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Dillon Meche
August 31, 2019 at 11:09 am
DC Sentinels would have been legitimate. Better brand than defenders franchise.
B
August 31, 2019 at 5:03 pm
I completely agree
Marc lerner
September 2, 2019 at 9:49 pm
Names are less important than product.
Put content on the field.
The rest will follow.
Darrylkelly
September 9, 2019 at 2:43 pm
Darryl Kelly from Washington DC the New Home of my Home Town XFL Team DC Defenders XFL made The Right Choice to name the team that and I can’t wait to February 2020 Let’s go DC Defenders #Dc Defenders Defending our territory
Anthony Litteken
August 31, 2019 at 11:37 am
Thank God they landed on the Battlehawks! Born and raised here, love my city, but the Archers, or the Aces…….. terrible! I think they got it right for all of the teams. Ridiculously pumped for the XFL in STL!!!
Sean Carey
August 31, 2019 at 1:52 pm
Definitely picked the correct names
Joe Mientus
August 31, 2019 at 6:54 pm
Interesting that Comets was a potential name for the Houston franchise considering that the city previously had a WNBA team that used that name.
super390
September 4, 2019 at 8:45 pm
A number of these names have a history. The WFL had a Jacksonville Sharks team in ’74 (a name that reappeared in Arena Football). The baseball Giants started out in 1883 as the New York Gothams. In 1927 the first AFL had a road team called the Los Angeles Wildcats actually based in Illinois. It’s likely that these are all coincidences. What’s really strange is the number of WFL names that got reused later: Charlotte Hornets was a historical name, but there were also the aforementioned Sharks, Houston Texans, Chicago Fire, and Memphis Grizzlies.
Joe
August 31, 2019 at 7:03 pm
I’m just glad all the team names end with the letter S. Names like Frenzy, Phantom,
Gold and Nitro sound so bush league.
John R
September 2, 2019 at 10:09 am
Wow, I would have chosen totally different names.
I didn’t love any of the Seattle names, so I will refrain from comment.
For New York, I like the Power or the Cannons. Guardians is OK, I suppose – the logo is cool.
I like the alliteration of DC Defenders, but the Armada is a very cool name, as is the Sentinels.
Would have gone with the Dallas Mustangs, but Renegades are my second choice from that list.
Houston Octane is an awesome name. Don’t mind the Roughnecks (reminds me of the NASL Tulsa Roughnecks).
Although not terribly creative, St. Louis Archers was my definite choice. The logo would have been interesting.
Love the Vipers as a name, not so much for Tampa Bay. Stingers would have been definitely cool.
The LA names were all awful so would have gone Legion for the alliteration.
ManOnTheMoon
September 3, 2019 at 6:52 am
The Roughknecks is the perfect choice for the Houston team with the perfect logo. Houston Nitros? Really? ?
Jim
September 3, 2019 at 9:13 pm
Vipers should be the LA Vipers. Tampa should be the Stingers. I like everything else expect DC. They should have gone patriotic in DC. something like Stars N Stripes, etc.
Stewart
September 6, 2019 at 3:13 am
XFL made a huge mistake not putting a team in San Antonio. The AAF team drew more than 25K fans. How could you not put a team back there?
Rocco Cambareri
October 2, 2019 at 9:16 pm
Yes, names work and will grow on everyone !
Rocco Cambareri
October 2, 2019 at 9:18 pm
Please also bring a team to Miami, can name them the
Miami Thunderbolts !
Richy Rich
March 7, 2020 at 8:05 pm
Switch to the L.A. Vipers; that would have been better than silly Wildcats.
Bring back the Tampa Bay Bandits (old USFL)