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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Oct 20th 2008 By: mikeiles

NEWS
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) are scheduled for the NAWA Ring Champions event in Cedartown, GA. Prior to the show, country singer Jon Morton, son of Ricky Morton, is live in concert.

On ESPN Classic's "AWA Classic Wrestling" this past Friday night, the episode featured a match taped at the Showboat in Las Vegas in May of 1988 featuring The Rock-N-Roll Express vs. Krusher Krugnoff & Mike Richards. On his way to the ring, Robert Gibson was wearing at T-shirt from radio station KATT in Oklahoma City. Yes, we know this isn't really news nor timely, but Oklafan wasn't around in 1988 and it is interesting none the less.

WWE 24/7 is airing what would be the television debut of the 1980 "Showdown in Shea" card headlined by Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko in a cage match, which included the first-run in WWF of Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan. The show itself was done with no commentary so Michael Cole and Mick Foley did the voiceovers. The two mostly talked about history, and made jokes about how in 1980, the WWF dress code must not have been in effect. The commentary was said to be really fun with references to all sorts of obscure personalities, talking about MMA, Karl Gotch, and when Vince McMahon, who was the ring announcer, announced that Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales had won the belts even though it was only the end of the first fall of a two-of-three fall match, Michael Cole actually said, "Who is the one who is going to yell at Vince for making that mistake?"

Jim Ross was at the University of Oklahoma game and was shown during yesterday's college football broadcast on ESPN. Ross was mentioned in passing as he was shown on the sidelines as Oklahoma beat No. 16 rated Kansas 45-31.

Great news is that Steve "Dr. Death" Williams, who had a cancer scare a few weeks ago, finished his testing and it was determined that his cancer had not returned. He is now cancer free for four years.

Koko B. Ware will be a guest on "The Wrestle Guys" internet radio show tonight. The show starts at 7pm Eastern

Shane Douglas is no longer working for Target, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The former mat general is teaching school this semester at a middle school in New Brighton, PA as Mr. Martin.

During "The Bolin Alley" segment on the "Who's Slammin' Who" radio show, host Kenny Bolin has been verbally attacking Jim Cornette over recent weeks, however this time he might have crossed the line. Bolin talks about how it was Jim Cornette that drugged Jake "The Snake" Roberts earlier this month over a long grudge he held against Jake dating back to Jake's few appearances with Smoky Mountain Wrestling. This is a very serious claim to make and if Cornette had nothing to do with it, Bolin is going to have hell to pay once Jim Cornette finds out about this.

Millenium Wrestling Federation has replaced Jake Roberts on their November 15th event with Chris Sabin.

TNA is selling a Copley guitar with Jeff Jarrett's likeness laser engraved on it for $199. The guitar also comes with a Jeff Jarrett T-shirt and an autographed photo. They only have 12 guitars in stock and are available at ShopTNA.com.

In a recent radio interview, Mick Foley said that he had mixed feelings at first about going to TNA, but no believes it was the right decision and he couldn't be more happy.

Ric Flair appeared at the 1PW event at the Doncaster Dome in England yesterday and participated in a Q and A session and later cut a promo in the ring during the actual event. This was Flair's first trip to the United Kingdom for an appearance following his departure from WWE. 1PW official photographer Brett Hadley (MagicBert.co.uk) has some cool photos of Flair from the show which you can see by clicking
here.

Ric Flair talked about coming out of retirement for possible matches in Japan and Korea at a fans Q&A while he was in Doncaster, England Saturday. He said the main thing holding him back from taking the dates is how Shawn Michaels would feel about it (believe it or not, that's the truth, as he would at least take the Japan date for sure if he hadn't promised Michaels his last match). Flair has also been booked for a February 28th date for World Stars of Wrestling in Gondomar, Portugal, but that's an appearance and not a match.

The National Wrestling Alliance has posted video of Ric Flair being inducted into the NWA Wrestling Hall of Fame

Spike TV is doing something with Bill Goldberg, who is turning his 1970 Plymouth Satellite into an 850 horsepower Plymouth Superbird and will auction off the finished product with the money going to the Darrell Gwynn Foundation for spinal cord injuries. The car can reach speeds up to 200 miles per hour. Goldberg will be on Spike TV car shows in segments between shows and during commercials.

GPCW co-owner J. D. Richards contacted Oklafan last week and stated that GPCW has decided not to run any shows for the rest of year. He said the will be back in action in January 2009.

The Wrestling Express bus has changed their hours of pickup.
NW 23rd & Meridian - 2:00 to 2:15
23rd & Douglas - 2:45 to 3:00
SE 44th & High - 3:30 to 3:45
SW 59th & Penn - 4:15 to 4:30

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RECENT RESULTS
October 11th
WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle at the WWE house show in Reno, NV

J. T. LaMotta defeated James Johnson, Jesse Styles, Matt Palmer, Andy Dalton, and PCW Cruiserweight Champion Brandon Collins for the title in a King of the Hill Match at Professional Championship Wrestling's "Sick N Twisted" event in Arlington, TX

Ricky Morton defeated The Jin at the Championship Wrestling event in Kingsport, TN. In other matches, Steve Fury & Bobby Eaton defeated Moe Jenkins & Beau James in a Street Fight.

Brad Armstrong & Bulldog Raines defeated Josh Stone & SECW Heavyweight Champion Colt Derringer at the Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling event in Bremen, GA

Kid Dynamite (w/ Ronnie Vegas) defeated Anthony Wayne at the United States Wrestling Organization/ATL Wrestling event in Nashville, TN

Malachi defeated Adam Thornstowe at the West Coast Wrestling Association event in Concord, CA

Double Trouble (Chris James & Tony Vega) vs. SCW Tag Team Champions Dusty Wolfe & James Claxton ended in a No Contest at the Southern Championship Wrestling event in Castroville, TX

October 12th
WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle at the WWE house show in San Bernadino, CA

Jimmy Jacobs defeated J. T. LaMotta and ACW Heavyweight champion Scott Summers (not the one from Oklahoma) in a Triple Threat Match at Anarchy Championship Wrestling/IWA Texas' "Evolution of The Revolution 2008" event in San Antonio, TX

October 13th
John Bradshaw Layfield defeated Charlie Haas at the "WWE RAW" live telecast in Anaheim, CA

October 16th
WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle at the WWE house show in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

October 17th
Mickie James & Candice Michelle defeated Layla & WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix at the WWE house show in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Chase Stevens defeated Slacker J at the Showtime All Star Wrestling event in Millersville, TN

October 18th
WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella & WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Kofi Kingston & Candice Michelle at the WWE hosue show in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Finlay defeated Jack Swagger at the WWE house show in Mexico City, Mexico

Lance Rock, PCW Heavyweight Champion Aaron Eagle, & PCW Cruiserweight Champion J. T. LaMotta defeated The Faithful (James Johnson, Mace Malone, & PCW Tag Team Champion Tim Storm) by DQ at the Professional Championship Wrestling event in Arlington, TX

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UPCOMING MATCHES
October 24th
Rikishi is among the stars scheduled for the Nu-Wrestling Entertainment event in Caen, France

Aeon Flexx (w/ Percival Pringle III) takes on Nathan Crown (w/ Marcel Pringle) at the American Championship Wrestling event in Loxley, AL. In other matches, Dominion (w/ Percival Pringle III) takes on Ryan Fury (w/ Marcel Pringle).

The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for the Big Time Wrestling event in Newark, CA

Matt Riviera is among the stars scheduled for the New Experience Wrestling event in West Memphis, AR

Brent Albright takes on Jay Briscoe in a Special Attraction Match at the Ring of Honor event in Danbury, CT

October 25th
Rikishi is among the stars scheduled for the Nu-Wrestling Entertainment event in Reims, France

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 TNA house show in St. Louis, MO

High Society (Al Farat & Thomas Trump) are among the stars scheduled for the Texas Wrestling Federation event in Gonzales, TX

Al Snow and Samu are among the stars scheduled for the National Wrestling Federation event in Bridgewater, PA

PWP Tag Team Champions The LONRs (Mark Sterling & Darrien Sanders) defend the titles against The Northstar Express (Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz) at the Pro Wrestling Phoenix event in Council Bluffs, IA

Spoiler 2000 is among the stars scheduled for the Star Wrestling Federation event in Balch Springs, TX

Brent Albright takes on Davey Richards (w/ Larry Sweeney) in a Grudge Match at the Ring of Honor event in Edison, NJ

Chavo Guerrero, Sr. and Luke Williams are among the stars scheduled for an independent wrestling event in Indio, CA

Adam Thornstowe is among the stars scheduled for the Fog City Wrestling event in San Francisco, CA

October 26th
WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella defends the title against Roddy Piper, Goldust, or The Honky Tonk Man at WWE's "Cyber Sunday" pay-per-view event in Phoenix, AZ

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Cape Girardeau, MO

Nikolai Volkoff is among the stars scheduled for Superstar Pro Wrestling's "Killer Kowalski Memorial Show" event in Malden, MA

High Society (Al Farat & Thomas Trump) are among the stars scheduled for the Texas Wrestling Federation event in San Antonio, TX

October 30th
NWA-OK Oklahoma & NWA-SW Texas Tag Team Champions High Society (Al Farat & Thomas Trump) take on Total Devastation (Jason Strong & Devastator) at NWA Southwest/International Championship Professional Wrestling's "Eve of Destruction" event in Austin, TX

November 1st
ACW Cruiserweight Champion Rob Ryzin defends the title against Josh Evans at the Asylum Championship Wrestling event in Colorado Springs, CO. Also scheduled is Kenneth Campbell, Michael Barry, Mitch W. Carter, Brandon Bishop, Zane Morris, and many more.

MSPW International Champion The Atomic Dogg defends the title against Tim Storm (w/ Skandar Akbar) at Mid-South Pro Wrestling's "November Knockout" event in Hot Springs, AR. In other matches, Gary Gram takes on Frankie Valentine in a Lumberjack Match, and Rick Sweetan (w/ Boyd Bradford) takes on Mark Johnson in a Grudge Match. Also scheduled to appear is MSPW Tag Team Champion Reckage & Romance (Matt Riviera & Jeff Jett), Jason Jones, and many more.

Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Texas Wrestling Federation event in Flatonia, TX

Tracy Smothers is among the stars scheduled for the New Focus Wrestling event in Evansville, IN

APW Universal Heavyweight Champion Oliver John defends the title against Dylan Drake at All Pro Wrestling's "Halloween Hell" event in Hayward, CA. Also scheduled to appear is Adam Thornstowe and many more.

Bobby Eaton takes on JHP's Mystery Man at the Championship Wrestling event in Kingsport, TN

The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) take on The Exotic Ones (Rick Michaels & Simon Sermon) at the NAWA Ring Champions event in Cedartown, GA

November 7th
Jerry Lawler takes on Snitsky at "Celebrating 35 years of Wrestling, Jerry ?The King? Lawler Tribute" event in Nashville, TN

Koko B. Ware is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Liberty States event in Rockland, ME

November 8th
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) is one of 9 teams entered in AWA World-1 South's 3rd annual "Old School Tag Team Tournament" in Ellaville, GA

Bobby Eaton takes on Marty Jannetty at the "Night of the Superstars" event in Waynesboro, VA

Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Jose, CA

Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the International Wrestling Council event in Chicago, IL

Al Snow is among the stars scheduled for the Southern Wrestling Association event in Forest City, NC

November 15th
HOW Champion Arik Cannon defends the title against Ben Sailer (w/ Terry Funk) in a match officiated by Mick Foley at the Heavy On Wrestling event in Superior, WI

Chase Stevens is among the stars scheduled for the Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX

Al Snow is among the stars scheduled for the Wrestling Supershow event in Banff, Alberta, Canada

The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tracy Smothers) take on The Latin American Xchange (Homicide & Hernandez) at the Jersey All Pro Wrestling event in Jersey City, NJ

Ric Flair, Ricky Morton, and Bobby Eaton are among the stars scheduled for the Vanguard Championship Wrestling event in Norfolk, VA

November 21st
Greg Valentine tales on Mike Tolar at the Pro Wrestling Ohio event in Brook Park, OH

November 22nd
Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Association event in Newark, DE

NCW Heavyweight Champion King Kahluha defends the title against Ricky Morton in a Steel Cage Match at the National Championship Wrestling event in York, PA

Ricky Morton and Bobby Eaton are among the stars scheduled for the Premiere Wrestling Showcase event in Andrews, SC

December 5th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Troy, OH

Rikishi is among the stars scheduled for the Nu-Wrestling Evolution event in Montpellier, France

December 6th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Lawrenceburg, KY

December 13th
Southern Tag Team Champions The Old School Express (Jake Boulder & Jason Jones) defend the titles against The Jetsetters (Dustin Heritage & Jack Legacy) at the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR. Also scheduled to appear are Team Cothern (Cast-Iron Cothern & Shane Morbid), Michael Barry, Gary Gram, Brieanna Bringle, Mike Iles, and many more.


-2009-
January 10th
Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for Jersey All Pro Wrestling's "Women's Division Debut Show" in Bayonne, NJ

January 16th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Dublin, Ireland

January 17th
Demolition (Ax & Smash) take on The Heartbreak Express (Sean Davis & Phil Davis) at Pro Wrestling Xtreme's "Uncensored" event in Orlando, FL. In other matches, King Kong Bundy issues an open challenge.

January 20th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Manchester, England

January 21st
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Birmingham, England

January 22nd
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Glasgow, Scotland

January 24th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in London, England

February 28th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the World Stars of Wrestling in Gondomar, Portugal

March 21st
Demolition (Ax & Smash), Rhythm & Blues (The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine), and The Genius are among the stars scheduled for the Wrestling Legends Tour in Rotenburg, Germany

March 22nd
Demolition (Ax & Smash), Rhythm & Blues (The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine), and The Genius are among the stars scheduled for the Wrestling Legends Tour in Ochtendung, Germany

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
October 24th & 25th
Danny Hodge will be honored at the Pro Wrestling Expo in Tokyo, Japan. For more info, go to TeamDannyHodge.com.

October 25th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at the grand opening of Schewel's Furniture Store in Roanoke, VA. For more info, call (540) 366-7246.

Jeff Jarrett will be signing autographs from 2pm to 4pm at EZ2Collect in Fair Lawn, NJ, For more info, call (201) 791-3833.

October 25th & 26th
The Honky Tonk Man and Virgil will be appearing at "Adventure Con" at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. For more info, call (702) 408-0495.

October 26th through 30th
Ted DiBiase will be appearing at the Athletes International Dalls event in Dallas, TX

October 29th
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

November 1st
Ric Flair and Road Warrior Animal will be signing autographs at "Ringside Fest 2008" at Caroline's in New York, NY. For more info, go to RingsideFest.com.

Mick Foley will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at the Collectors Showcase of America Show in Chantilly, VA. For more info, call (828) 277-7586.

November 1st & 2nd
Ted DiBiase will be appearing at Destiny Christian Center in Burnsville, MN

November 4th through 6th
Ted DiBiase will be appearing at the Bay Area Dream Center in Pleasantine, CA

November 7th through 9th
Rhythm & Blues (The Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine) are scheduled to appear at the Wizard World Convention in Arlington, TX

November 8th
Nikolai Volkoff, The Blue Meanie, Spike Dudley, and Axl Rotten will be signing autographs from 6pm to 7pm prior to the World Wide Wrestling Alliance event at St. Joe's Gym in Hazleton, PA. For more info. go to WorldWideWrestlingAlliance.com.

Bobby Eaton, Stevie Richards, Danny Doring, Marty Jannetty, Colin Delaney, Rory McAllister, Mikey of The Spirit Squad, Short Sleeve Sampson, Tracy Taylor, and Manny Fernandez will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at Clayton Homes in Stuarts Draft, VA. For more info, call (540) 337-0800.

November 13th
Ted DiBiase will be appearing at the Bellmead First Baptist Church in Waco, TX

November 14th & 15th
Ted DiBiase will be appearing at the Get Tough Men's Ministry in San Angelo, TX

November 15th
Terry Funk, Mick Foley, The Highlanders (Robbie McAllister & Rory McAllister), O. D. B., and many more will be signing autographs starting at 5:30pm at Heavy On Wrestling's "Have a Funkin' Nice Day" event at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in Superior, WI. For more info, go to HeavyOnWrestling.com.

Jason Jones will be appearing at Mid-States Promotions' "Boxing Fight Night" event in Harrison, AR

November 22nd
Ric Flair will be signing autographs at Pro Championship Wrestling's "4 Ever Flair" event in Oak Lawn, IL

November 29th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at the Frank & Son Collectibles Show in City of Industry, CA. For more info, call (951) 780-9611.

December 13th & 14th
Ric Flair, King Kong Bundy, Hulk Hogan, Bryan Clark, Virgil, and Tito Santana will be signing autographs at "Magic Moniker 2" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus, NJ. For more info, go to MAB-Celebrity.com/c-108-magic-monikers-2.aspx

Jake Boulder, Jason Jones, Dustin Heritage, Brieanna Bringle, Gary Gram, and many more will be appearing at Langoni's Pizza in Harrison, AR following the Mid-States Wrestling event held earlier in the evening.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
October 21st - Bushwacker Butch
October 22nd - George Knight, Tom Jones
October 23rd - Red Eagle
October 24th - Bill Dundee, Joe Daniels
October 26th - Halo


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

Tags: Rock-N-Roll Express, Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, AWA, WWE, WWF, Andre the Giant, Mick Foley, Jim Ross, Steve Williams, Koko B. Ware, Shane Douglas, Jim Cornette, Jake Roberts, TNA, Jeff Jarrett, Ric Flair, NWA, Bill Goldberg, GPCW, J. D. Richards, Bushwa