WWE RAW May 25 may cancel because of NBA game

[Mike53421]

I just don't have confidence that WWE would be able to successfully reschedule in time or fill another arena on such short notice, as he said there's already 10,000 people with tickets.

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by b0bby

i think an NBA playoff game is a million times more important than a wrestling event. local residents, nugget fans would want to watch basketball over fake wrestling. interesting to see what will happen though.

how did the nuggets people not plan on beating the mavericks? come on

And this is why we have contracts.

It really doesn't matter which event is more important, it is about who aquired the rights to that space on that date and how much it is going to cost to break a binding contract.

Vince has already won on this deal with the press he'll get, now we'll see how much more he's going to win before its all put to bed.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by b0bby

i think an NBA playoff game is a million times more important than a wrestling event. local residents, nugget fans would want to watch basketball over fake wrestling. interesting to see what will happen though.

how did the nuggets people not plan on beating the mavericks? come on

Well, in typical Vince MacMahon fashion he fired the first salvo.

“The fans in Denver had a lot more faith in making the playoffs than the owner,”

I half expect that if the Nuggets win out a few "heels" might show up and cause a small scene. Then a few weeks from now after the play-offs are over have a few Nuggets players "return the favor".

[Mike53421]

Originally Posted by b0bby

i think an NBA playoff game is a million times more important than a wrestling event. local residents, nugget fans would want to watch basketball over fake wrestling.

See that isn't even the issue, the NHL rescheduled for freakin' Yanni! "Fake wrestling" had the arena booked, what about the disappointed fans who paid for their tickets for Monday Night RAW? I know if I had concert tickets that night and they cancelled the show for this I'd be pissed. If I had Yanni concert tickets though I'd be in much bigger trouble though.

[DetroitSportsFan]

WWE has a contract and 10,000 tickets sold. The Nuggets can play another day.

[KingBing]

The game can't be moved to tuesday because thats the cavs-magic day to play. Its not that easy to just move the game to a diffrent day, the NBA just like all the other major sports have a contract with tv stations to get the games in by a certain date and have a certain routine to go about it.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

I just don't get it, yes money talks but Vince booked the facility first, shouldn't that be the end of discussion right there?

But I suppose I answered my own question, money.

That is where I believe the discussion should end. No judge in their right mind, unless payed off, should overlook this and find in favor of the NBA. If they overlook a contract, this could start a whole new mess of problems with other major companies' contracts being contested for one reason or another.

Originally Posted by b0bby

i think an NBA playoff game is a million times more important than a wrestling event. local residents, nugget fans would want to watch basketball over fake wrestling. interesting to see what will happen though.

I'm more of a wrestling fan than I ever will be a basketball fan, but this is not the point. It wouldn't matter if the person that rented out the building wanted to just throw a small birthday party in the middle of the arena, it's been contracted out! That's all that matters. I will be extremely surprised if WWE doesn't win this. I doubt Vince McMahon will punish the fans of Denver by never going back, because he's too smart of a business man not to do something stupid like that. But he definitely won't be a fan of the Denver Nuggets.

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by KingBing

The game can't be moved to tuesday because thats the cavs-magic day to play. Its not that easy to just move the game to a diffrent day, the NBA just like all the other major sports have a contract with tv stations to get the games in by a certain date and have a certain routine to go about it.

The WWE has a TV contract as well, and a signed contract to use the venue on that day.

This is going to be fun to watch.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Another_Dude

The WWE has a TV contract as well, and a signed contract to use the venue on that day.

This is going to be fun to watch.

I would love to see them do the show from the arena's parking lot. How about that, the game spectators will have to park somewhere else to make room for.....a wrestling ring and 10,000+ fans.

[b0bby]

it just sucks cause someone is going to get fired for this. how can the nuggets not book the arena all the way til the finals assuming there was 7 games in that too. with the NBA not wanting the 2 series on the same night it seems like the wrestling would be easier to reschedule. maybe the dumb owner of the nuggets could take money out of his pockets to refund fans for paid tickets (WWE will still keep gate profits) and offer to pay for all of their tickets next time a WWE event happens in denver again. Or they could relocate to a nearby arena within 30 minutes, surely Denver is a big city with multiple arenas, right?

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by b0bby

it just sucks cause someone is going to get fired for this. how can the nuggets not book the arena all the way til the finals assuming there was 7 games in that too. with the NBA not wanting the 2 series on the same night it seems like the wrestling would be easier to reschedule. maybe the dumb owner of the nuggets could take money out of his pockets to refund fans for paid tickets (WWE will still keep gate profits) and offer to pay for all of their tickets next time a WWE event happens in denver again. Or they could relocate to a nearby arena within 30 minutes, surely Denver is a big city with multiple arenas, right?

That can't happen.

For starters, Vince isn't going to just let them get away with breaking the contract.

Secondly, the article said itself that Vince signed the contract with the venue first, so in most legal proceedings that's the one that would take in legality terms.

Third, I'm guessing from your post that you're a basketball fan, if you're not I apologize, but you seem a little bias towards basketball.

4th, As much as Basketball has contracts with television, so too does Wrestling.

Logan

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

The NHL generates WAY less money than the NBA from TV. For one thing, the conference finals are shown worldwide live to over 200 countries and regions. That's just way too much money to lose if the NBA is to change their schedule.

On the other hand, I agreed with Vince too... but it's too bad, the NBA pays way more for the arena. So much so that amount is way more than enough to repay Vince for his losses, and there is still money left for profit!

It doesn't matter who generates the most money, WWE probably generates more money than Basketball in a year, and that's just selling the PPV alone.

Plus, it's the matter of who has the contract, and right now Vince has that in his hand. The NBA is buggered in this instance, move the game or be out a $#!+ton of money.

Logan

[bandit29]

NBA can move to another day. Vince signed the contract first.

Make sure Kobe knows that the game is moved..you don't want him in Denver too long lol

[Mike53421]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4176082

I love how Jonathan Coachman is the one covering this story for ESPN.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by bandit29

NBA can move to another day. Vince signed the contract first.

Make sure Kobe knows that the game is moved..you don't want him in Denver too long lol

Nice.

[b0bby]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

That can't happen.

For starters, Vince isn't going to just let them get away with breaking the contract.

Secondly, the article said itself that Vince signed the contract with the venue first, so in most legal proceedings that's the one that would take in legality terms.

Third, I'm guessing from your post that you're a basketball fan, if you're not I apologize, but you seem a little bias towards basketball.

4th, As much as Basketball has contracts with television, so too does Wrestling.

Logan

im not a fan or a hater of the nba or wwe. im just curious as everyone else is about this situation and want to see what will happen. i just view it as an event that rarely happens (nuggets in the playoffs this deep) has some sort of precendence over an event that happens every monday of every week for the last 20 years, for the local residence of denver who are affected by this. of course none of that matter in the world of legal matters and contracts.

[Mike53421]

Originally Posted by b0bby

im not a fan or a hater of the nba or wwe. im just curious as everyone else is about this situation and want to see what will happen. i just view it as an event that rarely happens (nuggets in the playoffs this deep) has some sort of precendence over an event that happens every monday of every week for the last 20 years, for the local residence of denver who are affected by this. of course none of that matter in the world of legal matters and contracts.

Well, by that logic of the rarity of the event, I think Toronto gets RAW once a year... so once a year is still less (for the local fan) than the theoretical chance of the Nuggets having a home play-off game, which can actually occur 2 to 12 times a year.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4176082

I love how Jonathan Coachman is the one covering this story for ESPN.

WWE losing Pepsi Center on May 25
So they're already assuming that WWE will move their event??

[mikejet]

How long is RAW anyway?

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by mikejet

How long is RAW anyway?

Along with pre-show taping for Superstars, it's approx. 3 hours, but they need all day to set-up their staging and arena seats, not to mention the ring itself.