Monday night is going to special in Denver. The Nuggets will host Game 4 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, and WWE's Monday Night Raw will be in town.
Unfortunately both are scheduled for the Pepsi Center, wrestling at 6:30, and basketball at 7.
Unless they somehow figure out a way to change the laws of physics which prohibit two objects from occupying the same space at the same time, something needs to be done.
The WWE says it booked the arena last August 15th, then confirmed in March as tickets went on sale. The WWE says it signed a contract for May 25th.
But the NBA isn't budging.
"The Nuggets and the WWE understand that the date of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals cannot be changed," NBA senior vice president Mike Bass said. "We are confident that the Pepsi Center and the WWE will resolve their scheduling conflict."
WWE President Vince McMahon blames the problem on "ineptness" by the Nuggets and says ownership didn't have enough confidence in its team.
McMahon will probably end up moving Raw and suing for millions.
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Vince says in a press release and on ESPN:
"Even though the Denver Nuggets had a strong team this year and were projected to make the playoffs, obviously Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke did not have enough faith in his own team to hold the May 25th date for a potential playoff game"
Vince means:
"Actually, we already moved the show to Colorado Springs, where we are already scheduled to tape Smackdown the next day. I'm just going to milk this "non-feud" that ESPN has created to get a little pub before we quietly release that information."
Update from Meltzer:
--It appears that WWE is going to hold Raw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday with an announcement coming momentarily. The new twist is that Smackdown on Tuesday is being moved from the World Arena in Colorado Springs to the Staples Center as well according to the Los Angeles Times. In other words, WWE is doing to the arena in Colorado Springs in pulling out days before a scheduled show, exactly what the Pepsi Center did to them. It will be very interesting seeing how this gets covered.
I officially challenge Mr. McMahon to a last man standing match. Go Nuggets!!
Look for me on tv at Game 4:)
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