WWE airs Lakers vs. Nuggets themed Raw

As expected, much of this week's WWE Raw telecast from Los Angeles' Staples Center was devoted to a Lakers vs. Nuggets theme, owing to the Pepsi Center arena conflict. The program opened with Vince McMahon berating a fake Nuggets owner E. Stan Kroenke for pushing at the 'WWE Universe,' claiming Kroenke's first name was Enos complete with rhyming jokes.

Of course, Raw couldn't take the blue material too far owing to its TV PG rating so instead of the KMA club, McMahon simply pushed down pseudo-Kroenke. The subsequent intervention of other wrestlers set up the ten man main event with the returned Mr. Kennedy joining Batista, John Cena, MVP & Jerry Lawler in Lakers gear to defeat Legacy, Miz & Big Show, dressed in substandard Denver unis.

What wasn't given was a reason for anyone outside of greater Los Angeles NBA fandom to care about this program. So much time was given to the Lakers / Nuggets ga-ga with Jerry Buss, David Stern & Jack Nicholson imitators on top of everything else that it left out anyone not already on board the Lakers bandwagon.

More importantly, anyone in Colorado who wasn't already watching the basketball game had to be unnerved by the Denver-labeled gear assigned to heels. WWE claims it isn't writing off Colorado but exchanging TV tapings for house shows sends an altogether different message. There's an opportunity beyond just one house show for TNA should that promotion wish to take it.

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