[1] The league was founded in mid-2006 by Rebecca Engebretson and others,[2][3] with its first practices held in the parking lot of a Borders bookstore.

[4] Its first bout was played in December, 2006, an interleague contest between the Demolition Dolls and the Screw City Slammers, part of a four team inter-league squad that also included the Midwest Maulers and the Rollitas.

Rockford was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in September 2009,[7] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2010.

[8] In 2016, the Indoor Sports Center was renovated to accommodate Soccer, so the Rockford Rage was forced to seek a new venue.

While activity picked up as a travel team, local venues were few and far between, and the Boone County Fairgrounds was used as a temporary home in 2017.