World Wrestling Federation Chairman Vince McMahon speaks at an XFL news conference, Aug. 1, 2000 in Birmingham, Ala. The XFL, founded by the World Wrestling Federation and jointly owned by NBC folded Thursday, May 10, 2001, after one season. "Despite where our heart was, we just couldn't make it work from a financial standpoint,'' WWF chairman Vince McMahon said. ``We tried to figure out every conceivable way to make this work." (AP Photo-The Birmingham News-Frank Couch)