I think this is going to be a coup for the WWE - A slew of basketball fans who are also into wrestling will probably gobble up those tickets, especially if the WWE advertises some sort of anti-Denver Nuggets promotion. I suppose there is a danger that they could get locked out of the Pepsi Center in the future for that kind of stunt, but it's not exactly like Vince and Stan had a warm relationship at this point.

I wonder if Vince and the WWE received some kind of settlement from Kroenke for their troubles of rescheduling RAW?

I still think the NBA vs. WWE feud could bring in some money. I mean, if LT can main event Wrestlemania, then Nate Robinson can surely steal the show in Phoenix next year.

Actually, if Russo were still the head writer for WWE, he would use all my bad ideas. Basketball on a Pole Match, anyone?

I can see Vince's thought proccess now, "Hmmm...the stadium owners violated my legally binding contract and made me move my show to another town, how should I get back at them? I know, I'll do a stupid run-in with a character on my show, that'll show 'em!"

There's supposed to be a WWE house show in Loveland the Sunday before RAW (24th) at the Budweiser Events Center. I wonder if that's been canceled as well. Seriously sucks to be a Colorado WWE fan right now. The whole situation stinks. At least it looks like the WWE will be back in CO in August...

I doubt that it would be WWE that would be suffering if they were locked out of Pepsi Center. It would be the idiot who decided to lock them out.

I'm not a fan, but it pulls in LOTS of dollars each year... It would be cutting out your eye in spite of an eyelash.

That especially sucks for the folks in Colorado Springs—both the fans, and the various vendors who were planning on the business.

PS—I'm not crazy about this new "Continue reading..." format, having to click through and load a separate page to read new posts. Don't fix what ain't broke; but if you absolutely insist then at the bare minimum, the single most-recent post ought to display fully on the main "Ring Posts" page, since presumably that's the one most people are visiting the blog to read.

I agree with Stephen in his PS. This new format sucks. I'm a regular of this blog for a long time now and even I feel Stephen put it right when he said don't try to fix what ain't broke..

Otherwise, it's an entertaining blog; keep up the good work Kevin

I was really looking forward to seeing WWE throw the Nuggets out of the building on Monday. Oh well, I guess it's gonna be even more fun to see how Vince milks this.

PS. I agree with Stephen, don't like the new format.

As a 8yr old boy living on the pine ridge Indian reservation south dakota an opportunity to see my favorite wrestlers live and on monday night raw was to be an experience of my life.now i cant get a refund do to the fact that we got our ticket on line so thak you kroenke for breaking my heart and shattering my dreamTyrellW Pond

Vince pushing around a fake Stan Kroenke just sounds stupid. I know Vince probably doesn't read your blog or the comments, but if he did: Vince hold yourself to a higher standard, acknowledge the NBA's mistake and apologize to the fans in Denver and move on!
And on a side note, I am not a fan of the new format either. Do not fix what is not broken.

You're overstating the effect of having a legally binding contract, Kevin. Any contract can be broken if the breachign party is willing to pay expectancy damages (ie- the amount the non-breaching party would have expected to take from the contract absent the breach). Pepsi Center could absolutely lock Vince out on Monday night if they wanted to; they would just have to reimburse them for a settled/jury-determined amount of damages.

Vince was smart to find an alternative on the open market. If he makes less money from ticket sales at the Staples Center, he can sue Kroenke for a breach of contract and/or bad faith negotiations (which would be harder to prove for a non-movable good like a building lease) and try to collect the difference in revenue between the tickets already sold in Denver and the tickets sold in LA. I wouldn't be surprised if Vince ends up getting reimbursed for his advertising money in Colorado, either. In other words, Vince gets free publicity- including a week's worth of mainstream media attention- and loses nothing more than a few extra hours on an airplane to get to Monday's show. Shrewd business by the self-made billionaire.

I'm disappointed that Vince isn't pursuing legal action. Also, the rescheduled show for Denver isn't in the Pepsi Center, which tells me that their business relationship is probably done. I'm just wondering how he's going to make this up to the World Arena, the vendors and the fans that did NOT do anything wrong in this situation and even tried to do what they could to help out. I wonder if when he reschedules Colorado Springs will get both shows....

The Loveland house show was cancelled as well to answer a previous posters question. I'm also thinking that Vince came to some sort of settlement where either the Nuggets or the NBA are the ones paying for the refunds, not WWE. This would make sense seeing how easily they're giving it up now all of a sudden.

Stephen, I wasn't crazy about the new format, either, until I realized that you can see the rest of the entry by clicking on the comments link, something that you would do anyway if you were wanting to read the comments or post one.

Vince is an ass. I knew he'd milk all the attention he could from this and turn it into another childish act of impersonating and trying to humiliate the Denver owner (like the Denver owner really cares about Vince's insults). I'm sure we'll see another member of the "Kiss My Ass" club and all the 14 year olds in attendance will eat it up. How original it will be (roll eyes). Vince your act was tiresome ten years ago. Grow up and try and elevate WWE beyond the adolescent antics instead of embarrassing professional wrestling yet again.
By the way. I do think WWE has a grievance for what has happened but I just can't stand how Vince has/will handle it.

I'm still under the belief that McMahon isn't nearly as upset with the situation as he's making it out to be. He's upset, but he's not beyond that.

He sensed an opportunity to gain some free media exposure, and he ran with the ball.

Simply put, McMahon is one of the best promoters that this world has ever seen.

New format-----i know you gotta change sometimes.The people who read this page are well educated wrastlin fans. So, article plus comments is a good thing.

this really sucks on a international proportion with the way the economy is Colorado had to reschedule 3 dates so they lost income they could have had for another 3 mo.s, Canada lost 3 dates because they got taken from them and given to Colorado while California made out great because they got 2 dates probably on the cheap because it was last minute. i do love the fact that it is at staples though i just wish they could do something to get the nuggets front office back without angering the nuggets fans

If Vince were smart, rather than vindictive, this would be a pay-per-view quality Raw.

Think about it. Wrestling has gotten (some) mainstream coverage all week. There's a strong possibiliy that people will say to themselves "Oh yeah, wrestling. I haven't watched since I was a kid. I'll check out Raw at the half of the hoops game."

If Raw was great, people might tune in and stick around. Instead, we are going to get something along the lines of that horrific Obama-Hillary match from a year ago.

Vince, this is a chance to grow your "WWE Universe." Don't blow it by feuding with some faceless basketball owner.

This whole thing is so childish. It really sucks for all the fans in Colorado who have waited so long to see a live WWE show.

There are multiple universities in Denver and an older arena, too, if they haven't torn it down. WWE could have used those.

Vince let his anger with the NBA screw the fans in Loveland, Denver, and Colorado Springs. That is completely unfair.

All he had to do was go to one of the other arenas in Denver. The fans would have fit inside and everyone would be fine.

"All he had to do was go to one of the other arenas in Denver. The fans would have fit inside and everyone would be fine."

Silly Putty, did those venues make their arenas available? I think all we know is that the Staples Center made an offer and WWE accepted.