WWE SUPERSTARS SUMMER TOUR
COMMERCE CITY -
World Wrestling Entertainment returns to Denver months after the Pepsi Center pulled the plug on the date of its May event because it coincided with an NBA playoff game.
Fans lined up for hours before Friday night's Supershow at the Denver Coliseum.
I'm hoping to see excitement and action," says one fan.
But it was frustration they'd been seeing since the WWE canceled its date at the Pepsi center and moved it to la's Staples center.
"I had front row ringside tickets. I had to get a refund. I was pissed," says fan Jason Gryder.
"I was really disappointed. I was mad man," says Christopher Bowman, 14.
The Pepsi center put the WWE in a chokehold after the nuggets made the playoffs and bumped Monday night RAW to Sunday so the nuggets could play at Pepsi instead.
"It got canceled because for the first time in years they (Nuggets) won. I was pretty pissed," says Taylor Jeffers.
A war of words ensued by the two organizations and some of the friction still lingers.
"If I met Kroenke in a dark alley I'd open the car door and let Vince McMahon out. I'd let Vince go get him," joked wrestling star Triple H.
But now, it's a match in which the fans win. And so does the coliseum.
Tonight, the Pepsi center sits empty and the coliseum brims with delayed satisfaction.
Triple H spoke with a little tongue in cheek. He says there are no hard feelings--that it was business for both parties.
When Pepsi center bumped the WWE, it had already sold more than 10,000 tickets.
Friday's audience wasn't a sellout. The Denver Coliseum holds up to 10,000 people.
The WWE saying it probably lost some fans who could make it then--but not now.
And this event was not televised, so it might have lost some fans because of that too.
Fans lined up for hours before Friday night's Supershow at the Denver Coliseum.
I'm hoping to see excitement and action," says one fan.
But it was frustration they'd been seeing since the WWE canceled its date at the Pepsi center and moved it to la's Staples center.
"I had front row ringside tickets. I had to get a refund. I was pissed," says fan Jason Gryder.
"I was really disappointed. I was mad man," says Christopher Bowman, 14.
The Pepsi center put the WWE in a chokehold after the nuggets made the playoffs and bumped Monday night RAW to Sunday so the nuggets could play at Pepsi instead.
"It got canceled because for the first time in years they (Nuggets) won. I was pretty pissed," says Taylor Jeffers.
A war of words ensued by the two organizations and some of the friction still lingers.
"If I met Kroenke in a dark alley I'd open the car door and let Vince McMahon out. I'd let Vince go get him," joked wrestling star Triple H.
But now, it's a match in which the fans win. And so does the coliseum.
Tonight, the Pepsi center sits empty and the coliseum brims with delayed satisfaction.
Triple H spoke with a little tongue in cheek. He says there are no hard feelings--that it was business for both parties.
When Pepsi center bumped the WWE, it had already sold more than 10,000 tickets.
Friday's audience wasn't a sellout. The Denver Coliseum holds up to 10,000 people.
The WWE saying it probably lost some fans who could make it then--but not now.
And this event was not televised, so it might have lost some fans because of that too.
