Denver Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke will battle WWE chairman Vince McMahon for the Heavyweight Belt on May 25th!!!!
May 18, 2009
We used to be wrestling fans at Too Old when we weren’t Too Old for Maxim. I can remember many a Saturday morning watching Wrestling (or Rasslin) with my grandfather. It was one of the things that we could bond doing, as we watched in silence, until something exciting happened.
Mickey Rourke really captured what the wrestling vibe was like in his movie, “The Wrestler”.
Remember when Wrestling was the Mid-South, NWA, WCW, AWA or WWF? Times have changed. Wrestling still has a loyal fan base, but it is beginning to erode. There are so many other things that compete for American’s entertainment dollar, that Wrestling has to try bigger and more spectacular things to win the audience’s affection.
But, it will never really reach UFC, WEC or other MMA leagues
Now there is going to be a new battle… Wrestlemania over who gets to use the Pepsi Center on May 25th.
Monday, May 18, 2009
WWE losing Pepsi Center on May 25
The NBA and World Wrestling Entertainment are grappling over a scheduling conflict. The WWE announced on Monday that its May 25 show set for the Pepsi Center in Denver is in jeopardy of being canceled because the Denver Nuggets have a playoff game scheduled for the same night. While the WWE anticipates a sold-out arena and planned to broadcast internationally, the Nuggets will be facing the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. The wrestling federation says that they have had the date reserved since Aug. 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,” WWE chairman Vince McMahon said in a statement. Pepsi Center officials told the ABC television affiliate in Denver that the Nuggets game will be played as scheduled and that they are working with the WWE to reschedule or move their event.
Score one for Vince McMahon. IF YOU REALLY HAD CONFIDENCE IN YOUR TEAM, you would have reserved the date, like it was a wedding. You better be sure the Staples Center is not reserved for X Games until AFTER THE SEASON. Be ready to pull out your wallet Stan, you will have to pay. be thankful that it isn’t Dana White…
