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Posted: Dec 30th 2023 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
The December 22nd episode of “AEW Rampage” from Oklahoma City averaged 363,000 viewers on TNT, up 17.9% from the previous week. It's the largest audience total for the show since October 13th. “Rampage” drew a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo. That's up 25% from last week (which was a record low for the regular time slot of “Rampage”) and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in the demo since November 10th. According to Wrestlenomics, “Rampage” opened strong at over 400,000 viewers for the Orange Cassidy vs. Rocky Romero International Title Match and dropped heavily after the first quarter. That said, the 18-49 rating stayed steady throughout the show and actually peaked for the main event featuring El Hijo del Vikingo and Black Taurus. As compared to the same week in 2022, “Rampage” was down 35.9% in overall viewers and down 44.4% in 18-49.

Wrestling veteran Sting is set to have his retirement match at the 2024 “AEW Revolution” pay-per-view event. During an interview with “Steve & Captain Evil”, Bill Goldberg talked about Sting saying “Sting is the reason why I broke into the business. Sting set a great example. He’s about to retire. I tried to be part of his retirement match. I would not have chosen to get into the world of professional wrestling if it wasn’t for Sting. He was a normal dude who went out and did abnormal things. Wrestling is like being in the circus, it truly is. I never looked at it with much respect, but after I watched him from afar, I realized that I had the ability to go do it. He was not only a performer. He had self-respect and he commanded respect. He’s one of the best human beings on the planet and he set an example for me and I just tried to grab it and run with it and make him proud. I had the best time of my life in the ring with Sting.” Earlier in 2023, there was talk of Sting possibly being part of a Goldberg retirement event.

Goldberg isn’t mincing words anymore when it comes to his opinion of Vince McMahon. While he was a recent guest on “Steve & Captain Evil”, Gioldberg was asked for his thoughts on Vince McMahon, and he didn’t hold back on his true feelings for the former owner of WWE. “Vince is like Dana White,” Goldberg said. “He’s the big boss, and he makes everything happen, and in all honesty, he gave me the opportunity to put my wife and son on the front row and gave me the ability to perform again in front of them. So, I owe him everything, until we went to Saudi Arabia, and he asked me to put Roman Reigns over, and I had COVID. I remember calling him from my house and said, ‘Listen, here is the deal. I’ll do it if you give me a retirement match.’ I did what he asked. As a performer, I was 56 years old. As a human being, you’re conscientious about how you look in a bathing suit, especially two months prior to being in that bathing suit; you couldn’t work out because you had COVID. I put myself in a horribly shitty situation to get what I wanted to, but to satiate him and give him what he wanted. Problem is, he never held up his bargain. Vince is a piece of shit as far as I’m concerned.”

With the release of “The Iron Claw” movie, VICE has put part one of its two part series on The Von Erichs up for free.

“The Iron Claw” movie, featuring the story of the Von Erich family, had a domestic weekend of $7,533,626 at the box office, coming in sixth on the chart according to Box Office Mojo. The movie is currently in 2,774 theaters across the nation. Opening day on December 22nd had a total of $2,496,600, followed by $1,553,440 on Saturday, $1,009,736 on Sunday, and Christmas Day saw a total of $2,473,850 in box office receipts. The film features Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich, Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich, Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich, Holt McCallany as Fritz Von Erich and Maura Tierney as Doris Von Erich. The Iron Claw had a budget of $16 million. Current AEW World Champion M. J. F. is credited as an Executive Producer of the film.

"The Iron Claw" is now playing around the world in theaters and more people are learning about the famed Von Erich family. Kevin Von Erich, who is the only sibling alive today, recently spoke to Chris Jericho on "Talk Is Jericho" about how the film doesn't accurately depict their father Fritz. "Yeah, Chris, I know exactly what they're talking about," Von Erich said of the pressure his family felt to live up to the family name. "First, with this movie coming out, I'd like people to know that it's a movie. It's made for entertainment. It's not quite as historical, but I'll tell you my dad was a great man. I loved him so much. He was an honorable, good man. What he said, his word was his bond. When you shook his hand, it was a contract, it was honorable. I want everyone to know he comes off pretty rank in this movie." He continued, "You would think that the pressure that Fritz put on us is why my brothers would commit suicide. I mean, why would anyone commit suicide, that is so far beyond me, but it's drugs. Drugs did it. That, and the fact that Kerry lost his foot and wouldn't be able to come back. Mike, with that fever, he was not coming back. It was a hopeless feeling inside to let everyone down and you just feel like dirt. All my brothers were super loyal, and that's what it was, the shame and guilt for failing. It was not my dad."

Tyrus will be hosting a New Year's Eve special on FOX News and Ric Flair will be a special guest.

Mick Foley and Raven have been added to The Gathering in Charlotte, NC the first weekend of August. There will be a tribute to World Class featuring Kevin Von Erich, Brian Adias, Rod Price, John Tatum, and Nord the Barbarian. Missy Hyatt is also scheduled and Angelo Mosca, Jr. is scheduled to honor his father.

Oklafan congratulates John E. Rock on the birth of his son Henry on December 26th.

Oklafan extends condolences to Jack Davenport on the passing of his aunt last week.

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RECENT OUT OF STATE RESULTS
October 15th
Rico Casanova defeated Savio Vega at Dominican Wrestling Entertainment’s “ImpactoMania 2K23” event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

November 18th
Carson Drake & Lord Crewe defeated Talos & Daisy Kill at the “NWA Powerrr - Christmas Hangover” event in Sarasota, FL

December 11th
WOW Tag Team Champions The Tonga Twins (Kaoz & Kona) defeated Las Bandidas (Sylvia Sanchez & Vivian Rivera, w/ Sophia Lopez) at Women of Wrestling’s “WOW Superheroes - What’s In the Box?” event in Los Angeles, CA

December 20th
Pat Powers & Vic Douglas defeated PWP Tag Team Champions Tank Bryson & Con Artiest in a non-title match at Pro Wrestling Phoenix’s “Candy Cane Chaos” event in Omaha, NE

December 23rd
Yoshiaki Yatsu, Hiroshi Shimada, & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Crusher Takahashi, GENTARO, & KAMIKAZE in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at the “EAGLE” event in Tochigi, Japan

Lance Archer defeated J. P. Harlow at Ring of Honor’s “ROH on HonorClub” event in San Antonio, TX. In other matches, Bryan Keith & The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich & Ross Von Erich) defeated Jacked Jameson & Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match; Ethan Page defeated Johnny TV (w/ Taya Valkyrie); and Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty) defeated The Boys (Brandon & Brent) and The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) in a 3-Way Tag Team Match.

December 24th
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kaz Hayashi defeated TAKA Michinoku & KAZMA SAKAMOTO at GLEAT’s “G PRO WRESTLING Ver. 67” event in Osaka, Japan

December 26th
Atiba defeated Kushman (w/ Mick Diamond) at Rocky Mountain Pro’s “RMP Charged” event in Englewood, CO

A. J. Styles & Randy Orton defeated Austin Theory & Grayson Waller at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Baltimore, MD. Earlier in the card, Styles vs. Theory ended in a No Contest. In other matches, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro).

Omos (w/ MVP) defeated R-Truth at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in New York, NY

December 27th
Scott Taylor & AEW World Trios Champions Billy Gunn & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) defeated Jake Hager, Matt Menard, & The Gunns (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) in a pre-telecast dark 8-Man Tag Team Match at the “AEW Dynamite - New Year’s Smash 2023 - Night 1” event in Orlando, FL

Ring of Honor Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defeated Matt Sydal at the “AEW Rampage - New Year’s Smash - Night 2” event in Orlando, FL

Omos (w/ MVP) defeated R-Truth at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Boston, MA

The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro) at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Detroit, MI. In other matches, The O. C. (A. J. Styles, Karl Anderson, & Luke Gallows) defeated Austin Theory & Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match.

December 28th
A. J. Styles defeated Solo Sikoa at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Houston, TX. In other matches, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro).

Omos (w/ MVP) defeated R-Truth at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Laval, Quebec, Canada

December 29th
Mikey Montgomery defeated Matt Cross, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Gringo Loco in a 4-Way Match at Absolute Intense Wrestling’s “Terror at the Temple” pay-per-view event in Cleveland, OH

The O. C. (A. J. Styles, Karl Anderson, & Luke Gallows) defeated Grayson Waller & Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Las Vegas, NV. In other matches, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro).

Omos (w/ MVP) defeated R-Truth at WWE’s “Live Holiday Tour” event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Core Professional Wrestling
Friday, January 5th
HillSpring Church
8801 W. 41st St.
Sand Springs, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling
Friday, January 5th
Farmers Market
311 S. Klein St.
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Wrestle Against Hunger
Saturday, January 6th
Zion Community Church
5400 Charles Page Blvd.
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 6pm

Wrestling For a Cause
Saturday, January 6th
Property Event Center
11500 S. 129th E. Ave.
Broken Arrow, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling
Saturday, January 6th
Chisholm Trail Expo Center
111 W. Purdue Ave.
Enid, OK
Bell Time 8pm

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UPCOMING OUT OF STATE EVENTS
December 31st
Ricky Morton is scheduled for the All Star Wrestling event in Williamson, WV


2024
January 2nd
The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro) & NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee vs. 3 members of the No Quarter Catch Crew is scheduled for NXT’s “New Year’s Evil 2024” event in Orlando, FL

January 5th
A. J. Styles vs. L. A. Knight vs. Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match with the winner getting a WWE Universal Title Match at “Royal Rumble” is scheduled for the “WWE Friday Night SmackDown - New Year’s Revolution” event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

January 6th
Drake Gallows vs. Aaron Helms is scheduled for Heartland Championship Wrestling's "Saturday Night Devastation - Forward Momentum" event in Leavenworth, KS

Bob Orton, Jr. is scheduled for the Primitive Pro Wrestling event in Paoli, IN

2MA (UWE Champion X-Storms & UWE Light Heavyweight Champion Austin Andrews) vs. The Desperados (The Gatekeeper & Cliff Rogers) is scheduled for the United Wrestling Entertainment event in Jena, LA

January 7th
Inspire Twin Dragon Connection Champions Superiority Complex (Exodus Prime & Stephen Wolf) defend the titles against La Estrella & Epydemius, Jr. at Inspire After Death’s “Ecstasy of Gold is Dead - Long Live Ecstasy” event in Austin, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Angel Camacho and many more.

January 12th
Tino Valentino vs. Jack Talos is scheduled for the Bomb City Fights event in Amarillo, TX

January 13th
NWA World Champion EC3 defends the title against Matt Cardona at NWA’s “Paranoia” event in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Other scheduled matches include Anthony Andrews & Zyon (w/ Austin Idol) vs. The Country Gentlemen (A. J. Cazana & K. C. Cazana, w/ Joe Cazana); Talos & Daisy Kill vs. The New Spectaculars 2.0 (Rush Freeman & Slade, w/ Rolando Freeman); and Trevor Murdoch & Mike Knox vs. The Southern Six (Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton, w/ Ricky Morton).

NWA World Champion EC3, Trevor Murdoch, and Rush Freeman are scheduled for NWA’s and Coastal Championship Wrestling’s “Viva Revolution” event in Fort Lauderdale, FL

January 14th
NWA World Champion EC3, Trevor Murdoch, The New Spectaculars 2.0 (Rush Freeman & Slade, w/ Rolando Freeman), and Bobby Fulton are scheduled for the “NWA Powerrr” event in Tampa, FL

January 19th
MWA Women’s Champion Judie Azul defends the title against Stormi Renee at the Midwest Wrestling Alliance event in Lincoln, NE

TexPro Champion Sam Adonis, TexPro Tag Team Champions Rock & Rugged (Rook Tyler & Gabe Wilder), TexPro Oklahoma Champion & TexPro Texas Champion Franco D’Angelo, and TexPro Legacy Champion Tommy Prince are scheduled for Texoma Pro Wrestling’s “Golden Beginnings” event in Sherman, TX

January 20th
CCW Champion Kirk Castle defends the title against Jeff Jett at the Classic Championship Wrestling event in Fort Smith, AR

Red James vs. Marce Lewis in a 1st round match of the Taped Fist Tournament is scheduled for the King of Sports Championship Wrestling event in Ladonia, TX

Kyle King is scheduled for Prairieland Independent Wrestling’s “Meltdown” event in Kincaid, IL

January 21st
NWA World Champion EC3 defends the title against Drake Frost at Supreme Pro Wrestling’s “Fight with Me” event in Elk Grove, CA

January 27th
MKW Champion M. A. defends the title against Franco Varga at the Middle Kingdom Wrestling event in Nanshan, China

Dimitri Alexandrov vs. XPW Heavyweight Champion & XPW King of the Death Matches Champion SHLAK in a non-title Death Match is scheduled for Xtreme Pro Wrestling’s and Loko Wrestling’s “XPW is Going Loko” pay-per-view event in Houston, TX

January 28th
Malik Mayfield vs. Austin Ariel is scheduled for the Diamond State Wrestling event in Springdale, AR

February 3rd
Ronnie Morton is scheduled for the New Life Championship Wrestling event in Paris, TX

Franco Varga is scheduled for the Rampage Pro Wrestling event in Mineral Wells, TX

NWA World Champion EC3 defends the title against The Boar at the Virginia Championship Wrestling event in Norfolk, VA

February 24th
Rush Freeman is scheduled for STF Pro Wrestling’s “Grand Prix” event in South Jordan, UT

March 3rd
Sting and Ric Flair are scheduled for AEW’s “Revolution” pay-per-view event in Greensboro, NC

March 9th
The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Jackie Fulton), Tony Atlas, Baby Doll, Jerry Brisco, Jimmy Valiant, The Honky Tonk Man, Missy Hyatt, Shane Douglas, Bushwacker Luke, The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), and The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs) are scheduled for World Classic Big Time Wrestling’s “The Reunion 3: Cavalcade of Legends” event in Chillicothe, OH

March 23rd
Barry Windham is scheduled for “The Wrestling Classic IV” event in Springfield, MA

March 30th
Franco Varga is scheduled for the Crown of Maine Wrestling event in Van Buren, ME

ECPW Champion Giganto (w/ The Boogie Man) defends the title against Larry Huffman in a Chain Match at the Elite Pride Championship Wrestling event in Wichita, KS. Also scheduled to appear are EPCW Tag Team Champions Drake Gallows & K. J. Gold, Sam Stackhouse, Punk Synister, Erica Torres, and many more.

April 27
Bobby Joe Bristow and Spyder are scheduled for the Chair Metal Wrestling event in Seaham, England

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UPCOMING OUT OF STATE APPEARANCES
2024
January 20th
The Honky Tonk Man and many more will be signing autographs at “ATG Expo” at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, TX. For more info, go to ATGExpo.com.

January 21st
The Honky Tonk Man and many more will be signing autographs at “ATG Expo” at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, TX. For more info, go to ATGExpo.com.

January 26th
Mick Foley and many more will be signing autographs at “Days of the Dead: Atlanta 2024” at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA. For more info, go to DaysOfTheDead.com/Atlanta.

January 27th
Mick Foley and many more will be signing autographs at “Days of the Dead: Atlanta 2024” at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA. For more info, go to DaysOfTheDead.com/Atlanta.

January 28th
Mick Foley and many more will be signing autographs at “Days of the Dead: Atlanta 2024” at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA. For more info, go to DaysOfTheDead.com/Atlanta.

February 10th
Mick Foley, Lita, and many more will be signing autographs at “Trading Card Con” at the NRG Center in Houston, TX. For more info, go to TCG-Con.com/Houston.

February 11th
Mick Foley, Lita, and many more will be signing autographs at “Trading Card Con” at the NRG Center in Houston, TX. For more info, go to TCG-Con.com/Houston.

February 23rd
Mick Foley, Sammy Guevara, Britt Baker, Tay Melo, and many more will be signing autographs at “Pensacon 2024” at Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to Pensacon.com.

February 24th
Mick Foley, Sammy Guevara, Britt Baker, Tay Melo, and many more will be signing autographs at “Pensacon 2024” at Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to Pensacon.com.

February 25th
Mick Foley, Sammy Guevara, Britt Baker, Tay Melo, and many more will be signing autographs at “Pensacon 2024” at Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to Pensacon.com.

March 2nd
Al Snow, Sting, Jake Hager, C. J. Perry, Marc Mero, Maria Kanellis, Real1, Sean Waltman, Shelton Benjamin, Trish Stratus, and many more will be signing autographs as “For the Love of Wrestling” at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Stretford, Manchester, England. For more info, go to ForTheLoveOfWrestling.co.uk.

March 3rd
Al Snow, Jake Hager, C. J. Perry, Marc Mero, Maria Kanellis, Real1, Sean Waltman, Shelton Benjamin, Trish Stratus, and many more will be signing autographs as “For the Love of Wrestling” at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Stretford, Manchester, England. For more info, go to ForTheLoveOfWrestling.co.uk.

March 16th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs at Heroes Hideout in Albany, NY. For more info, go to HeroesHideoutShop.com.

March 29th
Kevin Von Erich, David Manning, and Dale Hansen will be performing at “An Evening with Kevin Von Erich - Stories from the Top Rope” at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, TX. Click here for more info.

April 10th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 11th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 12th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 13th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 14th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 15th
Mickie James, Bret Hart, and many more will be signing autographs at “Starrcast Downunder” in Ballarat, Australia

April 20th
Al Perez, Brian Adias, Jack Victory, Marc Lowrance, Missy Hyatt, The One Man Gang, Mad Maxine, Matt Riddle, and many more will be signing autographs at “Glory Days Grapplecon” at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, FL

August 1st
Brian Adias, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai), Jack Victory, John Nord (AKA Nord the Barbarian), John Tatum, Kevin Von Erich, Mick Foley, Missy Hyatt, Rod Price, Wendi Richter, Angelo Mosca, Jr., The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno), Marty Jannetty, Raven and many more will be signing autographs at “The Gathering V - The Final Chapter” at Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to TMartPromotions.com.

August 2nd
Brian Adias, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai), Jack Victory, John Nord (AKA Nord the Barbarian), John Tatum, Kevin Von Erich, Mick Foley, Missy Hyatt, Rod Price, Wendi Richter, Angelo Mosca, Jr., The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno), Marty Jannetty, Raven and many more will be signing autographs at “The Gathering V - The Final Chapter” at Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to TMartPromotions.com.

August 3rd
Brian Adias, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai), Jack Victory, John Nord (AKA Nord the Barbarian), John Tatum, Kevin Von Erich, Mick Foley, Missy Hyatt, Rod Price, Wendi Richter, Angelo Mosca, Jr., The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno), Marty Jannetty, Raven and many more will be signing autographs at “The Gathering V - The Final Chapter” at Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to TMartPromotions.com.

August 4th
Brian Adias, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai), Jack Victory, John Nord (AKA Nord the Barbarian), John Tatum, Kevin Von Erich, Mick Foley, Missy Hyatt, Rod Price, Wendi Richter, Angelo Mosca, Jr., The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno), Marty Jannetty, Raven and many more will be signing autographs at “The Gathering V - The Final Chapter” at Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to TMartPromotions.com.

September 7th
Mick Foley, Trish Stratus, and many more will be signing autographs at “ComicCon Northern Ireland” at the Eikon Centre in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. For more info, go to ComicConNorthernIreland.co.uk

September 8th
Mick Foley, Trish Stratus, and many more will be signing autographs at “ComicCon Northern Ireland” at the Eikon Centre in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. For more info, go to ComicConNorthernIreland.co.uk

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
December 31st - Jack Nichols, Jack Purdin, Karl Von Brauner, Matt Cross, Shane Taylor
January 1st - Bobby Graham, Don Soto, Keebler, Luscious Larry, Magnum XL, Midnite Rider, Precious, Steve Cox, Sweet Cakes
January 2nd - Dustin Harp, The Mummy, Tommy D
January 3rd - Art Crews, Jean-Claude, Jim Ross. Lord Littlebrook
January 4th - Chelsea Stackhouse, Christian Temple, Dustin McGowan, Gino Medina, J. T. Energy, Paula Kaye, Roberto Pico
January 5th - None
January 6th - Alberto Torres, Bobby V, Dan Johnson, Paul Orth, Tojo Yamamoto

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