TYSON'S APPEARANCE ON PPV WRESTLING EVENT CATCHES EYE OF TCI

          A World Wrestling Federation source said that they are
     hoping to top 600,000 buys at $34.95 apiece for Mike Tyson's
     WWF WrestleMania appearance yesterday in Boston, and "would
     be ecstatic if Tyson's presence got them" 750,000 buys,
     according to Ron Borges of the BOSTON GLOBE.  If they reach
     775,000, the event would gross roughly $26.5M in PPV sales,
     half of which would go to the WWF.  But Borges added that WWF
     "had to work out a problem with TCI" before the event, as the
     cable operator "was refusing to carry the event until it was
     given assurances that Tyson's presence at WrestleMania would
     not harm his efforts to win back his boxing license at a July
     hearing."  But that problem "was cleared up when" the NV
     State Athletic Commission announced it had no opposition to
     the event (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/29).  A sellout crowd of 19,028
     attended the FleetCenter event, generating $1,029,230 in gate
     receipts.  FleetCenter execs called it the highest grossing
     one-day arena event in city history (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/30).