.com/Sportico/status/1290278571668209665?s=20"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@TheRock</a> is the new part-owner of the XFL. <br /><br />Read more: <a href="https://t.co/2KzxOEUTVz">https://t.co/2KzxOEUTVz</a> <a href="https://t.co/x3u2Q8q9Ik">pic.twitter.com/x3u2Q8q9Ik</a></p> — Sportico (@Sportico) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportico/status/1290278571668209665?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">August 3, 2020</a></blockquote><text></text></div><p>The newest version of Vince McMahon's Xtreme Football League was announced back in December of 2018 with plans to launch in 2020. Those plans were soon affected by the global <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/coronavirus-cancellations-and-delays-san-diego-comic-con-gamescom-more/">COVID-19</a> pandemic and in April, filed for <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xfl-files-for-bankruptcy-report/1100-6475964/">bankruptcy</a> only after a few games in the rebooted season of the football league that plays during the NFL's off-season.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-now-part-owner-of-the-x/1100-6480461/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>

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