{"id":70584,"date":"2020-03-12T19:14:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T00:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=70584"},"modified":"2020-03-12T19:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T00:14:45","slug":"the-xfl-cancels-the-remainder-of-its-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/03\/12\/the-xfl-cancels-the-remainder-of-its-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The XFL cancels the remainder of its season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3991898206\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The XFL announced the cancellation of the remainder of its games for the 2020 season. The league also announced that the players will still receive their base pay and benefits for the full season, and the ticket holders will be issued a refund.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> It&#8217;s good to see the XFL is doing right by its players by compensating them for the full season. That said, it is strange to see one Vince McMahon owned company cancel the remainder of its season while he&#8217;s obviously still hoping to hold WrestleMania in Tampa on April 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">XFL statement<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MbuHgUmzmZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/MbuHgUmzmZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIZLOl1fld\">pic.twitter.com\/PIZLOl1fld<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 XFL (@xfl2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xfl2020\/status\/1238242448075304961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-4089977669\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[56,101,1296],"class_list":["post-70584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker","tag-vince-mcmahon","tag-wwe","tag-xfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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