Dallas Derby Devils

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The Dallas Derby Devils (DDD) is a flat track roller derby league in Dallas, Texas and surrounding area of Ft. Worth, Texas. Founded in November 2004, the Dallas Derby Devils is the original North Texas roller derby league with a current roster of over one hundred active skaters, making DDD one of the largest flat track derby leagues in the southern United States. The Dallas Derby Devils are an original member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Metro areaDallas, Texas
FoundedNovember 2004
TeamsArmy of Darkness (A team)
Battalion of Doom (B team)
Death Row Rumblers
High Seas Hotties
The Slaughterers
Suicide Shifters
Wrecking Crew
Rolling Rebellion (Juniors)
Hellraisers (Open Gender)
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Dallas Derby Devils
League logo
Metro areaDallas, Texas
CountryUnited States
FoundedNovember 2004
TeamsArmy of Darkness (A team)
Battalion of Doom (B team)
Death Row Rumblers
High Seas Hotties
The Slaughterers
Suicide Shifters
Wrecking Crew
Rolling Rebellion (Juniors)
Hellraisers (Open Gender)
Track typeFlat
VenueNYTEX Sports Centre
AffiliationsWFTDA
JRDA
USARS
Org. type501(c)3 Domestic Non-Profit
Websitederbydevils.com
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The Dallas Derby Devils have completed sell-out home seasons since 2006 featuring the five home teams that comprise the league; The Death Row Rumblers, The High Seas Hotties, The Slaughterers, The Suicide Shifters, and The Wrecking Crew. Skaters of these five teams make up an All-Star Travel Team for the Dallas Derby Devils called the Army of Darkness, that compete in interleague play against other WFTDA member leagues.

Since 2008, league games are held at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas.[2][3]

The Dallas Derby Devils is a skater-owned and skater-operated 501(c)3 Domestic Non-Profit organization.

Teams

The Dallas Derby Devils has 7 teams: an all-star travel team known as the Army of Darkness an all-star b-team the Battalion of Doom, and five home teams, the Death Row Rumblers, the High Seas Hotties, the Slaughters, the Suicide Shifters and the Wrecking Crew.[4]

In 2018, the league integrated the Rolling Rebellion,[5] a junior roller derby team competing in JRDA tournaments.[6] This expanded Dallas' program to include youth ages 7-17 years of age.

Upon the return to gameplay from COVID-19 restrictions in 2021, the Dallas Derby Devils developed the Hellraisers. This open-gender team competes under the WFTDA and USA Roller Sports (USARS) rulesets. The Hellraisers is a reboot of the beloved original Dallas Derby Devils travel team, the Hell Razors.

Dallas Derby Devils Home Team Champions

Dallas Derby Devils logo pre-2017
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Season First Place
2006 The High Seas Hotties
2007 The Slaughterers
2008 The Slaughterers
2009 The Slaughterers
2010 The High Seas Hotties
2011 The Slaughterers
2012 The Suicide Shifters
2013 The Wrecking Crew
2014 The Death Row Rumblers
2015 The Death Row Rumblers
2016 Wrecking Crew
2017 Slaughterers
2018 Death Row Rumblers
2019 Death Row Rumblers
2020 No Home Games (COVID-19)
2021 No Home Games (COVID-19)
2022 Wrecking Crew
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WFTDA competition

The Dallas Derby Devils' all-star travel team is called the Army of Darkness, and is composed of 20 members from all five of the Dallas Derby Devils home teams. Army of Darkness competes in interleague game play with other WFTDA member leagues.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Dallas also fields an all-star b-team called the Battalion of Doom.

Dallas has made various appearances at WFTDA Playoffs over the years. In 2013, Dallas competed at the first Division 2 Playoff, held in Des Moines, Iowa. Dallas entered the tournament as the ninth seed, and finished the weekend in fifth place.[13] In 2015, Dallas hosted a Division 1 Playoff tournament, for which they themselves also qualified. They entered the weekend as the sixth seed, and finished in fifth place.[14] In 2016, Dallas returned to Division 1 Playoffs in Montreal, entering as the fifth seed and finishing in the same position.[15] In 2017, Dallas again hosted a Division 1 playoff, at which they won their opening game in the final jam, 170-162 over Santa Cruz Derby Girls.[16] Dallas then lost their quarterfinal to Texas Rollergirls 248-89,[17] and finished their weekend with a consolation round win over Arizona Roller Derby of 183-153.[18]

In 2018, Dallas was eligible for Playoffs with a ranking of 27 overall in the June 30 rankings update,[19] but declined their invitation to Playoffs.[20]

Dallas was not eligible for Playoffs in the June 2019 rankings update.

There was no competitive WFTDA roller derby from 2020 through 2022 due to restrictions put in place as a result of COVID-19. Competitive ranked gameplay returns in 2023.

Rankings

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Season Final ranking[21] Playoffs Championship
2006 19[22] 14[23]
2007 23[24] R1 W[25] DNQ
2008 N/A[26] 12 W[27] DNQ
2009 4 SC[28] 4 SC[29] DNQ
2010 8 SC[30] 8 SC[31] DNQ
2011 14 SC[32] DNQ DNQ
2012 14 SC[33] DNQ DNQ
2013 60 WFTDA[34] 5 D2[13] DNQ
2014 60 WFTDA[35] DNQ DNQ
2015 19 WFTDA[36] 5 D1[14] DNQ
2016 12 WFTDA[37] 5 D1[15] DNQ
2017 27 WFTDA[38] CR D1[18] DNQ
2018 29 WFTDA[39] DNP[20] DNQ
2019 39 WFTDA[40] DNQ DNQ
2020 COVID-19
2021 COVID-19[41]
2022 COVID-19
2023
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  • CR = consolation round
  • DNP = did not play
  • COVID-19 = as a result of restrictions, no WFTDA derby was played
More information Partial travel team bouting history as of May 2012[update] - Bolded results indicate Dallas victories, Date ...
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