{"id":79967,"date":"2020-10-01T10:01:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=79967"},"modified":"2020-10-01T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:01:04","slug":"the-rock-announces-when-the-xfl-will-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/10\/01\/the-rock-announces-when-the-xfl-will-return\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock announces when the XFL will return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2951822231\" 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>Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson announced that the XFL will return in 2022. Johnson made the announcement in a video that can be viewed below or via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ai5RJDYUzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XFL YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> There were some pro football media members who suggested that Johnson and Dany Garcia rush the league back as quickly as possible to take advantage of the thirst for live sports programming. All four major sports leagues returned and quenched that thirst. Furthermore, this gives the duo more time to negotiate television deals and get all their ducks in a row.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ai5RJDYUzw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3268532214\" 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":[3597,239,61,1296],"class_list":["post-79967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker","tag-dany-garcia","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-the-rock","tag-xfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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