UPDATE: The Denver Post is reporting that the WWE has officially been kicked out of their lease. I hope the Nuggets lose their asses in court.

This story about Kenyon Martin’s “feud” with Mark Cuban has been such a non-starter for me, so I was relieved to see that Vince McMahon of WWE fame was locked into a much more substantial standoff with Denver Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke over the use of the Pepsi Center this coming Monday night. McMahon claims that the WWE booked the building last August and intends to use it. Kroenke owns both the Nuggets and the Pepsi Center, and he and the NBA seem intent on watching the Nuggets play at home on Monday. From NBA.com:

“The Nuggets and the WWE understand that the date of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals cannot be changed, [Why not? --Ed.]” NBA senior vice president Mike Bass said. “We are confident that the Pepsi Center and the WWE will resolve their scheduling conflict.”

Zimmerman said the Pepsi Center confirmed in March with the WWE that the organization wanted to keep the May 25 date, and sent a contract on April 15 — the final night of the regular season — which WWE signed and returned. Tickets went on sale April 11.

I defer to the man with the contract in his hand. I’m not the first person to say this, but how hard can it be for the NBA to just move the game to Sunday or Tuesday? Certainly they can do this much easier than the traveling circus of the WWE, who does over 300 shows annually. But nothing would please me more than to see MacMahon score one over the NBA. Rich white people have a right to make a living too, ya know…