When ever-unpredictable WWE head honcho Vince McMahon made the shocking announcement that he would be taking a second shot at the world of pro football, relaunching the XFL, it sent a shock through the world of entertainment. Scheduled to launch in 2020, the new league is supposedly a complete redo on the infamously outlandish product of the first XFL. The focus will be more on football and less on the type of gimmicks that made McMahon's first foray into the sport a fiasco, to say the least.
With the XFL relaunch, it brings to mind the many failed and/or defunct professional sports leagues from the past. While some have legacies to be very proud of, there are just as many that faded into obscurity without much fight.
Here is a look at a blend of the best and most infamous and obscure pro sports leagues of all time.
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