The Championship History of Sports Championships

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In this thread, I will do my very best to showcase the current champions in their respective sport, PLUS the history of those championships. Some posts may be long in nature, if that's the case they will either be in quotes or spoilers. That being said, let's get to it!!

NFL: Kansas City Chiefs
MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers
NHL: Florida Panthers
NBA: Boston Celtics
CFL: Toronto Argonauts
UFL: Birmingham Stallions
NCAAF: Michigan Wolverines
NCAABB: UConn Huskies
NCAABase: Texas Longhorns
MLS: Columbus Crew
WNBA: New York Liberty

Posts after these will contain the sports, the winners and who they defeated to win the title. Call it an archive if you will.

First up, we have the XFL and if you watched it, you remembered that it was associated with the world of professional wrestling. Sadly there were only 2 full seasons as the first incarnation went defunct after the first season, and the 3rd ended before being merged into the UFL. The 2nd season was cancelled midway through thanks to COVID in 2020.

2001: Los Angeles Xtreme def San Francisco Demons 38-6
2023: Arlington Renegades def DC Defenders 35-26

 

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Next up, we're gonna travel to the world of the WNBA, which came into existence in 1997. It's the sister league to the NBA and their playoff format is 2-2-1 or best 3 out of 5. The league's first 4 champions involve a team that no longer exists!

Games won in parenthesis

1997: Houston Comets def New York Liberty (1-0)
1998: Houston Comets def Phoenix Mercury (2-1)
1999: Houston Comets def New York Liberty (2-1)
2000: Houston Comets def New York Liberty (2-0)
2001: Los Angeles Sparks def Charlotte Sting (2-0)
2002: Los Angeles Sparks def New York Liberty (2-0)
2003: Detroit Shock def Los Angeles Sparks (2-1)
2004: Seattle Storm def Connecticut Sun (2-1)
2005: Sacramento Monarchs def Connecticut Sun (3-1)
2006: Detroit Shock def Sacramento Monarchs (3-2)
2007: Phoenix Mercury def Detroit Shock (3-2)
2008: Detroit Shock def San Antonio Silver Stars (3-0)
2009: Phoenix Mercury def Indiana Fever (3-2)
2010: Seattle Storm def Atlanta Dream (3-0)
2011: Minnesota Lynx def Atlanta Dream (3-0)
2012: Indiana Fever def Minnesota Lynx (3-1)
2013: Minnesota Lynx def Atlanta Dream (3-0)
2014: Phoenix Mercury def Chicago Sky (3-0)
2015: Minnesota Lynx def Indiana Fever (3-2)
2016: Los Angeles Sparks def Minnesota Lynx (3-2)
2017: Minnesota Lynx def Los Angeles Sparks (3-2)
2018: Seattle Storm def Washington Mystics (3-0)
2019: Washington Mystics def Connecticut Sun (3-2)
2020: Seattle Storm def Las Vegas Aces (3-0)
2021: Chicago Sky def Phoenix Mercury (3-1)
2022: Las Vegas Aces def Connecticut Sun (3-1)
2023: Las Vegas Aces def New York Liberty (3-1)
2024: New York Liberty def Minnesota Lynx (3-2)