{"id":337,"date":"2020-08-21T22:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T22:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=337"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:43:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:43:28","slug":"dwayne-johnson-xfl-takeover-is-a-done-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson: XFL takeover is a done deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dwayne Johnson has closed a deal to take over America’s XFL football league. <\/p>\n

The wrestler-turned-movie star was part of a consortium of investors who splashed out $15 million to buy out the bankrupt league earlier this year and now he has confirmed “the keys” have been handed over. <\/p>\n

“The deal is official closed and the keys to the XFL have been handed over (sic),” Johnson tweeted on Friday. “I humbly accept and promise to put my callouses to hard work building our new brand. <\/p>\n

“Congrats to my partners @DanyGarciaCo & #GerryCardinale and our sharp, hungry team. #XFLOwner #ForTheLoveOfFootball.” <\/p>\n

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The deal is official closed and \u201cthe keys\u201d to the XFL have been handed over. I humbly accept and promise to put my callouses to hard work building our new brand. Congrats to my partners @DanyGarciaCo<\/a> & #GerryCardinale<\/a> and our sharp, hungry team. #XFLOwner<\/a> #ForTheLoveOfFootball<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ctwRlewxxA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johnson, his ex-wife and business partner, Dany Garcia, and RedBird Capital’s Gerry Cardinale bought the league hours before it was set to hit the auction block. <\/p>\n

The transaction is still subject to bankruptcy court approval, according to a press release. <\/p>\n

Johnson has history with the game – he played football at the University of Miami. <\/p>\n

The XFL was originally launched by WWE CEO Vince McMahon in 2001, but folded after one season. McMahon relaunched the league for the 2020 season and despite a healthy start, ratings were way down before games were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league went bankrupt in April. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dwayne Johnson has closed a deal to take over America\u2019s XFL football league. <\/p>\n

The wrestler-turned-movie star was part of a consortium of investors who splashed out $15 million to buy out the bankrupt league earlier this year and now he has confirmed \u201cthe keys\u201d have been handed over. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe deal is official closed and the keys to the XFL have been handed over (sic),\u201d Johnson tweeted on Friday. \u201cI humbly accept and promise to put my callouses to hard work building our new brand. <\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats to my partners @DanyGarciaCo & #GerryCardinale and our sharp, hungry team. #XFLOwner #ForTheLoveOfFootball.\u201d <\/p>\n

The deal is official closed and \u201cthe keys\u201d to the XFL have been handed over. I humbly accept and promise to put my callouses to hard work building our new brand. Congrats to my partners @DanyGarciaCo & #GerryCardinale and our sharp, hungry team. #XFLOwner #ForTheLoveOfFootball pic.twitter.com\/ctwRlewxxA\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 21, 2020<\/p>\n

Johnson, his ex-wife and business partner, Dany Garcia, and RedBird Capital\u2019s Gerry Cardinale bought the league hours before it was set to hit the auction block. <\/p>\n

The transaction is still subject to bankruptcy court approval, according to a press release. <\/p>\n

Johnson has history with the game \u2013 he played football at the University of Miami. <\/p>\n

The XFL was originally launched by WWE CEO Vince McMahon in 2001, but folded after one season. McMahon relaunched the league for the 2020 season and despite a healthy start, ratings were way down before games were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league went bankrupt in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}