Welcome to the “Vince McMahon vs. the Denver Nuggets” edition of The Wrestling List. Ok, this is just great stuff and hilarious. This is a must read story here and WWE is going to get a lot of mainstream media coverage over this.
Next week's WWE Raw taping and the NBA Playoffs have come to a head in Denver. Raw is scheduled to take place from the Pepsi Center in Denver. However, the Denver Nuggets and LA Lakers are set to square off in game 4 of the Western Conference Finals on the same night at the same time in the same building. From what I can tell, the game was scheduled by the Nuggets even with WWE having already scheduled the date. The situation is being worked on with how to resolve this problem. The NBA won’t change the date of the playoff game but is leaving the situation to being resolved between the facility and WWE. However, WWE is taking all kinds of shots at Kroenke Sports who owns the building and the Nuggets over this thing. WWE has already released a statement on the situation. They said that they have had this date booked for the building since August 15, 2008. Vince had this quote in the statement: “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.” Lots of media have picked up the story. Vince told the Associated Press that they are sending their trucks to the Pepsi Center and they were going to show up. Here are some of the great quotes from Vince that have been all over the media in various articles. Vince took a shot at the owner for scheduling this date for WWE during the playoffs saying “the fans in Denver had a lot more faith in making the playoffs than the owner". Vince was interviewed by a station in Denver where he held up a Lakers hat and jersey supporting them saying that the Nuggets owner had basically thrown them out. There is another building in Denver that could host Raw but it holds less fans and would be a major problem with existing tickets in a different building. My opinion on this is that WWE is completely in the right. They had this date booked back in August and I don’t know what Kroenke was thinking here. The contract was not sent to WWE to sign for the Raw date until last month even with as long ago as the date was booked and tickets have been on sale for a while. As of today, you could still buy tickets for Raw. Vince McMahon was just on ESPNEWS talking about the situation. The person that did the interview of all people was Jonathan Coachman. He just can’t get away from Vince on Monday nights!! Ha ha. Coachman is working for ESPN now in case you didn’t know. Vince said the same things that has been talked about already ripping on Kroenke. Vince said that they are showing up in Denver and that there will just have to be two events in the building that night. The interview concluded with Vince holding up a Kobe jersey that he wanted to present to Stan Kroenke. This is a really light hearted fun story to follow. A lot of times I tend to think that Vince is way too over the top with the media but he has a point here. He is completely right based on everything that I’ve heard so far. I can’t wait to see how this plays out. Just watch WWE get every bit of attention that they can get off of this thing. I hope they do show up with trucks at the Pepsi Center next week even if they do move Raw to another location. Why would you book a playoff game when you know the date is taken?
The doctor of Chris Benoit, Dr. Phil Astin, pleaded guilty to his charges last week after originally pleading not guilty. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and then will have three years of supervision after his release. This will also include 250 hours of community service. Astin's quote on his sentencing was "I take full responsibility. I am sorry I hurt so many lives. I was thinking that I was looking after my patients."
Last night was the WWE Judgment Day PPV. The show opened with Umaga defeating CM Punk with the samoan spike. Christian defeated Swagger to retain the ECW title. Swagger tried to pin Christian with a handful of tights at one point which the referee caught. However, Christian was able to pin Swagger with a handful of tights with the ref not seeing it. John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin with the starship pain. The Miz came to the ring and ripped on the Chicago Cubs and Alfonso Soriano who was sitting in the crowd. He challenged Cena once again and claimed hie was now 4-0. Santino Marella made his way out and the two had words back and forth. They ended up throwing punches but The Miz ended up laying out Santino with a DDT. Chavo Guerrero made his way to the ring and hit a frogsplash on to Santino. Rey Mysterio retained the Intercontinental title by defeating Chris Jericho with the 619 and springboard splash for the win. Batista defeated WWE Champion Randy Orton by DQ when Orton slapped the ref so he would be DQ'd. Dibiase and Rhodes attacked Batista. Ric Flair's music hit and he ran to the ring. Flair helped Batista fight off Legacy and then the two hugged after they cleared the ring. John Cena defeated The Big Show after Cena ducked the knockout punch and Cena hitting the attitude adjustment for the win. In the main event, Edge was able to retain the World title against Jeff Hardy. Matt Hardy got involved and nailed Jeff in the back of the head with the cast. Matt then went over the wall where the ref wouldn't see his involvement. The cast shot ended up costing Jeff as he was off balance climbing the ropes. He fell and landed on the ropes. Edge then hit a DDT off the ropes for the win to retain the title.
Tonight’s Raw was in Louisville and, no, they didn’t get thrown out of Freedom Hall in case Rick Pitino wanted to do a charity basketball game or something. Ha ha. Randy Orton opened the show. He talked of how Flair would not want to get involved in his business again. Flair arrived and talked of how Orton was so close to losing that he got himself DQ’d. Flair also told Orton how Batista flew by Orton as being the man to come out of Evolution. Orton talked of how he could beat Batista anytime that he wanted. Flair then said he had talked to Vickie and she was mad at how her main event turned last night out so it would be a rematch between Orton and Batista at Extreme Rules taking place in a steel cage. Orton told Flair to send a message to Batista and then proceeded to pound on Flair. Rhodes and Dibiase were on their way when Batista ran them over from behind down the aisle. Batista couldn’t fight the three on one odds but then Cena ran out and cleared the ring. Vickie made a Cena/Batista vs. Legacy main event match. That match closed the show. Big Show was on his way to the ring to get to Cena. Flair ran by and gave a chair to Cena. Cena nailed Show with a chair repeatedly up the ramp. Flair knocked Rhodes off of the turnbuckle. Batista hit a spear on to Orton to get the pin and win the match. Flair also promised earlier in the show that he was going to call out Orton on Raw next week saying that he may be retired but he can still fight Orton. Other action on Raw. A battle royal was held with the divas with the winner getting a future title shot against Divas champion Maryse. The battle royal had Kelly Kelly, Mickie James, Jillian, Beth and Rosa, and the Bella Twins in it. Maryse was on commentary and the final three in the ring was Mickie, Kelly, and Beth. Kelly eliminated Beth and then she tried to pull Kelly out of the ring. As the ref tried to stop Beth, Maryse got up and sprayed Mickie in the eyes with something. Mickie was laying on the mat holding her eyes. Kelly didn’t see what had happened and walked over kicking Mickie from the ring. Kelly wins and gets a future title shot. MVP retained the US title against Matt Hardy after hitting the playmaker for the win. I liked the interview with Josh talking to Matt earlier. He questioned if the title shot was given from Vickie cause of Matt helping Edge the night before. Matt denied it and called Vickie a fair GM saying she had also taken his loss to Kofi off the record last week. The Miz continued to call out Cena. He came out in Cena gear and entered to Cena’s old “word life” theme song. Miz did his own remix of the song calling it “nerd life”. Cena did not come out and Miz claimed to now be 5-0 against Cena. Lawler entered the ring and talked of how he couldn’t just call anyone out and then claim a win when they don’t show. Lawler said that he would call out Batista right then to prove the point. He said that just cause Batista didn’t show didn’t mean that he had beaten him. Lawler then called out Hogan, Austin, and Sammartino for a three on one match to continue his point. Lawler told Miz to ask Vickie for a match with Cena. Show then arrived saying that he now had a match with Cena at Extreme Rules in a submission match. He told Miz to step aside cause he’d have to wait his turn. Miz said that he’d wait his turn after Cena beat Show and then threw Lawler at Show. Miz took off and then Show decided to make a statement by putting the camel clutch on Lawler leaving him laying. JR would call the rest of the show with Michael Cole to sell the beating by Show. Santino got a win on Chavo. Chavo was embarrassed afterwards and said a match would take place between Santina and Vickie for the Miss WrestleMania crown. Vickie was shown later being very mad at Chavo saying that he didn’t have the authority to do it. The match took place and was made into a no DQ match. Chavo got involved but he was quickly gotten rid of. Regal then hit the ring and took out Santina. Vickie made the pin and won the Miss WrestleMania crown. The Colons got a win on Kendrick and Goldust as Kendrick continues to look for his partner to win the belts with. Kendrick spent the match complaining at Goldust over what he was doing or not doing right. Primo blocked the sliced bread move from Kendrick and then Primo pinned him with a high crossed body. Kendrick blamed Goldust for the loss and slapped him. Goldust started to go after him and then Hornswoggle got in the ring biting and kicking Kendrick.
Other notes from Raw. Wow, what a random tag team of Kendrick and Goldust!!! Did you hear the hometown pop for Jillian when she entered? Louisville girl. It sure is strange seeing Santino working as a face. I’m not sure if I like it or not. We’ll see. I kind of liked that segment with Maryse and Miz backstage. Two very similar characters. Ok, Vickie’s Miss WrestleMania celebration was pretty funny with her dancing and doing the pageant wave.
How long will Ric Flair stay retired? That seems to be the question. He really seems to be getting a major desire to wrestle again. However, Flair keeps talking about the respect that he has for Shawn and for WWE giving him the big farewell that will keep him at his word. He is saying that he wouldn't wrestle unless he got full approval. Flair was quoted as saying "People in Europe are offering me a fortune. I'm tired of signing autographs. I can make more money wrestling. I love the business. I was thinking the other day about the reason why God gave me this health. I don't hurt anywhere. I haven't lost any strength. I'm just like I was 10 years ago. I keep thinking, 'Why am I signing autographs when I can still take backdrops?'
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Ric Flair took part in the Nascar All Star Race weekend and was a lot of fun. He was a judge in the burn out challenge and then announced the winner of the fan vote for the All Star race during the pre race introductions.
When I read the stipulation for the TNA Sacrifice PPV main event, my first thought was, yep, that screams Vince Russo. Five million stipulations that no one can remember. It will be Foley vs. Sting vs. Jarrett vs. Angle. Ready for this? Foley will of course lose the TNA title if he is pinned. However, if Angle is pinned then he gives up leadership of the Main Event Mafia. Sting will give up wrestling if he is pinned. Jarrett will leave TNA management if he is pinned. The Sacrifice PPV is this Sunday on PPV.
The WrestleMania 25 DVD will be released in stores tomorrow. I find the extras on it to be disappointing comparing with previous years. The DVD will have the event, the Hall Of Fame ceremony, the bonus tag team title match not seen on the PPV broadcast, and the WrestleMania history moments segments that were shown weeks leading up to the event. Again, if you did not see Shawn vs. Undertaker, you need to see it!! The DVD is worth the price just for that match. One of the best matches that I’ve ever seen in my life!! I don’t throw those comments around lightly so you know that I mean it.
Have a great week!! Take care and God bless!!
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