The Rock will take you down to Know Your Role boulevard, which is on the corner of Jabroni Drive, and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel!

Love it. Can’t get enough of Dwayne Johnson, who has moved on from delivering the People’s Elbow and is now a part-owner of the XFL, which went belly-up due to COVID-19.

Sportico was first to report the bombshell news:

The XFL has been sold to a group that includes former WWE star Dwayne “The Rock’’ Johnson, giving the bankrupt football league the kind of star power that may draw even non-sports fans.

Johnson, an actor and producer who played college football at the University of Miami, teamed up with Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital to buy the league just hours before a planned auction was scheduled to begin.

They paid $15 million, splitting it evenly. Johnson’s business partner, Dany Garcia, who is also his ex-wife, will be a stakeholder as well.

IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, WHAT THE ROCK, IS COOKIN’.

This is pretty cool. The XFL was entertaining back in the spring, then along comes a global pandemic to crush the hopes and dreams of Vince McMahon and Oliver Luck. Maybe the Rock and RedBird Capital can pull the XFL out of the compost heap, get the league running again, and put 17,000 jabronies in the seats at Audi Field and other venues. It would be XFL 3.0, “third time’s the charm!” for the slogan.

On a serious note, Crossing Broad is intrigued by this purchase and cautiously optimistic.

Now know your role and shut your mouth!