WWE Raw telecast threatened by dispute with NBA's Nuggets

The WWE Raw taping scheduled for Monday, May 25 at Denver's Pepsi Center is threatened by an arena conflict with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. Weeks after World Wrestling Entertainment had already booked Pepsi Center for next week's live Raw telecast, the NBA scheduled game four of the Western Conference title series for the same site.

The NBA claims that it will hold the game at Pepsi Center next Monday no matter what and referred further inquiries to the Nuggets. WWE is stating it already has a contractual deal to hold Raw there the same night without any exemption for the basketball postseason. Of course, Vince McMahon immediately went for the jugular in claiming that the Nuggets owner didn't have the faith in his team to set aside the date for a potential postseason game.

My best guess is since that Denver Nuggets owner also owns the Pepsi Center plus the NBA is simply bigger than WWE, it'll end up being the NBA game that gets the arena. That said, if WWE's contractual position is as sound as it claims, it may take the NBA and Nuggets more than a little money to buy WWE out of this dispute.

What would happen to the WWE Raw event if the NBA does gets the rights to Pepsi Center that night, of that I have no idea.

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