Major ROH/Ric Flair Deal Falls Through, Haas Rib On RAW

Ring of Honor also mentions they tried bringing in Ric Flair for an upcoming show. ROH was close to having Ric Flair as a special guest on the 8/2 Manhattan event. However, the deal is now not possible. If ROH had secured Flair attempts would have been made to get Kenta Kobashi to the event so that Kobashi and Flair would have the opportunity to shake hands in front of the crowd. There are no talks of Kobashi returning to ROH.

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.

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 WWE.com. 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."