30 for 30 This Was the XFL (2009– ) Online
- Original Title :
- This Was the XFL
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Documentary / Biography / History / Sport
- Year :
- 2009–
- Directror :
- Charlie Ebersol
- Cast :
- Vince McMahon,Bob Costas,Dick Ebersol
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h 17min
- Rating :
- 7.0/10
A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 2001, sports entertainment titans Ebersol and McMahon launched the XFL. It was hardly the first time a league had tried to compete with the NFL, but the brash audacity of the bid, combined with the personalities and charisma of Ebersol and McMahon and the marketing behemoths of their respective companies - NBC and WWE - captured headlines and a sense of undeniable anticipation about what was to come. Bringing together a cast of characters ranging from the boardrooms of General Electric to the practice fields of Las Vegas, "This Was the XFL" is the tale of - yes - all that went wrong, but also, how the XFL ended up influencing the way professional team sports are broadcast today. And at the center of it all - a decades long friendship between one of the most significant television executives in media history and the one-of-a-kind WWE impresario. This film will explore how Ebersol and McMahon brought the ...
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Vince McMahon | - | Himself |
 | Bob Costas | - | Himself |
 | Dick Ebersol | - | Himself |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Shannon Beach | - | Herself |
 | Dick Butkus | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jonathan Coachman | - | Himself |
| Basil DeVito | - | Himself |
| Chemish Fisher | - | Himself |
| John Gonzalez | - | Himself |
 | Hulk Hogan | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jay Howarth | - | Herself |
 | Dwayne Johnson | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jerry Jones | ||
| Peter King | - | Himself - Sports Illustrated |
| Paris Lenon | - | Himself - Memphis Maniacs Linebacker |