Recap Of Vince McMahon Press Conference - He's Pissed

Vince McMahon put the heat on Stan Kroenke, the owner of the Denver Nuggets, once again in a press conference today in New York, now clearly designed to attempt to boost ratings for Monday's show.

McMahon talked about the skits they were going to run on the show, and the USA Network event sent executive vice president Chris McCumber there to encourage WWE fans to watch the show and show that wrestling fans can't be pushed around.

McMahon brought with him a copy of the press release the Nuggets were going to send out yesterday, after the two sides made a verbal deal for Raw to be taped on Sunday night at the Pepsi Arena in Denver.

The key passage was McMahon being quoted as saying, "I would like to thank Stan Kroenke and his management team for resolving this matter so quickly in a way that allows all WWE and Nuggets fans to watch two world class main events Sunday and Monday. By all accounts, Mr. Kroenke is one of the most respected professional sports team owners in the world, and the professional way he and his staff good-naturedly handled this conflict gives further testament to the type of business leader he is."

McMahon had WWE stop returning phone calls after seeing the quote they wanted him to sign off on, and then made the call to renege on the deal and move the show to Los Angeles. At the press conference he said their management team was "the most inept business management we've ever dealt with."

If nothing else, it was a poorly thought out press release because it failed to understand the most simple element of the McMahon psyche, that the quote would be seen as him backing down. Whatever was the easiest thing or most financially feasible move went out the window at that point.

McMahon said that had Kroenke simply called him up on the phone and apologized for the screw up, "I really don't know what I would have done, except I wouldn't have done this."

From all accounts, Kroenke never personally called McMahon during this situation.

McMahon's press conference today was clearly to try and turn Kroenke into a heel for his wrestling audience for Monday's show, and to transfer it by claiming that he disrespected the WWE and all its fans.

Kroenke Sports at this point said they had no interest in the game, saying "We're preparing for basketball games. Whatever he does from here is no concern."