XFL 3.0: can Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson make spring football work?
by Tom Dart from US news | The Guardian on (#68XVK)
More than two decades after the XFL's first incarnation imploded, the latest attempt at a spring football league kicks off this weekend. Will it manage to pull in fans?
He's starred in updates of Baywatch and Get Smart, so the Rock has some experience of questionable reboots. Now we're about to discover whether he can score a box-office hit with the third version of the XFL.
The actor, aka Dwayne Johnson, is a co-owner of the spring American football league, which kicks off on Saturday when the Dallas-area Arlington Renegades host the Vegas Vipers in Choctaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers baseball team.
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