In a resolution of sorts to the WWE vs. NBA dispute, WWE cancelled its plans for a live Raw telecast from Denver's Pepsi Center, instead moving the taping to Staples Center in Los Angeles.
World Wrestling Entertainment officially moved not only its Raw taping though but the next night's combined Smackdown/ECW taping as well to L.A. By no coincidence, Staples is the home arena for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team playing the Denver Nuggets in their ongoing NBA conference title series.
WWE lost the original Pepsi Center taping site in Denver after the NBA claimed it to host a playoff game next Monday. There were no arena conflicts with the Sunday house show in Loveland, Colorado or the Smackdown/ECW taping set for Colorado Springs but WWE cancelled both events to make the Staples Center logistics work.
Of course, the dispute has not ended amicably or really at all. The Nuggets/Pepsi Center ownership claimed a deal had already been arranged to move the Raw taping to Sunday before Vince McMahon made his own arrangements with Staples Center.
On the flip side, McMahon has continued to disparage the business skills of Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke. What the Nuggets owner will soon learn is that McMahon is not about to let this situation go.
The move of WWE tapings to L.A. is just the latest of many jugular shots that McMahon will take at Kroenke. With a 5 on 5 'tribute' match and a McMahon confrontation with 'Kroenke' already scheduled, expect next week's WWE telecasts to depict Kroenke and his Denver Nuggets in the absolutely worst possible light.
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