The 2023 XFL season was the second season in the reboot of the XFL, the first under its new ownership group of Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale (RedBird Capital), and the third in the history of the XFL brand created and originally owned by Vince McMahon. The league is divided into two divisions, North and South. Each team was given a ten-game schedule with no bye weeks, playing two games against each division rival (one home and one away) and one game against each team in the other division. The postseason is a four-team playoff, with the top 2 teams in each division making the postseason. In the North, it was the DC Defenders taking the top spot at 9-1, with the Seattle Sea Dragons in second. In the South, it was the Houston Roughnecks taking first at 7-3, and the Arlington Renegades at second with a 4-6 record. In the Division Finals, it was the Defenders over the Sea Dragons 37-21, and the Renegades upsetting the Roughnecks 26-11, setting up the match-up for the 2023 XFL Championship Game. The 2023 XFL Championship Game was played on May 13, 2023, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Renegades, who entered the game as 8.5-point underdogs via Caesars Sportsbook, are the XFL first champion since the Los Angeles Xtreme won the title in 2001 (the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19). Perez, who started the season with the Las Vegas Vipers, was traded to Arlington in Week 7 as the Renegades had an outside shot at the postseason -- due to playing in a subpar division. He completed 26 of 36 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in the championship game as the Renegades scored more than 30 points for the first time all season en route to the title. Arlington scored on all five first half possessions and led wire to wire. Head coach Bob Stoops captured his fifth championship between the college and professional ranks, while Perez took home game MVP honors.