— Charlie Haas’ appearance as Vince McMahon’s special guest on Raw on Monday was said to be a rib, reports www.prowrestling.NET. The idea was pitched by the creative staff as a joke. In the past, McMahon has stated to members of the creative team that “he’d rather watch paint dry” than watch Charlie Haas. McMahon got a kick out of the joke and approved of the two appearing together on camera. One WWE source compared this situation to the sort of vindictive booking that often took place in WCW. “This is really scary and it’s getting like WCW,” the source said. This wouldn’t be the first joke played on Haas by people in WWE. A few years ago, some people in management coined the term “Haas Pop.” They would use the term in reference to wrestlers getting no crowd reaction.

— WWE has pulled Ashley Massaro from her scheduled autograph signing this Friday at the Camden Yards Sports Complex in Baltimore, Maryland. Jillian Hall will be taking her place.

— Ted Dibiase’s new book, The Million Dollar Man, was released yesterday. WWE.com has an article featuring comments from DiBiase regarding the book at this link. DiBiase said, “This book is about Ted DiBiase the wrestler. It is about my journey in the sports-entertainment industry, the pitfalls… the good days and the bad days.”

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