Despite Vince McMahon claiming the XFL and WWE would remain separate entities during the revived football league's introductory news conference, the WWE was listed as a minority owner in SEC filings.

In Security and Exchange Commission filings posted to its website Thursday, May 3, WWE says it entered into a transaction with McMahon's Alpha Entertainment LLC back on April 3. Under this agreement, WWE granted Alpha Entertainment, the XFL's operating company, use of the league's name and pre-existing trademarks.

"Alpha has announced that it expects that this launch will occur in early 2020. Under these agreements, WWE received, among other things, a minority equity interest in Alpha without payment by, or other financial obligation on the part of , WWE," the WWE's SEC filing reads.

When McMahon, the WWE owner, announced he would revive the once-failed XFL back in January of this year, he said it would not affect his role as chairman or creatively at all.

He also made it clear that there would be no crossover between the WWE and the new XFL. At the time of the announcement, PWInsider's Mike Johnson reports WWE's production team has already been working on XFL material. Since then, advertisements for the XFL have appeared during WWE programming on the WWE Network.

David Bixenspan of Deadspin received a statement from WWE that confirmed McMahon launched Alpha Entertainment to further explore "the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football" in late 2017 separate from the wrestling promotion. ESPN's Darren Rovell reported that McMahon sold millions of shares of WWE stock worth around $100 million to kickstart Alpha Entertainment, and that he filed for five XFL-related trademarks in December.

McMahon confirmed during the XFL's introductory press conference that it would start as an 8-team league with 40-man rosters that will play a 10 game season with a final four playoff setting.

The longtime WWE leader continued to refer to the past incarnation of the XFL as the "old XFL" and the new one, the "new XFL."

The league's lone season happened in 2001, and was a project from NBC and the WWE. The league is remembered for its unique set of rules, sexually-suggestive cheerleaders and for losing $70 million.

The XFL appears to be dropping its former black and red color scheme for a more red, white and blue logo design.

As for any movement on where XFL teams might pop up, NBC Sports reports that the league is exploring the possibility of adding a team to play at its Camping World Stadium. The city, who also hosted an XFL team in its original run in the Rage, is said to be considering a league in the rival Alliance of American Football league -- founded by Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian, in 2020, too.