Next Weeks RAW in trouble

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WWE issued the following press release today regarding next week's RAW in Denver being bumped due to the Denver Nuggets vs. LA Lakers game at the Pepsi Center.

WWE VS. NBA
May 18, 2009

STAMFORD, Conn., May 18, 2009 – World Wrestling Entertainment®’s live, internationally televised broadcast, WWE Monday Night RAW®, (USA Network, 9:00 PM ET) to take place at the Pepsi Center in Denver next Monday, May 25th is in jeopardy of being cancelled by the Denver Nuggets. The WWE and Denver Nuggets are currently at an impasse in resolving a scheduling debacle by the team and the Pepsi Center.

A sell-out crowd is expected to attend the WWE show at the same time the Denver Nuggets are slated to square off against the Los Angeles Lakers for Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals. WWE has held the May 25th date with the Pepsi Center since August 15, 2008.

“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,” said WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

RAW possibly cancilled, it could be RAW of the year if so

Am I wrong in thinking if WWE booked it first they cant do a damn thing to stop the WWE show? They booked it in August lol, 9 month's ago!

I can see Raw getting taped earlier, a day or two before, the only way to please every body (bar those unforunate's that turn up to the Nugget game with a Raw ticket )...

No because the arena is the home of the Nuggets, which gives them first refusal

They should just go back their later on in the year and all tickets will be eligible, then hold some sort of special show next week, like an old school RAW from New York, cut the prices, get a hot bumper crowd, don't go mad on the stage or pyro or tron and have a real old school 1997 feel about it

Last minute change of venue? Could work, the place they used to do Raw was decent but alot smaller, think they'd opt for that instead of the fancy arse HD set?

I think they'd either tape it earlier or show a rerun. Or maybe an highlight show of Judgment Day?

I defo don't think they would downsize it, RAW is Vince's baby, not got a clue what they will do, the sensible thing if they can though would be to tape it on Sunday then show it Monday

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With the buzz surrounding the conflict for next Monday night in Denver with Raw scheduled to run at the Pepsi Center and the Nuggets and Lakers scheduled to play Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals at the same time, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon appeared on ESPNEWS to talk about the situation.

Jonathan Coachman conducted the interview with his former boss. Coach mentions that Vince is never one to step down from a fight. Coachman mentions that next week’s Raw at the Pepsi Center was booked in August, but the contract was not signed until April.

Vince says that Stan Kroenke should be arrested for impersonating a good businessman for booking a WWE television show when their team would not have been in the playoffs. Vince suggests that the fans of the Nuggets had more faith in the team than their management. Vince says that it is not good business to not support your own team. It is also not good business to throw the WWE out on its ear when there were no tentative dates or provisions in the contract that they signed.

Coach mentions a statement from the Nuggets that they were trying to deal with the conflict. Coachman asks Vince what they are trying to do to work things out and Vince suggests a steel cage match against Kroenke. He says that it will settle everything.

Coach asks if Vince will be in Denver on Monday. Vince says that the WWE trucks are on the way to Denver and it looks like there are going to be two events in the Pepsi Center.

Vince says that the person at fault is Stan Kroenke. Vince says that it is unfair for the way that he treated the Nuggets fans and the WWE. He says that it is not fair to book the WWE event at the same time as the NBA playoffs.

Vince holds up a Lakers shirt and says that he wants to personally give it to Mr. Kroenke.

Coachman asks Vince if they will go to the NBA to resolve this problem. Vince says that NBA put it back in the Nuggets’ court because the Nuggets never presented it to the NBA as a booked date for scheduling purposes.

Vince McMahon came off well while it seemed at times that Vince was cutting a promo with the number of times that he mentioned Stan Kroenke’s name. It looks like it could be a very eventful Memorial Day in Denver.

Ah Vince is always great at taking things like this and really make the other guy look like shit. I love how he says it's not fair to book the WWE at the same time as the playoffs, yet Vince obviously didn't have a problem with it at the time of booking, he must have assumed they wouldn't make it either.

Vince on espn