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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Apr 29th 2008 By: mikeiles

NEWS
The wedding of Rough House R.O.B. and his bride-to-be was scheduled for April 20th in Warren, MI with Greg Valentine as his best man. In what was supposed to be the best day of his life, it was the complete opposite for poor R.O.B. He announced his day began by his dog getting hit and killed by a hit and run driver. He told the fans that his best man (Valentine) was nowhere to be found, wasn't answering his phone, and had the wedding rings for the ceremony. Let's also not forget that the minister that Rob booked for the show was a no-show as well. Mike McMahon proceeded to interrupt and announce he was the one that cancelled the minister. He told R.O.B. that everybody had a price, and he had paid Valentine to stay home. He even reminded R.O.B.'s fiancee of a secret love affair she had one night in Tampa, FL back in 1989. Though she denied it at first, she eventually broke down and admitted McMahon's words were the truth. That's right, fans. Years ago, Greg gave R.O.B.'s girl "The Hammer". If all of that wasn't enough, McMahon admitted that he was the one who ran over RO.B.'s dog that morning. With R.O.B. in tears, McMahon announced on May 18th that Rough House R.O.B. will battle Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in a Dog Collar Match.

Smackdown head writer Michael Hayes has been suspended for a total of sixty days for making an "explicitly insulting comment" towards Smackdown! Superstar Mark Henry. The incident happened during the WrestleMania week and the company tried not to make a big deal out of it by not announcing Hayes' suspension and saying instead that he was on vacation. However word travels fast in WWE land and eventually the real reason managed to find its way up to the surface.

There is heat on Mark Henry for complaining about the racial slur made by Michael Hayes Wrestlemania weekend.

Speaking of Michael Hayes, he and Triple H were instrumental in putting together the The Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. match at Wrestlemania 24.

Those that were rubbed the wrong way at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony by The Rock appear to be the "vocal minority." One of the guys that apparently complained was Steve Austin, who came to the Hall of Fame ceremony specifically to see Ric Flair's induction. Austin felt The Rock's lengthy speech cut Flair's speech time.

Look for WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair to be kept busy. Despite being off television, Flair will continue on the road doing media appearances, on-sales, autograph signings, trade shows, and other functions representing the company. Flair should be able to make significant money doing autograph appearances. At this point, there are no plans for him to return to television. As previously reported, he doesn't want to be an announcer or work as a road agent.

WWE will release "Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection" on DVD on July 8th. Click here to see the artwork of the cover. According to the artwork it will be a 3 disc set.

During the New Orleans Hornets vs. Dallas Mavericks game at New Orleans the guy running the game speakers keeps woooing Ric Flair style and the crowd keeps responding
with woos of their own.

Ric Flair was in Baltimore Friday doing radio and TV promoting Backlash, even though the event was sold out. He also pushed his DVD. The local DJ asked Flair to put him in the figure four. Flair declined.

Natalya Neidhart, daughter of Jim Neidhart, has now been added to the Smackdown roster page on the WWE website.

There are reports that WWE has called Mick Foley and wants him as the new announcer on Smackdown. Jonathan Coachman was not at Backlash and was replaced in the booth by Foley.

Mick Foley's profile has been added to Smackdown roster page on WWE.com.

Wrestling promoter Dale Gagner was ordered to pay $3,000 in court costs for failing to respond to WWE's attempt to get AWA documents as part of the WWE's lawsuit against Gagner and his company for using the AWA name. On a side note, WWE legal team's expenses against the AWA and Mr. Gagner have exceeded six figures in this case. WWE claims AWA ownership as a result of purchasing the assets of Verne Gagne's AWA a few years ago.

Jakks Pacific has announced that "Dr. Death" Steve Williams will be a part of an upcoming Classic Superstars series.

ShopTNA.com is now selling autographed 8x10 photos of Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle, Tomko, Sting, Jay Lethal, The Motorcity Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), and others.

TNA had A. J. Styles & Tomko drop the TNA World Tag Team Titles because Tomko has major heat with TNA Management. He was asked to skip the Inoki Genome Federation show on April 12th in Osaka, Japan. Despite TNA's request, Tomko worked the Inoki show, and as a result, missed the "Lockdown" Fan Fest. As a result, TNA had Tomko and Styles drop the tag team titles.

TNA Knockout Rhaka Khan also has a lot of heat with TNA. The company wasn't happy that she attended the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. (She is a former WWE developmental talent). She also did herself no favors in regards to TNA's new trading card deal. Under the agreement, each TNA talent had to autograph 1,000 cards. Instead of signing her cards at a recent Impact taping, Khan decided to send her cards in via Fed Ex. When management checked out her cards, they noticed the signatures didn't match, thus they figured she must have had someone forge some of the signatures. When confronted, she said she got tired, and changed her signature. Worse yet, she spelled Rhaka wrong on some cards, and Khan wrong on others. Jeff Jarrett made the call to just eliminate her from the set.

The April 25th edition of the Canadian game show "PopQ" had a wrestling theme. Contestants were asked to name "retro wrestlers". The five contestants won by guessing Ric Flair, Billy Red Lyons, Andre the Giant, Angelo Mosca, and The Honky Tonk Man. The unguessed answers were Kevin Sullivan, Ox Baker, Sgt. Slaughter, Bobo Brazil, and S. D. Jones. The incorrect guesses were The Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, George Steele, Nick Bockwinkel, Mankind, The Fabulous Moolah, Nikolai Volkoff, Haystacks Calhoun, Brutus Beefcake, The Missing Link, and Roddy Piper.

With Adam Thornstowe's loss of the Supreme Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title to J. D. Bishop on April 20th, it ended Thornstowe's 2 year title reign.

There are now Ultimate Warrior video web blogs posted on You Tube. You can view them by clicking here. View at your own risk.

Ultimate Warrior has been doing publicity for his return in Spain. He did Chicago and Dallas radio Monday morning. In Dallas, he was asked by the host, who was gay, about his rants on homosexuality. Warrior said his views have been taken out of context. He talked about steroid use and abuse in wrestling. He said the WWE shouldn't be held responsible for deaths of wrestlers. He pushed that his return on June 25th can be watched on the web.

An interview with The Warrior on the "Puddin and the Playhouse" show in Chicago is now available for download at http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchanel.download.akamai.co.

Tremendous trailer for "Gentleman's Choice", the documentary on the life of Chris Adams that former World Class producer Mickey Grant was working on with the late Gary Hart can be viewed at [url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=59525788234266861]
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=59525788234266861[/url].

Cheerleader Melissa has chosen her Top 5 personal favorite matches and you can view them at ClickWrestle.com/videos/1313/Cheerleader_Melissa_Top_5_Personal_Favorites.

Monday was the 6th anniversary of the death of Lou Thesz and third anniversary of the death of Chris Candido. Dave Meltzer told a funny story about Chris on his website. Shortly after he won the NWA World title, he came across Thesz and noted to Thesz that he was the NWA champion. Thesz then told him that he'd better keep his guard up for double-crosses in the ring and people wanting to steal the belt from him. Lou didn't realize just how much things had changed.

Oklafan would like to extend its sympathies to the family of Elevera Anoai who passed away after a seven year battle with cancer. Elevera is the sister of Afa & Sika of The Wild Samoans, and mother of Rikishi, The Tonga Kid, and Umaga.

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RECENT RESULTS
April 20th
J. D. Bishop defeated SPW Heavyweight Champion Adam Thornstowe by submission for the title in a No DQ/Falls Count Anywhere Match at Supreme Pro Wrestling's 8th Anniversary event in Sacramento, CA

April 25th
USWO Heavyweight Champion Chris Michaels defeated Tim Renesto (w/ Charming Charles) at the United States Wrestling Organization event in Nashville, TN

April 26th
A. J. Styles defeated Thorn at the Championship Wrestling event in Kingsport, TN

Cheerleader Melissa & MsChif defeated The Dangerous Angels (Sara Del Ray & Allison Danger) at the SHIMMER DVD taping in Berwyn, IL. Later in the evening, Melissa defeated Sarah Stock.

Shawn Hoodrich defeated White Tiger & Bizzare-O (w/ Charming Charles & Blue Amigo) at the United States Wrestling Organization/ATL Wrestling event in Nashville, TN. In other matches, L. T. Falk defeated Tank (w/ Charming Charles).

Mike Foxx (w/ Katie Angel & Claudia) defeated Action Jackson in a Number 1 Contenders Match at the Professional Championship Wrestling event in Arlington, TX

Oliver John & Tito Aquino (w/ Johnny LaRocca) defeated Dylan Drake & Mr. Wrestling IV at the Alternative Pro Wrestling Gym Wars event in Hayward, CA

Jerry Brown (not the one from The Hollywood Blonds) defeated Seth Shai at the SWWA event in Granbury, TX. Later in the event, Shai won a Battle Royal.

Trailer Park Heat defeated Major DeBeers at the IWA event in Wilmington, NC

Doink the Clown (not the one from Oklahoma) & Kamala (w/ Kim Chee) defeated USWF United States Tag Team Champions The French Connection (w/ Vito Carlucci) when Carlucci interfered and was pinned by Kamala at the United States Wrestling Federation event in Gloucester, MA. The titles didn't change hands because Carlucci was not a sanctioned wrestler.

April 27th
Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian Hall, Layla, Victoria, & Natalya Neidhart defeated Maria, Ashley Massaro, Michelle McCool, Cherry, Kelly Kelly, & WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James at WWE's "Backlash" pay-per-view event in Baltimore, MD

Above The Law (Oliver John & Tito Aquino, w/ Gabe Ramirez & Rik Luxury) defeated PCW Tag Team Champions Team American Pride (Nate Rulez & Derek Sanders) for the titles at Pro Championship Wrestling's "Extreme Measures" event in Oroville, CA. In other matches, The Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe, Luster the Legend, & Paul Isadora) defeated Vinnie Massaro, Jeckles the Jester, & Mr. Wrestling IV.

April 28th
Maria, Ashley Massaro, Michelle McCool, Cherry, Kelly Kelly, & WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian Hall, Victoria, Natalya Neidhart, & Layla at the "WWE RAW" live telecast in East Rutherford, NJ. In matches taped for "WWE Heat", Shad defeated Charlie Haas, and Snitsky defeated Jim Duggan.

A. J. Styles & Super Eric defeated The Rock & Rave Infection (Lance Hoyt & Jimmy Rave) at the "TNA iMPACT!" TV taping in Orlando, FL

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UPCOMING MATCHES
April 29th
FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager defends the title against Colt Cabana at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in New Port Richey, FL

May 1st
Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for the United Wrestling Federation event in Richmond, VA

May 2nd
Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for the United Wrestling Federation event in Harrisonburg, VA

AMW Heavyweight Champion Action Jackson will defend the title against Lance Hoyt at American Made Wrestling's "Punishment in Paris 2" event in Paris, TX

May 3rd
WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix & Katie Lea Burchill take on Candice Michelle & Maria at the WWE house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for the Northeast Wrestling event in Stony Point, NY

AWA World Tag Team Champions The Heartbreak Express (Phil Davis & Sean Davis) defend the titles against Dennis Condrey & Q-Ball at AWA World-1 South's "AWA Southern Clash" event in Cordele, GA

NCW Heavyweight Champion King Kahluha (w/ Jonathan Luvstruk) defends the title against Ricky Morton at National Championship Wrestling's "Hart of Rock And Roll" event in York, PA. Also scheduled to appear is Jim Neidhart and many more.

Samu will be among the stars at World Xtreme Wrestling C-4's "Detonation" event in Coplay, PA

MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones defends the title against Stephen E at the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR. Also scheduled to appear are Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Gary Gram, Dustin Heritage, Mitch Carter, Cast-Iron Cothern, Shane Morbid, Boss Campbell, Brieanna Bringle, Mike Iles, and many more.

ASWF European Champion Matt Riviera is among the stars scheduled for the All-Star Wrestling Federation event in Tuckerman, AR

May 4th
The Honky Tonk Man takes on Salvatore Sincere at the Funk'dafied Wrestling Federation event in Christiana, DE

Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the ChickFight event in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Anthony Wayne takes on Damian Payne (w/ Fetish) at the Action Pro Wrestling event in Gallatin, TN

PCW Cuban Heavyweight Champion Fidel Sierra (w/ Fantasy) defends the title against Hector Guerrero (w/ Tabitha) at the Planet Championship Wrestling event in Palmetto, FL

May 5th
Bobby Eaton & Dillon Eaton and Ricky Morton & Charlie Dreamer are among the teams entered in Exodus Wrestling Alliance's "Anderson Brothers Classics Tag Team Tournament II" in Charlotte, NC

May 8th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Barre, VT

May 9th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Derby, VT

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Manassas, VA

Shane Douglas will serve as special guest referee for the match between Zero-1 United States Champion Jake Manning (w/ Ty Dillinger) vs. Sterling James Keenan at the 3KWrestling Fighting Athletes event in Limerick, PA

May 10th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Plattsburgh, NY

Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Association event in Newark, DE

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Mid-Southern Wrestling event in Brownsville, KY

ASWF European Champion Matt Riviera is among the stars scheduled for the All-Star Wrestling Federation event in Tuckerman, AR

Jake Roberts is among the stars scheduled for the Main Event World League event in Alliance, OH

May 17th
Oliver John and Cheerleader Melissa are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro/Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Jose, CA

Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the Continental Championship Wrestling event in Windgap, PA

J. T. LaMotta takes on Shawn Vexx at the Lone Star Pro Wrestling event in Graham, TX

A. J. Styles takes on Ricky Reyes at NWA Upstate's "Anniversary Anarchy IV: Caged Carnage" event in Henrietta, NY

Greg Valentine is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Flushing, NY

May 18th
Greg Valentine takes on Rough House R.O.B. in a Dog Collar Match at the Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling event in Warren, MI

May 24th
A. J. Styles takes on Gary the Barn Owl at the Lethal Wrestling Alliance event in St. Peter's, MO

Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Pro Wrestling event in Lake Hiawatha, NJ

Tracy Smothers is among the stars scheduled for the Steel City Wrestlefest event in Rostraver, PA

May 25th
Greg Valentine is entered in Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance's "Battle for a Champion" 30-Man Battle Royal in Detroit, MI

Ricky Morton is among the stars scheduled for the NAWA Ring Champions event in Cedartown, GA

May 31st
3DW Femme Fatale Champion Frankie Dee takes on Gail Kim and Traci Brooks in a 3-Way Dance at 3DW's "Territorial Conflict" event in Gainesville, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Al Farat and many more.

Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro/Pro Wrestling Revolution event in Santa Maria, CA

Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for Extreme Wrestling Federation's 10th anniversary event in Marion, IN

June 6th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Poplar Bluff, MO

June 7th
Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro/Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Francisco, CA

June 8th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for TNA's "Slammiversary" pay-per-view event in Memphis, TN

June 13th
Michael Barry, Kenneth Campbell, Brandon Bishop, Mitch W. Carter, Carnage, J. T. LaMotta, Martin Justice, and Seth Allen are mong the entrants in the Open Invitational Battle Royale to crown a new ACW Heavyweight Champion at the Asylum Championship Wrestling event in Colorado Springs, CO. Also scheduled for the event is Steve Williams and many more.

June 14th
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones and Jake Boulder are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in West Plains, MO

June 15th
J. T. LaMotta take son an opponent hand picked by Jimmy Jacobs at Anarchy Champion Wrestling/IWA Texas' "The Realism of Mortality" event in San Antonio, TX

June 15th through 22nd (exact date to be announced)
Lanny Poffo will be facing Johnny West on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Freedom of the Seas during "Wrestling on the Water" departing from Miami, FL

June 21st
The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for the TCW event in Tulalip, WA

June 25th
NWE Heavyweight Champion Orlando Jordan takes on The Ultimate Warrior at the Nu Wrestling Evolution event in Barcelona, Spain

June 27th
The 3DW stars will be competing at 3DW's "Territorial Conflict 2" event in Gainesville, TX

Roddy Piper is among the stars scheduled for the World League Wrestling event in Waterloo, IA

June 28th
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones, Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Gary Gram, Dustin Heritage, Mitch Carter, Cast-Iron Cothern, Boss Campbell, Brieanna Bringle, and Mike Iles are among the stars scheduled for Mid-States Wrestling's 5th Anniversary event in Harrison, AR

July 12th
Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Association event in Newark, DE

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Fusion Pro Wrestling event in Commerce City, CO

July 19th
Al Farat, D Money, Thug Nasty, and Jerry Bostic are among the stars scheduled for the Revolution Xtreme Wrestling event in Panama City, Panama

July 26th
Steve Williams is among the stars scheduled for Revolutionary Championship Wrestling's "Outloud Fest" event in New Boston, OH

August 30th
Joe Herell, Javi Hernandez, Frankie Dee, and Les Mayne are among the stars scheduled for the International Championship Wrestling event in Topeka, KS

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
April 30th
Jason Jones will be appearing at America's Best Boxing Inc.'s "Wednesday Night Fights" at The Shake-It Up Show Club in Branson, MO

May 2nd through 4th
Mick Foley, Billy Graham, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, and Molly Holly will be appearing to sign autographs during the "Chiller Theatre Toy, Model, & Film Expo" at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, NJ. For more info, call (973) 267-7373

May 3rd
Demolition (Ax & Smash), Booker T, Sharmell, Greg Gagne, Mr. Fuji, Chris Masters, Shane Douglas, Ultimo Dragon, The Honky Tonk Man, Ken Patera, Steve Blackman, Mr. Hughes, Fred Ottman (AKA Typhoon), Duane Gill (AKA Gillberg), 2 Cold Scorpio, Damien Demento, Kevin Nash, Ivan Putski, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), Dawn Marie, and possibly one more star are scheduled to appear at "Legends of the Ring VI" at the Radisson Hotel in Carteret, NJ. For more info, go to LegendsOfTheRing.com.

Jerry Lawler, Booker T, Sharmell, Samoa Joe, Joey Matthews, Velvet Sky, and many more will be signing autographs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at North Rockland High School in Thiells, NY. For more info, call (845) 451-7620.

Ricky Morton and Doink the Clown will be signing autographs from 2:30pm to 4:30pm at West Manchester Mall in York, PA. No word on who will be portraying Doink. For more info, call (717) 487-2263.

May 4th
Jerry Lawler, Scott Steiner, Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal, Velvet Sky, and many others will be signing autographs from 3pm to 5pm at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, CT. For more info, call (845) 451-7620.

May 9th
Jeff Jarrett will be signing autographs prior to the Champions With Attitudes event in Columbia, SC

May 10th
Mick Foley, Ted DiBiase, Koko B. Ware, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Strike Force (Tito Santana & Rick Martel), Nick Dinsmore (formerly WWE's Eugene), Bob Backlund, Jacques Rougeau (AKA The Mountie), Jimmy Hart, Killer Kowalski, Doink the Clown (supposedly one of the 2 originals), Dink the Clown (AKA Tiger Jackson), Marty Jannetty, Scotty Too Hotty, Tatanka, Mr. Hughes, Talia Madison, and Rick Fuller will be appearing from 9am to 3pm at New England Pro Wrestling's "Gathering of the Stars" at the Ramada Inn in Seekonk, MA. For more info go to GatheringOfTheStars.com

Shane Douglas will be conducting a seminar at the Revolution Puroresu Dojo inside Gold's Gym in Limerick, PA. The cost of the seminar is $40 and the first 25 people that sign up get a free T-shirt. For more info, e-mail NWA3K@yahoo.com.

May 16th through 18th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs during the "Motor City Comic Convention" at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI. For more info, go to MotorCityComicCon.com.

May 17th
The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake) will be signing autographs from 12pm to 2pm at Franklin Square Video in Franklin Square, NY. For more info, call (516) 328-3691.

May 28th
Jason Jones will be appearing at America's Best Boxing Inc.'s "Wednesday Night Fights" at The Shake-It Up Show Club in Branson, MO

May 30th through June 1st
Mick Foley, Christy Hemme, Dawn Marie, The Iron Sheik, and Virgil will be appearing at "Philadelphia Wizard World" at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. For more info, go to WizardWorld.com/PA-ShowInfo.html

June 9th through 11th
Steve Williams, Ron Garvin, Butcher Vachon, Bret Hart, Betty Niccoli, Pat Patterson, Scott Teal, and Orville Brown will be honored at the annual reunion of The Califlower Alley Club in Las Vegas, NV. For more info, click here.

June 13th through 15th
Roddy Piper will be appearing on all three days signing autographs at "Adventure Con" at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN. For more info, go to AdventureCon.com.

June 14th
The Honky Tonk Man, Lacey Von Erich, Terry Funk, Nick Dinsmore (AKA Eugene), and many more will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the "Heavy On Wrestling" event in Superior, MI. For more info, contact heavyonwrestling@hotmail.com.

June 15th through 22nd
Lanny Poffo will be hosting seminars, one-on-one discussions, hands-on wrestling tips, and more aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Freedom of the Seas during "Wrestling on the Water" departing from Miami, FL. For more info call (954) 423-6840.

June 21st
Mick Foley will be signing autographs at FirstEnergy Ballpark in Lakewood, NJ prior to the Lakewood Blue Claws baseball game. For more info call (732) 901-7000.

Missy Hyatt, Nick Dinsmore (AKA Eugene), Scott Taylor (AKA Scotty Too Hotty), Al Snow, Daivari, Tomko, Vito, John Cena Sr., James J. Dillon, Bill DeMott (AKA Hugh Morrus), Kevin Kelly, and many more will be appearing at the Fan Slam 15th Anniversary Wrestling Fan Festival at The Holiday Inn in Totowa, NJ. For more info, go to FanSlamWrestling.com.

Ricky Morton and Tito Santana will be signing autographs at Harrisburg East Mall in Harrisburg, PA. For more info, call (717) 487-2263.

June 27th & 28th
Roddy Piper, Masanouri Saito, Abe Jacobs, Penny Banner, Stu Hart, Ray Gunkel, and Leo Nomellini will be honored at the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame at the International Wrestling Institute in Waterloo, IA.

August 15th
Jack Brisco, Paul Jones, and Ivan Koloff will be appearing at the "Hall of Heroes 2008" banquet at the NWA Wrestling Legends event at the Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC

October 11th
Jake Roberts is among the stars scheduled to appear at "Legends Of The Ring VII" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, NJ. For more info, go to LegendsOfTheRing.com

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
April 30th - Anarchy 2nd
May 2nd - Big Bossman, Mr. Pogo, The Nightmare
May 3rd - Lily McKenzie
May 4th - Bull Schmitt
May 5th - Bill Watts, Shane Rawls, Zane Morris

Most news & results derived from reports found on Gerweck.net, PWBTS.com, and various other wrestling news sites.

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