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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: May 5th 2008 By: mikeiles

NEWS
James J. Dillon was recently interviewed and was asked when he was contacted by WWE about doing the Ric Flair tribute on Raw. He said Howard Finkel called him Tuesday of Wrestlemania week, asking if he would be interested. Dillon said he and Tully Blanchard were confirmed the next day, and flew in for Raw during Wrestlemania. Dillon said the day of the Ric Flair tribute was a long day. He and Blanchard arrived to the building at 2PM, and wasn?t given any details of the tribute until about a half an hour before the segment started. When asked if he thought Flair would stay retired, Dillon replied, ?I don?t know.? Dillon said Flair has had some financial difficulties in recent years.

During the same interview, Dillon was asked about Michael Hayes. He said he has a lot respect for him, and never saw the racial side of the man. Dillon said he hoped Hayes remained in the business as he has a good mind.

With Michael Hayes serving his 60-day suspension for his racial remark, Christopher DeJosephs (Big Dick Johnson) and Ed Koskey are the interim head writers for both ECW and Smackdown. DeJosephs has been the head writer on ECW since Dave Lagana was fired, and Dusty Rhodes left for developmental. The Hayes suspension surprised many within WWE, as several viewed Hayes as "untouchable." The general feeling is that Hayes will to return to work when his 60-day suspension ends.

Jim Ross will be speaking soon to WWE developmental talent in Tampa, FL.

IGN.com has ranked the all time top ten WWE Intercontinental Champions as follows, 10. Rick Rude, 09. Jeff Jarrett, 08. Mr. Perfect, 07. Shawn Michaels, 06. Pedro Morales, 05. Razor Ramon, 04. Chris Jericho, 03. Ultimate Warrior, 02. Honky Tonk Man and 01. Randy Savage.

Roddy Piper said he wasn't contacted about being at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony or Wrestlemania 24 until the day before.

WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne has been suffering from Alzheimer?s for years, and it has gotten worse in the last year.

There is a hilarious piece on the Charlotte Observer web site at Videos.NewsObserver.com with a cartoon about Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes running for president and vice president.

Marvel Toys 12 inch collectors edition figures of Sting and AJ Styles are now on clearance at KB toy stores for $7.00 each.

The 4/12 IWC Night of Legends show in Franklin, PA drew a near sell out of 1,470 fans. The card featured Brutus Beefcake vs. Greg Valentine, Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) vs. Demolition (Ax & Smash), etc. Also booked for the show were Jake Roberts, Jimmy Hart, and Marty Jannetty. Roberts looked the best he's looked in more than a decade. He also recently completed a rehab stint.

Billy Robinson, 68, recently underwent hip replacement surgery.

The Nu-Wrestling Evolution has made an agreement with an important Spanish TV Station, LA SEXTA, to Air the Iberian Tour. The Television dates will be held in: Madrid, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Barcelona and Zaragoza. The show will be screened this summer in a weekly hour long format starring great International Wrestlers such as Kishi, Chris Mordetzky, Ultimo Dragon, Juventud Guerrera, Orlando Jordan, plus the incredible world exclusive comeback of the Legendary Ultimate Warrior on the 25th of June. This will happen after a 10 year absence from the ring. The NWE announces that is tv format is aimed at a family audience and is suitable for younger viewers.

Georgia Wrestling Promotions had a disatrous show on April 27th and it looks like the fed may be folding. The arena was owed money by the company and threatened to close the show. An agreement was made that the arena would get the money from the receipts but the attendance was somewhere around 20. The talent normally would get paid by the gate but when they found out they would not be paid several left including Steve Lawler, Terry Lawler, Bill Eadie (Demolition Ax), Tommy Rich, and Cru Jones.

ESPN 2 ran a documentary last Tuesday on the Brandon, FL High School wrestling team which had a 459 match winning streak that ended earlier this season dating back to the 70s. As a trivia note, Brian Blair was a member of one of those teams.

In an e-mail sent to Oklafan last week, NWA Oklahoma will return on June 13th in Tahlequah. They also announced that they will not be recognizing the X Division Title that they had back when the comapny was known as NWA Universal.

Oklafan would like to extend congratulations to Dusty Wolfe who became a grandfather on April 28th.

The following came from GPCW management: "GPCW is in shock over the death of wrestler Jeff Wadell. Jeff was a former member of the New York Express with Jeff and Thomas Knight. He was on the Texhoma Wrestling orginization for 5-6 years. Jeff never held any titles but was well liked by all the wrestlers in and out of the locker room. He was currently working security for the GPCW Staff, and was about ready to make his wrestling come back. Jeff was found dead a friend's home in Lawton Saturday Night. Police say he died of an apparent heart attack and foul play is ruled out. Jeff was 39 yrs old and following an autopsy in Oklahoma City his body will be taken to his hometown in Oregon". Oklafan extends its sympathies to the family and friends of Wadell.

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RECENT RESULTS
April 27th
The Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) defeated NAW Tag Team Champions The Suburban Commandos in a non-title match at the North American Wrestling event in Modesto, CA

April 26th
Hector Canales defeated Erik Watts at SoCal Pro Wrestling's Anniversary Show in Oceanside, CA

April 29th
Sting defeated James Storm in a No DQ Match at the "TNA iMPACT" TV tapings in Orlando, FL

May 2nd
Tim Renesto (w/ Charming Charles) defeated Bushranger Kelly at the United States Wrestling Organization event in Nashville, TN. In other matches, USWO Heavyweight Champion Chris Michaels defeated Seven (w/ Charming Charles).

AMW Heavyweight Champion Action jackson defeated Lance Hoyt at the American Made Wrestling event in Paris, TX

May 3rd
WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix at the WWE house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager defeated Sterling Jack Gabriel at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in Port Richey, FL

Jerry Lawler & Spike Dudley (w/ Terri Runnels) defated Charlie Dreamer & Caleb Konley at the United Wrestling Federation event in Harrisonburg, VA

Tony Atlas defeated APW Heavyweight Champion Shane Anderson by Countout at the Adirondak Pro Wrestling event in Highgate, VT

Stephen E defeated MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones for the title in one of the 2 main events of the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR. In the 2nd main event, Bubba Hall, David O'Neil, & Lisa Johnson defeated Team Cothern (Cast-Iron Cothern, Shane Morbid, & Boss Campbell). Earlier in the evening, Jones & Kevin Lovejones defeated The El Matadors (Uno & Dos) to advance to the Southern Tag Team Title Tournament in Somerset, KY in July. In other matches, Mitch Carter defeated Austin Tacious, Aaron Neil defeated Jake Boulder, Se7en defeated Max McGuirk, and Gary Gram (w/ Stephen E) defeated Dustin Heritage.

Gary Valiant (w/ Miss Boogie) defeated Anthony Wayne at the Charlie Scribner Benefit event in Columbia, TN. Later in the evening, Bubba Morton & Steve Morton (w/ Susan Morton & Kyle Scribner) defeated Maxx Hatter, Lawrence Lane, & Anthony Wayne.

The Honky Tonk Man defeated Ace Darling (w/ Rocco Dorsey & S. P. Anderson) at the National Wrestling Superstars event in Brick, NJ. In other matches, Chris Masters defeated Lamar Braxton Porter (w/ Raynor Fire) in a match officiated by special guest referee Ken Patera.

Major DeBeers defeated Tater at the Gimmicks Only Underground Entertainment event in Apex, NC

May 5th
NKPW Junior Heavyweight Champion A. J. Styles defeated Ryuji Hijikata and Hung Tyun at the New Korea Pro Wrestling event in Seoul, South Korea

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UPCOMING MATCHES
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

ROH World Champion Nigel McGuiness takes on Brent Albright, Caudio Castagnoli, and Damien Wayne in a non-title Four Corner Survival Match at 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 15th
Masked Superstar takes on Tommy Rich at the Georgia Pro Wrestling Association event in Tifton, GA

May 16th
Rick Steiner is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Mid-Atlantic event in Lincolnton, NC

May 17th
The Border Patrol (Oliver John, Derek Sanders, & Nathan Rulez) takes on Tito Aquino, Hijo de Rey Misterio, & Mr. Prime Time at the NWA Pro/Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Jose, CA. In other matches, Cheerleader Melissa takes on MsChif.

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

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

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

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

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 30th
Baby Doll is among the stars scheduled for the Full Impact Pro event in Crystal River, FL

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

Greg Valentine and Baby Doll are among the stars scheduled for the Full Impact Pro event in Arcadia, FL

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

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

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 event in Philadelphia, PA

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

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 12th
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 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

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
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
May 5th - Shane Rawls, Zane Morris
May 7th - Hercules
May 10th - Verne Gagne


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

Tags: WWE, Ric Flair, Michael Hayes, Jim Ross, Rick Rude, Jeff Jarrett, Ultimate Warrior, Honky Tonk Man, Roddy Piper, Verne Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, A. J. Styles, Greg Valentine, Smash, Jake Roberts, Billy Robinson, Kishi, Steve Lawler, Brian Blair, NWA-OK,