When does XFL return?

The XFL was a professional American football minor league consisting of eight teams located across the United States in mid-sized to major markets. The league was founded by WWE executive Vince McMahon in 2018, as a successor to the league of the same name he founded in 2001. After only five weeks of play in its inaugural 2020 season, the league abruptly ceased play due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and filed for bankruptcy on April 13. In August 2020, actor and professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, along with longtime business partner and ex-wife Dany Garcia, led a consortium to purchase the XFL for $15 million. On September 28, 2023, XFL announced its intention to merge with the USFL, with