Welcome to the UFL! The Rock and Dany Garcia announce the 8️⃣ United Football League teams 🏈 

For some perspective, St.Louis literally ran out of beer and food on opening day. The stadium had zero beer in it after the 3rd quarter. That’s how popular it is

It really does suck that a lot of the other XFL and USFL teams couldn’t make it into the final cut, but hopefully if this merger plays out in the end, we get to see them come back next season or possibly create expansions down the road. To the UFL. May spring football come back stronger than ever

The Rock: “How’d I do?” Pat: “You own the team, you did great.”😂

This is great we get football in the spring and players that can’t make the NFL get a second chance at pro football

I am happy for this. USFL and XFL as separate leagues is not healthy for either. Now that they have merged, Spring football will become bigger faster. And I hope the innovation that the UFL is bringing to the table forces the NFL from living in their antiquated way of doing things.

I love that they're keeping the San Antonio team! Even though its a small market, they have passionate football fans!

The Rock and Dany, thank you for more football 🏈 🙏

Pat and The Rock being on ESPN together is as close to a WWE reunion we'll get and I'm here for it.

They should've done an Orlando team. The Apollos in 2019 did extremely well in ticket sales and marketability. The fan base is here they've shown they can support and sustain the team.

Shout out the Battlehawks! Awesome fan base there in St. Louis

I absolutely loved watching the XFL last year it was insanely fun watching AJ, the beer snake, the passion and fun these players brought to the table and to see players make it to the NFL this year means it's working! I didn't watch the USFL too much but glad they united! So happy for these players and D Johnson is a perfect ambassador for this league because he lived it, he knows! Great stuff!

Im stoked for it. Glad they kept the battlehawks and defenders. Watched a lot of xfl games last year not many usfl games though. Im excited for more football regardless.

I’d like to see them expand to 12 teams in the near future and see 2K sports make an official football game!

I love the fact they picked the most appealing teams not just the best ones. Dope. Hope they gets big enough to add more teams in 1-2 years

Hope this leads to seeing more international players. Japan, and Germany have some solid leagues, and players.

So happy San Antonio is keeping our team. Hopefully this is our chance to eventually becoming an NFL city one day.

You knew STL wasn't going anyone. I lived there last year and they love the Battlehawks.

This is great for Football Fans and Talent as well Thank you Rock Hope this will be a success

When I saw the XFL Conference my heart sunk but they KEPT MY ROUGHNECKS!!!!!

Dany is awesome

Really hope the league does well, I need the UFL to revive the Chicago Blitz from the 80s cause it’d fill in for when the Bears leave Soldier Field in a few years.

I'm all about more football! I watched a decent amount of the XFL last year and a better and expanded version of that would be cool to see in the spring.

Very happy about this. A great way to create more opportunity within the world of football.

I'm excited about this,I love the game of football This is fantastic Great move for both leagues.

3 more months of football… let’s fkn go!

Why not combine all the the teams? Instead of just 8? And have 4 divisions? Thay would be amazing

Love spring football! I also love the idea of getting more players 2nd and 3rd chances at making the NFL.

awesome to see football back in St Louis!

As long as they kept my hometown D.C. Defenders, I'm satisfied...but I'm sure they'll expand back to the West Coast & maybe to non-NFL markets (San Diego, Oakland, Orlando).

Ive been a fan of Spring football since the AAF i think that was 201 8. I wished they could bring in some of those team. I dont know how they would do that. Anyway Im excited for this merger and i hope it becomes successful. I just disappointed they couldnt bring in more teams like Seattle Seadragon, Philadelphia Stars, and the New Orleans Breakers. They did keep my two favorite from each league the Defenders (XFL) and Stallion ( USFL) Im excited and cant wait to see that matchup.

A legend

I’m sad to see my sea dragons leave but I agree with the picks for the teams

This UFL will be very special. The NFL has already taken notice and will be adopting the XFL kickoff as the new NFL kickoff going forward. Dwayne and his Business Partner (and Yes, ex-wife) Dany have worked wonderfully together to produce something that fans will embrace. “Lunch Pail” Football by Hungry Athletes which All of us can relate to. Excited for the UFL

This will be super cool. Hope they bring a team to Albuquerque sometime in the future. It would be perfect.

I love spring football

Those 2 are very mature to still be doing business especially after they've been divorced

Proven time and time again that another pro football league is a guaranteed success.

Can’t wait for the UFL! But any update on the AFL?

Great deal creating opportunities for young players to give them time to grow and get paid doing so. A win-win for everyone!!!

Great news. Spring football rocks. Hopefully Boston will eventually have a franchise. Love hearing of this!

Now we just need a summer football league!

Need an Oakland team

The Rock owns the room/field.

LETS GO STALLIONS! I’m from Alabama!

Will forever remember HEHATEME XFL legend

Pittsburgh Maulers came in second with #1 defense and almost won the USFL championship and they get the bump! Also I agree Orlando needed a team in this league not Memphis.

A crossover league, nice 👍

People's life's grow. We all grow together ❤

Sounds good. Let go!

man I just rewatched the game plan- rewatching now that I am an adult and single father (love it even more now) *side note* this guy really became Joe Kingman minus the hair lol

Can’t wait !!!

im not even from there but im glad the state of alabama finally gets their own professional football team

Springtime football is great.

As a kc chiefs fan whos sad the nfl season is overi cant wait to see the saint louis battlehawks. Missouri #1!

I’m actually really excited for this to happen I had no idea this was happening until this video

So u just decided to put Michigan Panthers there, and not the Philadelphia Stars??? I don’t like that tbh, but I liked that u included my Battlehawks

Looks very interesting but no teams for Pennsylvania???

Im so glad they kept the Houston Roughnecks!

Love This

RN4L... That being said, I enjoyed every game from both USFL & XFL. So I'm Aready to watch.

Dani looks like Hans and Franz from SNL's 'PUMP YOU UP!'

You what I think would be amazing is draft prospects who don’t get drafted go to the ufl

I liked my XFL when ‘He Hate Me’ reigned. #iykyk

No Florida team😢 hopefully an expansion in the future for Orlando.. still gonna watch every game. Hope it succeeds., last yr was great I expect big things this yr.

It's awesome how The Rock and Dani have an awesome and strong relationship after divorce 👏

This is gonan be epic

Bring back the OG Renegade logo!

Let's go brahmas this is dope they made the cut

Do you smell what the rock is cooking

I praise the two leagues merging to become one organization... that's great! The opportunity I think missed with the merger is the number of franchises. The league should have had started with 12 teams. Pick whatever the additional 4 team that may entail, based on viability, fan/attendance projections, & marketability. Be there as it may, the League could maintain a 10-game season, by dividing the league into Four 3-team divisions, within two conferences already established. Whereas each team plays its divisional rival twice (4 games), home & home, play the other division within its conference (3 games), finally playing one of the other conference's division (3 games), for a total of 10 games. Inter-Conference games can be rotated every two years... in other words for an example: a team from the XFL North can play the USFL North Division one year, play the USFL South Division the next year. Playoffs can either consist of the 4 Divisional Winners... obviously two from each conference, squaring off for their perspective conference championship game. Or include more post-season games for the lagging, summer networks, by implementing an eight-team playoff format, featuring the four division winners & 4 wild cards, two in each conference, seeded 1-4. Personally, I think it would be best to forego conferences & just have the 4 divisions as mentioned before for scheduling & natural rivalry purposes, while seeding the best 4 teams period 1-4 for the League playoffs; or, the league & networks decide to do an eight-team playoffs format, seed the best 8 teams 1-8, to produce the League's champion. However, I realize the founders of the leagues wants to do conferences based on the two rival leagues... just think that's not forward thinking in such a small, new, unestablished league. They have to put the best teams/players to the forefront & avoid having a team with a sub .500 record making the playoffs over a winning team, because they are in the right division. They have to treat the league like a single college conference, 8 or 12 teams (as I propose), & showcase and reward the top teams.

They need to get a team in Toronto. Tap into the Canadian market

Anybody know when UFL start? From march until what month?

Happy New Year All ♥️

Pat - You own a league you did great lol

Hoping to see Washington back in the playoffs because it was awful to see them completely collapse in the championship game

Nice but will this league just be a practice squad for the NFL or can they sustain longevity and can they offer competitive wages?

WE NEED MORE TEAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMS

🔥🔥🔥

Where can donate Mr. Rock🤣

I’m excited for St. Louis battle hacks

How many football leagues is this guy gonna open

It's still a lot of players to not feel defeated when they call him to the room and say bring your playbook after you was in training camp with the Cleveland browns or maybe the Detroit Lions and you can go to the UFL and show what you got and still get picked up the opportunity

I’m not sure how the playoffs operate, but 10 teams would be nice so each conference could battle for the first seed to get a bye 1st rd of playoffs.

All midwest/east cost. Sounds good 🤷‍♂️

Lets go Arlington Renegades!

LETS GO STALLIONS!!! Three peat coming soon!

So Dwayne is showing up to Raw tonight right?

Why would they merge and only keep 8 teams??

I DREAM that one day will see a International Focus American Football league. Love to see what talent hasn't even been discovered due to their being no opportunity. Give me a Africa Team, Spain Team, London Team, Mexico Team, Brazil Team, Japan Team, German Team, India team. Etc.

Why do we have three teams based in Texas? Couldn't expand it out just a tad bit more? Anyways I'm excited for spring football.

Nice

Awesome I hope it lasts

It is nice to see the XFL take over the USFL to make a dynamic new league.

Can someone explain how we don’t have more teams if two leagues merge. Vegas vipers didn’t have two teams in one city. Seattle sea dragons was one of the bigger fanbases.

Man even though rock and danny are divorced they still work well together as business partners

Who doesn't want more football? Great to see a Spring League that can serve as a launching point and feeder to the NFL. I would have loved to see more teams but perhaps the strategy will be to add every years. I hope for a successful venture. Let's go!

Battlehawks baby!

Yo come to Akron Ohio!!! Home of the First Pro Football champions!! Akron Pros!!!

LFG 😤

What about the Seattle Sea Dragons