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DVD

This was the XFL

Call Number

  • DVD 796.33264 T4487 (CEN)

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Performers

Vince McMahon, Dick Ebersol, Bob Costas.

Publication Information

[Bristol, Connecticut] : ESPN Home Entertainment, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (77 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 2001, sports entertainment titans Dick Ebersol and Vince 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. The film is a tale of all that went wrongand the decades-long friendship between a television executive and a pro-wrestling impresario. Discover how Ebersol and McMahon brought the XFL to life, and why they had to let it go.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as part of the series 30 for 30, season III on ESPN in 2017.

Bonus feature: Director's statements.

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