... League, still the butt of late-night talk show jokes and considered one of the biggest sports flops, let alone business flops in history, opened play in 2001 and ended in, well, 2001. WWE wrestling promoter Vince McMahon announced the league the day after the 2000 Super Bowl and promised to bring a new brand of football. What he meant was he intended to mix storylines with actual football play, similar to his wrestling organization. 

He even got Jesse the “Body” Ventura, who also had a part-time job moonlighting as governor of Minnesota, to comment on games. In one specific instance, an angle was setup where Ventura criticized New York Hitmen coach Rusty Tillman for being conservative on offense, calling him...

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