The Extreme Football League (
X League) was announced in December 2019, as a successor to the
Legends Football League (LFL).[1] The announcement included the Black Storm,[1] a successor to the LFL's
Los Angeles Temptation. The X League's 2020 season was postponed, and the league also did not operate during 2021, amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The Black Storm first competed during the
2022 X League season. In their first game, they lost to the
Austin Sound, 50–19, in an away contest.[2] The Black Storm were scheduled to host the
Arizona Red Devils in their second and final regular-season game;[3] however, the Red Devils suspended operations for the season.[4] The league then scheduled the "Mexico National All-Stars" as a replacement team; the Black Storm defeated them, 48–8. [5][6] The Black Storm did not advance to the X League's postseason.