The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season.  The season began on February 8, 2020, with the
DC Defenders hosting and defeating the Seattle Dragons.  The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.  In March 2020, amid the 2019–20
corona virus pandemic, the XFL announced that the league would be cancelling the rest of the season, adding that they were planning to return in 2021.  At the time of the suspension, the Houston Roughnecks had accumulated a 5–0 record, giving them a perfect season.