Oklafan.com v5 Beta > Columns

Home
Columns

Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Jun 2nd 2008 By: mikeiles

NEWS
A major miscommunication took place this weekend at the SWCW show, as The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy came out and conducted a 10-bell salute for wrestler Jeff Knight. Problem is, Jeff's not dead! The Cowboy sent Oklafan.com an e-mail stating that he had read on our site that Jeff passed away about a month ago. In the same e-mail he stated that people associated with MSWA that he had talked to said that Jeff was still alive. Well, Jeff is alive and wrestled on the MSWA show Sunday to prove it. Apparently, the Cowboy misread what was printed, which was that Jeff's former New York Express partner Jeff Wadell had passed away from a heart attack. In a funny side note, Jeff Knight talked to Oklafan senior editor C. M. Burnham at the MSWA show and asked if his name could be left out of the results for the MSWA show, so he could appear at the SWCW show on June 14th and scare the Roc-N-Roll Cowboy.

The Watts family is releasing a DVD called "Giants, Midgets, Heros, and Villains II" featuring old Mid-South Wrestling matches like Ric Flair vs. Ted DiBiase, DiBiase & King Kong Bundy vs. Steve Williams & Magnum T. A., The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton, w/ Jim Cornette) vs. Jim Duggan & Junkyard Dog, Williams vs. Duggan, One Man Gang vs. Duggan, Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich, JYD vs. Bundy, One Man Gang & The Assassin vs. Ernie Ladd & Mike Sharpe, Butch Reed vs Jim Neidhart, Andre the Giant, JYD, & Mil Mascaras vs. Killer Khan, Gino Hernandez, & Tully Blanchard, JYD vs. The Missing Link, Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater vs. The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) and a lot more.

In his recent blog, Jim Ross wrote that the June 23rd edition of "RAW" will be three hours and will include the WWE Draft.

Ross also wrote that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has committed to attend the Annual Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion in Las Vegas with Ross himself.

Mick Foley was offered the Smackdown color commentator job about a week before "Backlash".

Ric Flair is expected to be brought to television within the next few weeks, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It may be just a one-time deal to promote the release of his next DVD, which comes out in early July.

WWE made a few Hall of Fame edits for the new Wrestlemania release. The Rock's segment was moved from first on the show, and resequenced to just before the Ric Flair induction. They also edited out JBL's cracks on Dwayne Johnson. WWE removed JBL saying, "The Rock had been out of wrestling so long that he apparently forgot the two most important words in the wrestling business: Go home," and "The Rock was on stage for so long that Ric Flair, the Briscos and Undertaker have sobered up backstage."

Ted DiBiase Jr., son of "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, debuted on "WWE RAW" this past week, recently called up from WWE's developmental fed, Florida Championship Wrestling. There has been talk of WWE forming a new stable consisting of DiBiase Jr., Harry "D.H." Smith (son of Davey Boy Smith), Afa Jr. (son of Afa of The Wild Samoans) and Cody Rhodes (son of Dusty Rhodes) as a second generation stable, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. If Rhodes joins, he'll turn on Hardcore Holly. There has also been talk of Carlito (son of Carlos Colon) serving as the new stable's mouthpiece.

In a recent interview of Santino Marella by the Baltimore Sun, he said the following about Jim Cornette: "Jim Cornette is a loser. Jim Cornette is an insecure person. And controversy creates cash, so maybe one day, Jim Cornette, I?m going to wrap that cheap tennis racquet around you neck. I?d like to have a cage match with Jim Cornette. I?ll put that out on the Worldwide Web right now. Jim Cornette is a misunderstanding person. Look, I?m watching wrestling in the audience ? make it very clear ? just in the audience. My daughter is sitting in front of me. Boogeyman turns to us, [and] I think, 'OK, he?s going to do me a favor because maybe he knows I?m a student in this OVW school, so he?s going to scare my daughter for me, and treat my daughter to an experience.' So I?m happy. If your daughter is going to get an experience like this, you?re going to be happy as a father, right?"

"WWE at The Garden" which airs on MSG Network will air this Wednesday and will include WWF World Champion Bob Backlund against Sgt. Slaughter from May 23rd, 1983 in the first hour. The second hour will feature WWF Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man vs. Randy Savage, and WWF World Tag Team Champions Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) vs. The Hart Foundation (Jim Neidhart & Bret Hart, w/ Jimmy Hart).

If you like hearing Scott Steiner rip on Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Ric Flair there are more stories at Baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/05/. He blames Flair for sandbagging him in a "Clash of Champions" match 17 years ago and a lot more and praises Hulk Hogan. It's his opinion and, according to Dave Meltzer, the truth is that during the time Steiner said Flair wasn't drawing, he wasn't drawing. Other times he was a great draw, although Hogan for a career was a far bigger drawing card than Flair.

TNA has been contacting stars from the 1980?s, and is looking to re-create the Randy Savage-Miss Elizabeth WWF wedding when ?Black Machismo? Jay Lethal ?weds? his squeeze, So Cal Val at the 6/8 Slammiversary PPV. Such as Kamala and George ?The Animal? Steele have already been contacted by TNA, and that the company is looking to get in touch with other stars from the era for the Lethal-So Cal Val ceremony.

Hector Guerrero's bio has been added to the TNA webpage. Guerrero also recently represented TNA at a press conference last Thursday at Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

Pro Wrestling Guerilla will be releasing their first national DVD through Big Vision Entertainment. Amongst the matches on this DVD are Samoa Joe vs. A. J. Styles and Styles vs. James Gibson (AKA Jamie Noble).

The Rochester Post-Bulletin in Rochester, MN has a story about Minnesota sports history, noting listings of sports figures who transformed the state and noting Harmon Killebrew, Fran Tarkenton, Bud Grant and Kirby Puckett didn't make the cut, but two pro wrestlers did, Verne Gagne and Bronko Nagurski (although Bronko made it as a football player but he was a world champion as a pro wrestler).

Bill Goldberg recently did an interview saying that he was done with pro wrestling. Goldberg said that it was a case of philosophical differences between himself and WWE, and a lack of vision in TNA.

There is an article at Tallahassee.com about Will Hudson grabbing a shoplifter yesterday who had pulled a knife on two Wal-Mart employees who caught him stealing DVDs. Hudson, a local pastor grabbed 22-year-old Kevin Bispham in a bearhug from behind and held him for police. Hudson claimed he learned the move watching Ric Flair on television. When has Flair used a reverse bearhug?

------------------------------------------------
RECENT RESULTS
May 26th
Santino Marella defeated Jim Duggan, and Charlie Haas defeated Robbie McAllister in matches taped for "WWE Heat" at the "WWE RAW" live telecast in Denver, CO

Buff Bagwell & Rick Steiner defeated The Barbarian & Raven at a free wrestling show in Kennesaw, GA

May 27th
A. J. Styles defeated Tomko at the "TNA iMPACT!" TV taping in Orlando, FL

May 30th
Major DeBeers vs. Wallabee Joe ended in a No Contest at the Gimmicks Only Under Ground Entertainment event in Raleigh, NC

May 31st
General Lee defeated Jerry Lawler by DQ at the Extreme Wrestling Federation event in Marion, IN

Mace malone & James Johnson (w/ Claudia) defeated Action Jackson & Wally Darkmon by DQ at Professional Championship Wrestling's "Capital Punishment '08" in Arlington, TX

June 1st
Beth Phoenix defeated Melina in an I Quit Match at WWE's "One Night Stand" pay-per-view event in San Diego, CA

------------------------------------------------
UPCOMING MATCHES
June 5th
The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) take on The Sheppard Brothers at the Nashville Wrestling event in Crossville, TN. In other matches, Jerry Lawler takes on Matt Boyce (w/ Christopher Love).

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

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Hartford, CT

Jake Roberts takes on Patrick Hayes at the Championship Wrestling Experience event in Austintown, OH

Jimmy Golden takes on Davey Rich at the Southern States Wrestling event in Kingsport, TN

The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) are among the stars scheduled for the Showtime All-Star Wrestling TV taping in Nashville, TN

Jerry Lawler takes on Anthony Bravado at the Ohio Valley Wrestling event in Louisville, KY

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

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor pay-per-view taping in Philadelphia, PA

The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) take on The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) in the "NWA Hall of Fame Match" at the NWA event in Atlanta, GA. In other matches, Abdullah the Butcher will face Tommy Rich.

J. T. LaMotta takes on James Johnson at the professional Championship Wrestling event in Arlington, TX

June 8th
A. J. Styles takes on Kurt Angle at TNA's "Slammiversary" pay-per-view event in Memphis, TN

June 9th
Steve Williams and Oliver John are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro/Pro Wrestling Revolution event in Las Vegas, NV

June 12th
A. J. Styles takes on Robert Roode at the TNA house show in Liverpool, England

June 13th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Liverpool, England

Michael Barry, Kenneth Campbell, Brandon Bishop, Mitch W. Carter, Carnage, J. T. LaMotta, Martin Justice, and Seth Allen are among 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
Skandar Akbar, Danny Hodge, Jason Jones, Gary Gram, and Jake Boulder are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in West Plains, MO

June 15th
J. T. LaMotta takes on an opponent hand picked by Jimmy Jacobs at Anarchy Championship 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 20th
Jim Neidhart and Abdullah the Butcher are among the stars scheduled for the Wrestling Supershow event in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

Tony Atlas is among the stars scheduled for the Ultimate Championship Wrestling event in Dade City, FL

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

Jim Neidhart and Abdullah the Butcher are among the stars scheduled for the Wrestling Supershow event in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada

Nikita Koloff and The Midnight Express (no word as to which version) are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Mid-Atlantic event in Chester, SC

Tony Atlas is among the stars scheduled for the Ultimate Championship Wrestling event in Spring Hill, FL

June 22nd
A. J. Styles takes on Booker T at the TNA house show in Cincinnati, OH

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 World League Wrestling's "Shut Up and Wrestle!" event in Waterloo, IA

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Dayton, OH

June 28th
Michael Barry takes on Gary Gram at Mid-States Wrestling's 5th Anniversary event in Harrison, AR. Also scheduled to appear are Jason Jones, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Dustin Heritage, Mitch Carter, Cast-Iron Cothern, Boss Campbell, Brieanna Bringle, Mike Iles, and many more.

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

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Chicago, IL

July 2nd
The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for the Power Zone Wrestling event in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

July 5th
Rikishi and Adam Thornstowe are among the stars scheduled for Fog City Wrestling's "Brave New World" event in San Francisco, CA

Cade Sydal takes on Sam Haul at Lonestar Pro Wrestling's "Heat Wave" event in Graham, TX. Also appearing is Ryan Davidson and many more.

July 12th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Fusion Pro Wrestling event in Commerce City, CO

July 13th
Sting and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for TNA's "Victory Road 2008" pay-per-view event in Houston, TX

July 18th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Tyler, TX

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

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Monroe, LA

July 20th
Lanny Poffo takes on Tyson Dux at the Pure Wrestling Association event in Milton, Ontario, Canada

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in North Little Rock, AR

July 23rd
Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Professional Wrestling event in Middletown, NY

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

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

Jake Roberts takes on The Sandman at the Pro Wrestling Unplugged event in Philadelphia, PA

August 3rd
Jake Roberts is among the stars scheduled for International Wrestling Cartel's "Basebrawl Ohio" event in Cambridge, OH

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

------------------------------------------------
AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
June 6th
Jerry Lawler will be signing autographs starting at 7:30pm at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY. For more info, call (502) 366-2231.

June 6th through 8th
The Honky Tonk Man and Virgil will be signing autographs at the "Hollywood Movie & Memorabilia Expo" in Niles, OH. For more info, call (330) 978-8557.

June 7th
Jim Cornette will be hosting the 2008 NWA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. Wrestlers being inducted are Tommy Rich, The Iron Sheik, The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton), Nikita Koloff, The Corsicans (Corsica Joe & Corsica Jean), and Ric Flair. For more info, go to [url=www.nwawrestling.com[NWAwrestling.com[/url].

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 and Virgil 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.

Kamala will be signing autographs from 3pm to 5pm at Myrtle Beach Mitsubishi in Myrtle Beach, SC. For more info, call (843) 236-6111.

Samu, Tomko, Al Snow, Nick Dinsmore (formerly Eugene), Scott Taylor (formerly Scotty Too Hotty), John Cena Sr., Daivari, Axl Rotten, Bill DeMott (formerly Hugh Morrus), J. J. Dillon, kevin kelly, Jerry Jarrett, Balls Mahoney, Awesome Kong, Angelina Love, and many more will be appearing during the "Fan Slam Wrestling Fan Festival 15th Anniversary Convention" at the Holiday Inn in Totowa, NJ. For more info, go to FanSlamWrestling.com.

June 22nd
Ricky Morton and Tito Santana will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at Harrisburg East Mall in Harrisburg, PA. For more info, call (717) 817-8022.

June 25th
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

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.

June 28th
Ric Flair will be appearing at the "Flair's Farewell To The Fans Tour" at the NWA All-Star Wrestling event in Oakwood, VA. For more info, go to www.myspace.com/nwaallstarwrestling.

July 26th
Jake Roberts, Chris Masters, The Patriot, Tammy Sytch, Tito Santana, George Steele, Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, and Gary Wolfe will be signing autographs at the "South Jersey Fan Fest" at the Holiday Inn in Cherry Hill, NJ. For more info, call (856) 667-7224.

July 30th
Jason Jones, Mitch Carter, and Mike Iles will be appearing at America's Best Boxing Inc.'s "Wednesday Night Fights" at The Shake-It Up Show Club in Branson, MO

August 8th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs starting at 7:30pm at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. For more info, call (502) 366-2231.

August 8th through 10th
Roddy Piper will be appearing at "Horrorfind Weekend" at the UMUC Marriott Inn & Conference Center in East Adelphi, MD. For more info, call (301) 985-7300.

August 14th through 17th
Jack Brisco, Ole Anderson, The Assassin, Bob Caudle, Jim Cornette, Chris Cruise, Rip Hawk, Sam Houston, Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, Rich Landrum, Grizzly Smith, Manny Fernandez, Kevin Sullivan, Virgil, Ted DiBiase, Jimmy Garvin, Precious, SoCal Val, Velvet Sky, and many more will be appearing at the NWA Legends Fanfest & Hall of Heroes Banquet at the Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to NWAlegends.com.

August 16th
Terry Taylor will be holding a professional wrestling clinic from 9am to 4pm at the Texas Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, TX. For more info, call (210) 394-5968. This clinic is only open to current pro wrestlers, referees, or current pro wrestler trainees.

August 23rd
Jim Neidhart will be hosting a wrestling seminar from 3pm to 5pm at Devastation University in Pennsauken, NJ. Cost is $25. To save your spot, contact JK@ProWrestlingunplugged.com.

August 27th
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

August 29th through 31st
The Honky Tonk Man, The Iron Sheik, Buff Bagwell, One Warrior Nation, James J. Dillon, and many more are among the early confirmations for "Wrestlefest" in Youngstown, OH. For more info, contact info@ypromotions.com.

September 27th
The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika), Bruno Sammartino, Steve Williams, Bryan Clark, Stan Hansen, Norman Smiley, Chavo Guerrero, Sr., Terri Runnels, and many more will be signing autographs from 9am until 4pm at "Signamania III" at Bucks County Technical High School in Fairless Hills, PA. For more info, call (215) 943-2475.

October 10th
Nikolai Volkoff, Don Muraco, Adnan Al-Kaissie, Bill Apter, Tom Brandi, King Kahluha, and Brian Blair are among the stars that will roasting The Iron Sheik during "RING ROASTS I: A Comedic Tribute to the Iron Sheik" at "Legends of the Ring VII" starting at 8pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, NJ. For more info, go to LegendsOfTheRing.com.

October 11th
Jake Roberts, Don Muraco, Wendi Richter, Raven, Konnan, The Killer Bees (Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell), Kevin Sullivan, Glacier, The One Man Gang, Ronnie Garvin, Bruno Sammartino, Ray Rougeau, Tully Blanchard, Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik, Dawn Marie, Tammy Sytch, and The ECW Zombie are 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

------------------------------------------------
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
June 2nd - A. J. Styles, Brandon Groom
June 3rd - Jeff Knight, Thomas Knight
June 7th - Mick Foley, Stevie Caballero
June 8th - Mustafa Sharmoot, Rick Vyper

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