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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Nov 5th 2007 By: mikeiles

NEWS
Junior Fatu (AKA Rikishi) is already gone from TNA Wrestling after spending less than two months with the company. Making his debut as Junior Fatu, he appeared on the September 13th edition of iMPACT! and wrestled for the first time there the week after. He was scheduled to be at last Monday's "TNA iMPACT!" TV taping but his spot was replaced by Chris Harris. According to reports, the two parties couldn't reach an agreement on a contract.

Matt Morgan will be serving as the acting GM for TNA in Jim Cornette's absence. While the change is only temporary, TNA has been impressed with both the reaction Matt Morgan receives from the live crowd as well as his ability to cut strong promos as demonstrated 2 weeks ago on Impact. At present TNA is embracing these skills while saving his physical prowess for a later date.

TNA Writer Dutch Mantel is said to be negative about the fact that nobody knows who the babyfaces are, and nobody knows who the heels are. In the past, Vince Russo has said that faces and heels are passe.

Samoa Joe, Senshi, and Mike Tenay pushed for TNA to use Amazing Kong. Dutch Mantel is also said to be a proponent of hers.

One rumored match for TNA's "Genesis" pay-per-view in Orlando FL on November 11th, is TNA World Tag Team Champions A. J. Styles & Tomko defending against The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner).

WWE on its web site promoted the week of December 5-9 with WWE men vs. women battling on "Family Feud". The story mentioned a men's team of Ric Flair, Mr. Kennedy, Batista, and Jonathan Coachman and a women's team of Layla, Candice Michelle, Michelle McCool and Maria. It left out Booker T and Sharmell on their respective teams. That's company policy, when you leave, you don't exist any longer.

Even Ric Flair's own web site gets it wrong. On the Ric Flair Finance web site, there are mostly reference to "Ric Flair" Finance but there is one reference to "Rick Flair" Finance.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross announced the starting lineups for the University of Oklahoma at Saturday night's ABC game against Texas A&M. The game was available on a regional basis

WYOU News in Scranton/Wilkes Barre, PA had Jerry Lawler on the show with them taking questions. They also had a poll asking who was the best legend and Lawler won with 41%, Hulk Hogan came in second with 37%, Andre the Giant with 14%, and Roddy Piper with 7%. They were hyping that wrestling was coming back to Scranton and for $15 you could get a ticket, with tickets still left. One of the questions asked was who he thought was the best right now. He said Cena who is out for 8 months, Shawn Michaels for Raw and the Undertaker for Smackdown. He also said he doesn't get to watch ECW because that's his softball night.

Chris Jericho was on WMMR in Philadelphia Monday morning on the Preston and Steve show. One of the hosts brought up that Lanny Poffo was one of the few acrobatic wrestlers in the 80s. Jericho then said Poffo is well known to have the ability to give himself oral treats and called it "his well-known parlor trick."

Goldberg was reportedly paid $30,000 for a one-day appearance at the San Francisco convention at the Cow Palace.

On a recent tour with All Japan, wrestling icon Abdullah the Butcher teamed with Nobutaka Araya to face Seiya Sanada and Nobukazu Hirai in a prelim match. Butcher had trouble getting into the ring at age 70, and stayed on the floor and brawled. Other reports have circulated with the same comments. When Abdullah wrestled at a Legends show in North Carolina a couple of months ago, he was also unable to get into the ring. The promoter said that he not able to get into the ring any longer. He can only stand at ringside & do a few trademark Butcher moves (pulling the fork out of his tights, blading, etc).

Bronko Lubich and Skip Young will be honored and given the PCW Lifetime Achievement Award at Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle's "Heroes II Legends" event in Arlington, TX on November 10th. Lubich, who passed away in August of this year will receive the award posthumously and will be represented by his family.

The Mid South Pro Wrestling show scheduled for November 10th at Robinson Middle School in Little Rock, AR has been canceled due the father of the pastor they were doing the show for suffering a massive stroke. Ted DiBiase and Danny Hodge were booked, and they are looking at trying to do it now in April.

UWF06 recently announced they will be doing a show at the Veterans Hall in Biloxi, MS on December 8th.

Oklafan is sad to report the death of WWE Hall of Famer and former WWF World Women's champion The Fabulous Moolah this past Friday in Columbia, SC. Moolah, real name Lillian Ellison, was 84 years old. Ellison made her professional wrestling debut in 1949 and joined the then WWF in 1983 after Vince McMahon secured her services. Moolah came into the company already as the Women's champion, bringing her title from the NWA and then lost it to Wendi Richter in 1984 in the main event of 'The Brawl To End It All' which was aired live on MTV (and was the first wrestling event Oklafan senior editor C. M. Burnham ever saw). Moolah went on to win the WWF World Women's title a total of four times, the last when she was 76 years old. In 1995 she was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame and kept appearing from time to time on WWE television along with Mae Young. Her last appearance on WWE TV was at SummerSlam during a backstage segment with McMahon and William Regal. No cause of death has been announced yet. Moolah has one documented Oklahoma appearance on May 29, 1959 when she defeated Judy Grable.

Oklafan also extends its sympathy to the family of former valet Missy D. Two weeks ago, Missy's sister and three other family members were killed in a car accident. On Thursday, Missy's mom passed away after a long struggle with cancer. Although she only valeted twice in her career (both times for Warrior Elite in SWCW), she is still a member of the wrestling family and we offer our condolences to her during this time.

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RECENT RESULTS
October 27th
Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated Helter Skelter & Gangrel at the Pro Wrestling Unplugged event in Feasterville, PA

Rick Steiner defeated Jeremy Vain in the opening match of the Ultimate Christian Wrestling event in Canton, GA

October 28th
SPW Champion Adam Thornstowe defeated Rik Luxury in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match to win their Supreme Seven Series 4-3 at the Supreme Pro Wrestling event in Sacramento, CA

October 29th
TNA World Tag Team Champions A. J. Styles & Tomko defeated The Latin American Xchange (Homicide & Hernandez) at the "TNA iMPACT!" TV tapings in Orlando, FL

Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) at the "WWE RAW" telecast in Philadelphia, PA. In other matches, Hornswaggle defeated Jonathan Coachman in a match with special guest referee Mick Foley. In a match taped for "WWE Heat", The Highlanders (Rory McAllister & Robbie McAllister) defeated Jim Duggan & Super Crazy.

October 30th
Sting, Samoa Joe, & Eric Young defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & TNA World Champion Kurt Angle in the main event of the "TNA iMPACT!" TV taping in Orlando, FL. In other matches, Scott Steiner defeated TNA World Tag Team Champion A. J. Styles in an Amateur Rules Match.

Mick Foley defeated Jonathan Coachman in a match with special referee Hornswaggle at the "WWE Smackdown!" TV taping in

T. J. Wilson defeated Jake Hager by DQ at the Florida Championhsip Wrestling event in New Port Richey, FL

Mad Dog Maxx defeated Tracy Smothers at the Legends Wrestling League event in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

November 2nd
Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated Brent Albright & B. J. Whitmer at night 1 of Ring of Honor's "Glory By Honor VI" event in Philadelphia, PA

Bash (w/ Mike Paige) defeated El Latino at the Professional Championhsip Wrestling Uncut event in Arlington, TX. In other matches, Aaron Eagle defeated J. T. LaMotta in a match with Kris Haiden as special referee, and Mad Dog defeated Ryan Davidson and James Johnson in a Triple Threat Match.

The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) defeated Kansas State Tag Team Champions The Dalton Gang for the titles at the Kansas State Wrestling Association event in Coffeyville, KS

November 3rd
Jim Duggan defeated William Regal at the WWE RAW house show in San Diego, CA. In other matches, WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) and Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly, and WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James..

Brent Albright & B. J. Whitmer defeated Kevin Steen & Delirious at night 2 of Ring of Honor's "Glory By Honor VI" event in New York, NY

Action Jackson (w/ Jessica Hatch) defeated Mike Foxx (w/ Claudia & Katie Angel) in a TLC Match to win the vacant PCW Heavyweight Title in the main event of the Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle event in Arlington, TX. In other matches, J. T. LaMotta defeated Diamond Dave, Robert Evans, and James Johnson in a Four Post Massacre Match to win the vacant PCW Cruiserweight Title.

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UPCOMING MATCHES
November 9th
Tony Atlas is among the stars scheduled for the National Wrestling Superstars event in Sayreville, NJ

Bash takes on Burger in a No DQ Match at the Professional Championship Wrestling Uncut event in Arlington, TX

November 10th
Tony Atlas is among the stars scheduled for the National Wrestling Superstars event in Ridgefield Park, NJ

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

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the International Wrestling Cartel event in Elizabeth, PA

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Southern Wrestling Association event in Lafayette, TN

Jake Hager is among the stars scheduled for the Florida Championship Wrestling event in Lecanto, FL

Doink the Clown and Cade Sydal are among the stars scheduled for the North Texas Wrestling Syndicate event in Wichita Falls, TX

HCW Kekaulike Tag Team Champions Mr. Wrestling II & Mr. Wrestling III defend the titles against Manu Samoa (Ativalu & Ete) at the Hawaiian Championship Wrestling event in Schofield Barracks, HI

Smash takes on Sexx Factor (Kevin Baker & Michael Barnes) at the Blue Water Champiuonhsip Wrestling event in Port Huron, MI

Bill Dundee is among the stars scheduled for the Georgia Wrestling Promotions event in Waleska, GA

November 11th
Sting and a mystery partner will face Kevin Nash & TNA World Champion Kurt Angle in a tag team match with the winner of the fall winning the TNA World Title at TNA's "Genesis" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL

November 17th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE Smackdown house show in in Fort Myers, FL

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Midwest event in Chicago, IL

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Outlaw Championship Wrestling event in Moulton, AL

Mil Mascaras & Blue Demon Jr. take on Super Parka & Atlantis at the NWA Pro event in Houston, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Brent Albright and many more.

Adam Thornstowe is among the stars scheduled for the California Championship Wrestling event in Newman, CA

November 18th
Bobby Eaton takes on Tommy Rich at the All Star Championship Wrestling event in Carollton, GA. In other matches, Jake Roberts faces Masked Superstar, and Ricky Morton takes on Jimmy Golden. Also scheduled to appear are Greg Valentine, Doug Somers, and many more.

November 23rd through December 9th
Abdullah The Butcher & Minoru Suzuki are among the teams entered in All Japan Pro Wrestling's 2007 Real World Tag Team Tournament in Osaka, Japan

November 24th
Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Southern Wrestling Association event in Lafayette, TN

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

Brent Albright has been entered in IWA Mid-South's "2007 Revolution Strong Style Tournament" in Midlothian, IL

Hector Guerrero takes on Mark Zout at the Planet Championship Wrestling event in Sarasota, FL

November 30th
The Hangmen Three (Brent Albright, Adam Pearce, & B. J. Whitmer, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Dayton, OH

December 1st
Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Alliance event in Newark, DE

The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright) are among the teams entered in Ring of Honor's "Trios Tournament 2008" in Chicago Ridge, IL

December 7th
GLCW Champion King Kong Bundy defends the title against Eric Freedom at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling's "Blizzard Brawl 3" in Milwaukee, WI. In other matches, GLCW Tag Team Champions Dysfunction & Mason Quinn defend against Steve Stone & Hardcore Craig, The Texas Hangmen, and Demolition (Ax & Smash) in a Fatal Four Way Match.

December 8th
Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the International Wrestling Cartel event in Elizabeth, PA

Mil Mascaras is among the stars scheduled for the Lucha Libre event in Naucalpan, Mexico

A. J. Styles takes on Chris Hero at the Jersey All Pro Wrestling event in Rahway, NJ

December 9th
Steve Williams takes on Danny Demanto at the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Lake Hiawatha, NY

December 16th
J. T. LaMotta has been entered in Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Lone Star Classic '07" tournament in San Antonio, TX

December 20th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the IGF event in Japan

December 22nd
Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Professional Wrestling event in Lake Hiawatha, NY

December 23rd
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones, Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Kenny Campbell, Mitch Carter, and Mike Iles are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in Fayetteville, AR

December 29th
The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor pay-per-view taping in New York, NY

December 30th
The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for Ring of Honor's "Final Battle 2007" event in New York, NY

-2008-
January 12th
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones, Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Kenny Campbell, Mitch Carter, Brieanna Bringle, and Mike Iles are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR

January 28th
UXW Tag Team Champions Demolition (Ax & Smash) and King Kong Bundy are among the stars scheduled for the USA Xtreme Wrestling event in Orlando, FL

March 22nd
Buddy Landell and King Kong Bundy are among the stars scheduled for the IPWA reunion event in Sewell, NJ

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 9th through 11th
Ted DiBiase will be preaching at Crosspoint Church in Little Rock, AR. For more info go to MillionDollarMan.com

November 10th
The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart, w/ manager Jimmy Hart) will reunite for 1 day only at Ringside Fest at Caroline's in New York, NY. For more info go to RingsideFest.com.

Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Battle of the Branches" boxing event starting at 12 noon at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

Nikolai Volkoff, Jimmy Snuka, and Lou Albano will be signing autographs from 2pm to 4pm at FYE in Christiana Mall in Newark, DE. For more info call (302) 366-7441.

Jerry Lawler will be signing autographs from 2pm to 4pm at ProFigures in Independence Mall in Kingston, MA

Mick Foley will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at Omega Sports in The Summit Mall in Niagara Falls, NY. For more info call (716) 605-0985.

Ted DiBiase and Danny Hodge will be appearing at the Mid-South Wrestling event in Little Rock, AR. For more info go to TraditionalWrestling.com

Bill Dundee and Jamie Dundee will be signing autographs prior to the Georgia Wrestling Promotions event in Wleska, GA. Bell time for the event is 2:00.

Missy Hyatt and Jasmine St. Claire will be signing autographs at the "Gotham Super Collectons Show" at the Holiday Inn in New York, NY. For more info call (718) 972-3872.

November 15th through 17th
Ted DiBiase will be preaching at the National Convention of Full Gospel Businessmen in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. For more info go to MillionDollarMan.com

November 16th through 18th
Roddy Piper will be signing autographs at "Horror Hound Weekend" at the Marriot Indianapolis East in Indianapolis, IN. For more info call (317) 352-1231.

November 17th
Jake Roberts, Rikishi, Christy Hemme, Ann Brookstone, Heavy D, The Dropkick Mafia, Steve Stardom, Brody Hoofer, Mitch Paradise, Darin Corbin, Nate Bash, Ben Sailer, and Bad Boy Brian will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the "Heavy on Wrestling" event at Skyline Bowling Alley in Hermantown, MN. For more info call (218) 391-1985.

Jason Jones and Mike Iles will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Boxing Fight Night" starting at 7:30pm at the Fairgrounds Indoor Expo Building in Harrison, AR

Skip Young will be appearing at Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle's "Heroes II Legends" event in Arlington, TX to receive the PCW Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nikita Koloff will be appearing at the Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling event in Mt. Carmel, PA

November 18th
Ted DiBiase will be preaching at First Alliance Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For more info go to MillionDollarMan.com

November 18th
Danny Hodge will be making an appearance at the Bayou Independent Wrestling event in West Monroe, LA

November 24th & 25th
Missy Hyatt, So Cal Val, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), Abyss, and The Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) are among the stars scheduled for the "Pro Wrestling CollectorFest Super Show" at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Show hours are from 10am to 7pm on Saturday and 12 noon to 6pm on Sunday. For more info call (914) 213-0867

Rikishi and Gail Kim will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at Omega Sports in Summitt Mall in Niagara Falls, NY. For more info call (716) 605-0985

November 28th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Wednesday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7pm at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

December 1st
Ted DiBiase and Mike Jones (AKA Virgil) will be signing autographs at Omega Sports in The Summit Mall in Niagara Falls, NY from 6pm to 8pm. For more info call (716) 605-0985.

Mick Foley will be signing autgraphs and reading from children's books from 3pm to 5pm at Myrtle Beach Mitsubishi in Myrtle Beach, SC. For more info call (843) 236-6111.

December 7th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Friday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7:30pm at the Civic Center in West Plains, MO

King Kong Bundy, Demolition (Ax & Smash), B. G. James, Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay & Scotty Too Hotty), Luna Vachon, Al Snow, Traci Brooks, Bobcat, and D-Lo Brown will be signing autographs at "Blizzard Brawl 3" at the Ramada Convention Center in Milwaukee, WI. For more info go to BlizzardBrawl.com.

December 8th
Jason Jones will be appearing at a kickboxing event starting at 7pm at Lead Hill High School in Lead Hill, AR

December 9th
Steve Williams will be hosting a special training seminar prior to a live Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Lake Hiawatha, NY. Two hour seminar includes drills and psychology from the legend that trains guys regularly at WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling. Limited spaces are available at just $25. Tickets for the training seminar also go on sale on October 1. For more info go to ProWrestlingSyndicate.com

Greg Valentine, Jim Neidhart, and Norman Smiley will be appearing at the Epic Comic Con at the Radisson Orlando-Sensation in Orlando, FL. For more info go to EpicComicCon.com.

December 15th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Boxing Pro-Am" event starting at 8pm at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

December 19th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Wednesday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7:30 at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

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January 26th
Greg Valentine and Brian Knobbs will be signing autographs from 12:30pm to 3pm at Comic World inside Bramalea Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. For more info call (905) 693-9409.

January 27th
Greg Valentine and Brian Knobbs will be signing autographs from 11am to 1pm during the "Hamilton Card Show" at the Michelangelo Banquet Hall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For more info call (905) 693-9409.

February 9th
Bret Hart, Ultimate Warrior, Animal of The Road Warriors, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Nrutus Beefcake, The Honky Tonk Man, Marty Jannetty, Kamala, Tatanka, and Tammy Sytch have been announced as appearing at a wrestling convention at the Old Tafford Football Grounds in Manchester, England

May 10th
Mick Foley, Ted DiBiase, Koko B. Ware, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Strike Force (Tito Santana & Rick Martel), U-Gene (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

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
November 5th - Jules Strongbow
November 6th - Ken Patera
November 7th - King Kong Bundy
November 8th - Treach Phillips Jr.
November 9th - Nick Patrick
November 11th - Gary Tool

Tags: Rikishi, Jim Cornette, Dutch Mantel, A. J. Styles, Rick Steiner, WWE, Ric Flair, Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Andre the Giant, Roddy Piper, Lanny Poffo, Goldberg, Abdullah the Butcher, Bronko Lubich, Skip Young, Ted DiBiase, Danny Hodge, UWF06, C. M. Burnham