Richards still hiding, GAB reaches a new low?, House show takes and more

- WWE continued to have Steven Richards dress in drag and come to help Victoria at weekend house shows.

- The feeling backstage right now is that WWE is opting to give more TV time to the guys who are already over rather than waste time trying to get new acts over. They are also trying to connect most of their top guys and storylines to Triple H.

- Weekend house shows were pretty good. The RAW show in Buffalo on Friday night drew 3800 paid for a gate of around $100,000. The MSG show on Saturday drew 10,000 for a gate of $350,000. The Sunday show in Salisbury, MD drew 2200 fans for a gate of around $70,000.

- The general feeling backstage among those outside of WWE management was that the PPV last night was horrible.

- Triple H did work the RAW brand house show on Sunday afternoon before catching a flight to Norfolk to attend the Great American Bash PPV. Triple H is a key member of WWE's management team now and will likely attend every Smackdown PPV.

- Interestingly enough, a practice session for the conclusion of the Great American Bash PPV (Undertaker killing off Paul Bearer) was sent over the satellite feed before the PPV even aired and has since leaked onto the web.