Powell's Blog: An open letter to Denver Nuggets owner Stanley Kroenke regarding WWE Raw and Sunday's TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view

Monday May 19 – 2:35 P.M. (CT)

Dear Stanley,

On behalf of bored WWE Raw viewers everywhere, I would like to thank you for double booking the Pepsi Center on Memorial Day. You're taking a pounding from Vince McMahon and WWE in their attempt to scrounge up as much media attention as possible, but there are some of us wrestling fans out there who are grateful for your attempt to force the company to take a much needed breather over the holiday weekend.

It's not that we don't love WWE or pro wrestling. Rather, we're tired of the campy variety show that WWE is giving us on Monday nights. Perhaps you could appease Vince by inviting him to sit in your luxury box on Monday night so that he could see legitimate sports drama unfold. With any luck, it would inspire him to incorporate simulated elements of it on his Monday night broadcasts.

Sure, you made a mistake by double booking the venue when you knew there was a chance that your squad would be playing in the Western Conference Finals. Let's be honest, though. You own the Nuggets, and the odds of the team making it this far when you let WWE put a hold on the building back in August rated right up there with my chances of matching the Power Ball numbers on Wednesday night.

It's not like you owned the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team and booked WWE Raw on Monday and a freaking Yanni concert the same week that forced the Pens and Washington Capitals to play back-to-back games. You know, because a team that qualified for the Stanley Cup Finals last year couldn't possibly end up playing in the second-round of the playoffs again, right?

Anyway, Stan, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the effort and I wish your squad the best of luck on Monday night when Kobe Bryant returns to the scene of the crime. Unfortunately, Vince is determined to deliver a Memorial Day edition of Raw, so we'll be stuck watching more great sports entertainment moments from Santina, Vickie Guerrero, Goldust and Hornswoggle.

If you really want to help us out, though, maybe you could step in and buy the TNA Impact Zone this week and come up with a reason to spare that company the horrible buy rate they're sure to get when they idiotically run a pay-per-view on the Sunday night before Memorial Day. No need to buy the venue UFC is running on Saturday night. They're so hot that they could probably draw a decent number with a pay-per-view on Christmas morning, whereas someone needs to save TNA from themselves this weekend.

Sincerely,

Jason Powell