Published 18:32 IST, May 27th 2020

Vince McMahon claims he's not the 'bad guy' after XFL bankruptcy saga

XFL bankruptcy: WWE CEO Vince McMahon has rubbished claims that he manipulated XFL's bankruptcy which caused the federation to shut shop amid the lockdown.

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Vince McMahon XFL bankruptcy news came as a shock to fans earlier this month. WWE mogul anunced that league would be shut down with immediate tice early in May after running into major losses due to ongoing coronavirus lockdown. However, re were rumours from within federation that Vince McMahon filed for XFL bankruptcy only to avoid paying his staff and players ir weekly ws in middle of pandemic. former XFL owner has w come out to rubbish such claims while filing deposition in ongoing bankruptcy case.

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While filing for a deposition in XFL bankruptcy case, Vince McMahon claimed that he did t manipulate league into bankruptcy. He furr went on to d that he will t bid for league in future. Vince McMahon was quoted by Athletic as saying, “I don't kw why that's out re, making me out to be b guy, [that] I'm going to buy XFL back for pennies on dollar, basically. That helped me move into direction of, ‘I'm t going to be a bidder, t going to have anything to do with it.’ I do hope that someone will pay a lot of money for it, and I do hope that it will survive.” McMahon mitted in Tuesday’s court filing that he initially reserved right to bid, but was prevented from doing so by last week’s court ruling.

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deposition filing furr revealed that “ bid procedures are designed to ensure that McMahon can acquire debtor at a fire-sale price with third parties having little or meaningful opportunity to do diligence required to ensure a fair process.” Vince McMahon dismissed claims that he would try to buy league in future. 

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18:32 IST, May 27th 2020