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Posted: Dec 17th 2013 By: mikeiles

NEWS
When Jake Roberts was recently asked on Twitter if his big surprise for 2014 was entrance in the Royal Rumble, he responded "Nope, much bigger. No contact from @WWE at all."

On last Sunday's "Wrestling Observer Radio", Dave Meltzer talked about the A. J. Styles-TNA situation. He said internally the Styles thing wasn?t a surprise, and that people should probably expect other high-profile names (Bobby Roode, James Storm, Kazarian, Christopher Daniels) to leave soon too if they?re deals come up. Within TNA management there?s the mentality that they?re now the ?$300 dollar a night promotion? and the aim now is to find the best, unknown indie talent who will work for as little as possible. While Styles and the other well known names weren?t making huge money, they were making more than that so TNA is eager to cut their salaries. Meltzer said Sting and Kurt Angle, who both make great money, may be the only exceptions to the rule.

The TNA contract of A. J. Styles has expired and he is now taking independent bookings.

The Wrestling Observer reports that former TNA World Champion A. J. Styles is in fact back in negotiations with TNA, and there is some talk that he has already signed a new deal.

A. J. Styles close to completing his autobiography that will be published by Louisiana based VIP Ink Publishing. Release is planned for early 2014. Contributing to the book so far are his wife Wendy Jones, Jerry Palmer, Bret Hart, Dixie Carter, Vince Russo, Terry Taylor, Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, Jerry Jarrett, Les Thatcher, Matt Sydal (Evan Bourne), Air Paris, Jimmy Rave, Christopher Daniels, Bob Ryder, Rob Vaughn, David Young, Jeff G Bailey, Dan Wilson, Bill Behrens, Gabe Sapolsky, Jim Kettner, Frankie Kazarian, Howard Brody, Mike Johnson, Larry Goodman & more.

Will Ferrell was a guest of Marc Maron's podcast and talked about imitating Ric Flair on "Eastbound and Down" and did a Flair imitation on the podcast.

Kevin Von Erich posted on The Von Erichs The Movie Facebook page "We finished shooting the '30 for 30' piece for ESPN. It went well they tell me, It will air in early to mid January. We went to Lumahai and the waves were huge. Pam and I have been coming to this spot to dive since the early 80's".

A movie project is being worked on called "Mid Atlantic Memories" which would look at wrestling in the region during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. John Andosca is looking for financial backing for the documentary. They are trying to raise funds through the Mid Atlantic Legends web site at MidAtlanticLegends.com. There is a message on the site from Jim Cornette on the project. The group is also doing its final convention in Charlotte, NC from July 31st through August 3rd at the University Place Hilton.

Jim Cornette was a guest on "Off Topic" and talks about starting a campaign for "Family Guy" to bring back Brian. You can listen to the show by clicking here.

Interviews with both Jim Ross and Jim Cornette are in Total Wrestling magazine at TWMag.co.uk.

The Iron Sheik was at the Jingle Ball in Atlanta, GA last week and was pictured with singer Pitbull. You can see the picture by clicking here.

The Insane Clown Posse's TV show returned to the Fuse Network last Wednesday night. The show features ICP, Greg Valentine, and Kevin Gill as regulars. The show airs at 10:30pm.

During an interview on "Wrestling's Glory Days" last week, Ivan Koloff talked about how he was almost the transitional WWF World Champion from Bob Backlund to Hulk Hogan instead of The Iron Sheik. He said, "Right around that time with Backlund and that, it seemed like Junior (Vince McMahon) was taking over and I didn?t really pick up on it right at the time. I ended up wrestling Backlund, then I left, I think that was the time I went to Kuwait, and came back from there and had another match at the Garden (Madison Square Garden) and Junior had asked me to stay and I believe that is when they ended up switching the belt and I probably was considered for that. But, I had a blown up knee that kept locking up on me and they never really came out and said it that they wanted me for the switch?but they ended up using the Iron Sheik. When they asked me, I just told him, I?ve been on the road two years and I have to go get this knee fixed and that was the end of that". He talked about getting his eardrum busted in an actual fight against Verne Gagne, "Verne Gagne was I believe a very technical and a very competitive type wrestler?he was from the old school too?the old timers took a lot of pride in the fact that they liked it solid?for generations after them guys tried to really mix it up?Verne was definitely one of those guys. I hadn?t wrestled him before and then here I am after ?71, I go there in ?72 and ?73 and I wrestled some good matches?first time I wrestled Verne, it was like, I locked up with him and he hauled off and slapped me in the ear and busted my ear drum?when you get ringing like that in your ear, you lose your balance and everything. I was hot, to say the least. I was like, man, this guy is a veteran, here he is hauling off and hitting me in the ear and busting my ear drum and so, I started swinging?I noticed when he would put a hold on me it was really snug and when he hit me, so I just did the same thing back, we call it potatoes, when somebody hits you in the nose or something like that. Well, I think I gave him a whole truckload of potatoes that night, because I was swinging as hard as I could to get even?that?s the way they liked it, because, Verne, whenever we came back to the dressing room and the referee came over to me and said, ?man, Verne is happy, that?s the way he likes it, kid, that?s the way to fight. I thought, 'man, I gotta put up with this everynight?'". He also spoke about a fight with fans involving himself and Roddy Piper leading to one of the ?largest lawsuit in the history of the state of North Carolina". He said "Roddy Piper and I had one of the largest lawsuits ever in North Carolina, when we were the Mid Atlantic Tag Team Champions. This guy had attacked us when we were on our way to the ring. He suckered Roddy, Roddy said 'Ivan hold my bagpipes'. I hold them , he chases the guy down after about fifty feet, got him to the ground, punched him a few times and the cops came?Roddy thought the cops would be taking the guy out. We went to the match, wrestled against Wahoo (McDaniel) and Ric Flair at the time?we ended up losing the match on a disqualification, but the people were still so hot when we got out of the ring, that guy went nose to nose, the same guy that we thought they threw out, goes nose to nose with Roddy, so Roddy brought his knee up right in the guy?s groin. He stumbled back?he got up, I could see he was hot, he backed up, went around and I could see he does a circle coming around, I watched him and hung around just behind Roddy. Just as he was trying to reach through and sucker Roddy back, I beat him to the punch and I didn?t realize at the time that I hit him that hard, but it turned out I broke his jaw. Then it turned out, he was a soldier, off duty, home on leave, and when we came back for the court date later on, a five million dollar lawsuit, he was a police officer?but we were protecting ourselves and people witnessed it, when I beat him to the punch". Also in the interview is why Nikolai Volkoff asked him if he was "full of crap", meeting Ric Flair for the first time when Flair first began training in Minnesota, the introduction of his nephew Nikita Koloff, being managed by Lou Albano, Gary Hart, Paul Jones, and others, possibly going into the WWE Hall of Fame and much more. To listen to the interview, click here.

Due to flooding in The Underground Arena, all SWCW and XUW shows are cancelled until January.

Matthew Asher of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Sgt. Slaughter discusses WWE's Raw origins". You can read the story by clicking here.

Ryan Dilbert of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "WWE's 7 Worst Feuds and Storylines of 2013" and coming in at #1 was The Great Khali vs. Fandango. Others on the list include The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) vs. Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando, w/ El Torito) at #3. To read the entire story, click here.

Big Nasty of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "5 Freatest Handicap Matches in Pro Wrestling History" and coming in at #1 was Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs. Randy Savage, Sting, & Lex Luger. Others on the list include Rock 'N' Sock Connection (The Rock & Mankind) vs. Evolution (Ric Flair, Randy Orton, & Batista) at #4, and Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat, & Jimmy Snuka at #2. To read the entire story, click here.

Oklafan congratulates Dane Griffin on the birth of his niece last week.

Oklafan extends its condolences to Bobby Fulton on the passing of his mother last week.

Oklafan extends condolences to Clinton Starks on the death of his great-aunt Mary.

K. P. Moore suffered an injury to his heel in his Triple Threat Match against Terry Pantera and Chaz Sharpe at the SRPW event on Saturday in Oakhurst. Its unclear how much time he will have to miss at this moment. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

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RECENT RESULTS
December 10th
The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) defeated WWE World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust in a non-title match at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" television taping in Portland, OR

December 12th
Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, & Alexander Otsuka defeated Yuki Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto, & Yuji Okabayashi at the Real Japan Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo, Japan

December 14th
James Johnson, Mace Malone, & Mike Foxx (w/ Claudia, Kate Foxx, & Kody Kox) defeated Tim Storm, Apoc, & Shadow in a Dark Circle Rules 6-Man Tag Team Match at Professional Championship Wrestling's "The Reunion" event in Arlington, TX. In other matches, Jessica James defeated Angel Blue and Claudia (w/ Kody Kox) in a 3-Way Match officiated by special referee Athena, John O'Malley was one of the 13 entrants in a Battle Royal won by Franco D'Angelo, Matthew Palmer defeated J. T. LaMotta, Diamond Dave, and Li Fang in a 4-Way Match, Charlie Haas defeated Brett Idol, and Action Jackson & Wally Darkmon defeated Lance Romance, Martin Styles, & Canyon in a 3-On-2 Handicap Match.

Starr defeated NWA ToT Women's Heritage Champion Paula Fate for the title at the NWA Top of Texas event in Amarillo, TX. In other matches, The Absolute Rebels (Cody Jones & Jake Logan) defeated NWA ToT Tag Team Champions The Canadian Pitbulls (Arik Angel & Elias Castenada) for the titles in a Ladder Match.

Hassan Payne defeated Bigg Dogg for the vacant WWX United States Title at the World Wrestling Xpress event in Kinsley, KS

Levi McDaniel defeated Buck Zumhofe at the Rock-N-Roll Wrestling event in Canton, MI

December 15th
WWE World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust defeated The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter), Curtis Axel & Ryback, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. & The Big Show at WWE's "TLC - Tables, Ladders, & Chairs 2013" pay-per-view event in Houston, TX

ACW Tag Team Champion Jack Jameson & A Lil Crazy (Stan Summers & J. C. Bravo) defeated The Business (Chris Trew, Ricky Romida, & ACW Television Champion Angel Blue, w/ Su Yung) at Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Delusions of Our Childish Days" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Jeffrey Gant defeated Barrett Brown.

Premier Heavyweight Champion Jeff Cobb vs. Oliver John ended in a Time Limit Draw at Premiere Wrestling's "Mr. Athletic vs. Old School" event in Gilroy, CA

December 16th
Mark Henry & WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston defeated The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) at the "WWE Monday Night RAW" live telecast in Dallas, TX

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Body Progression Pro Wrestling
Saturday, December 21st
Body Progression Gym
Bristow, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, December 21st
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

NWA Texoma
Saturday, December 21st
Rattan High School Gym
Rattan, OK
Bell Time 5pm

Sooner World Class Wrestling
Saturday, December 21st
The Underground Arena
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
December 20th
NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Mike Foxx defends the title against Andy Dalton at NWA Texoma's "Christmas Chaos" event in Sherman, TX. In other matches, NWA Texoma Rose Champion Miss Diss Lexia defends the title against Bree Ann, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champion Armani takes on Gregory James, Tim Storm takes on Al Farat, and Apoc takes on Akbar Farat.

December 21st
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Elite Wrestling Initiative event in Bismarck, ND

December 28th
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Intercontinental Wrestling Alliance event in Minneapolis, MN

EPW Tag Team Champions Tim Storm & Matt Riviera defend the titles against Olympus & Purple Haze (not the one with an Oklafan bio) at the Elite Pro Wrestling event in Houma, LA

Vader takes on Drolix at Maryland Championship Wrestling's "Tribute to the Legends" event in Dundalk, MD

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Anarchy Wrestling event in Cornelia, GA

December 29th
El Latino takes on Gregory James for the vacant THW Light Heavyweight Title at the Texas Heat Wrestling in San Antonio, TX


2014
January 4th
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Chase Owens defends the title against Ricky Morton at NWA Smoky Mountain's "House Party 2014" event in Kingsport, TN. Also scheduled to appear are The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) and many more.

January 11th
LCWA Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm defends the title against Al Farat in a 30 Minute Iron Man Match at the Lamar County Wrestling Alliance event in Paris, TX. In other matches, Miss Diss Lexia takes on Mary Jane, and Apoc takes on Viper (not the one with an Oklafan bio).

January 17th
Ricky Morton takes on Tarek the Great at the Heartland Wrestling Association event in Middletown, OH

January 18th
Team APW (Oliver John & Timothy Thatcher) takes on The Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) for the vacant Golden State Tag Team Titles at the Wrestling Cares Association event in Culver City, CA

January 19th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Premier Wrestling Xperience event in Winston-Salem, NC

January 25th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

January 26th
A. J. Styles takes on Chris Hero at the Smash Wrestling event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

February 1st
A. J. Styles takes on Christian Rose at the Dreamwave Wrestling event in LaSalle, IL

February 7th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Deep Southern Championship Wrestling event in Blue Ridge, GA

February 15th
The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) vs. The Midwest Marvels (K. C. Kyng & Chris Wyco) vs. 1st Degree vs. Jason Jett & David Austin vs. The Suicide Kings vs. Young and Reckless vs. Metal Mulisha in a Tag Team Gauntlet is scheduled for the Allied Independent Wrestling Federation and Young Blood Wrestling event in Jasper, TN. In AIWF Cruiserweight Title Tournament Matches, Luke Langley takes on Danny G, and Graham Bell takes on Tracer X.

February 28th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Preston City Wrestling event in Preston, England

March 1st
A. J. Styles takes on Adrian McCallum at the Preston City Wrestling event in Preston, England

March 8th
WWX United States Champion Hassan Payne is among the stars scheduled for the World Wrestling Xpress event in Garden City, KS

March 15th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the Revolution Pro Wrestling event in London, England

A. J. Styles takes on A. R. Fox at the Ultimate Wrestling Experience event in Harrisburg, PA

April 5th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

May 17th
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Alaska Pro Wrestling event in Anchorage, AK

June 8th
Black Bart, Mike Foxx, Tim Storm, Seth Shai, Matt Riviera, Apoc, Barrett Brown, Michael Faith, and Spoiler 2000 are among the stars scheduled for the Insane Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment event in Fort Worth, TX

June 28th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
December 28th
Greg Valentine will be signing autographs at the Kentucky Flea Market at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, KY. For more info, go to StewartPromotions.com/Louisville.asp.

Vader and Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny) will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at The New Green Room in Dundalk, MD prior to the Maryland Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to MarylandWrestling.com.


2014
January 8th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in Cleveland, OH. Time and location to be announced. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 12th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at Yuk Yuks in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 16th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 7:30pm at Stress Factory Comedy Club in New Brunswick, NJ. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 22nd
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at Mark Ridley's Comedy in Royal Oak, MI. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 25th
Jake Roberts will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

Jake Roberts will be signing autographs from 3pm to 5pm at Euro Pizza in Staten Island, NY. For more info, go to Facebook.com/events/174901649376391/.

February 13th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to [url=http://www.realmickfoley.com/events]

February 14th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm and 10:30pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

February 15th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm and 10:30pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to [url=http://www.realmickfoley.com/events].

February 18th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Comedy Store in Manchester, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 19th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Glee Club in Birmingham, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 21st
The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

February 22nd
Jim Cornette will be the guest of honor at the "Jim Cornette Fan Dinner" starting at 6:30pm at Restaurant 88 in Nottingham, England. The dinner is limited to 50 people. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.com.

The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

February 23rd
Jim Cornette will be conducting a Booking and Managing Seminar from 11:45am to 2:45pm at the Wrestle Talk TV Studios in Dagenham, England. The seminar is limited to 30 people. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.com.

The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 25th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Glee Club in Cardiff, Wales. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

March 1st
Jim Ross will be performing "An Evening with Jim Ross" with shows at 5pm and 9pm at the Gramercy Theater in New York, NY. For more info, go to LiveNation.com.

March 15th
Insane Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment will be inducting Stan Hansen, Gary Young, Gary Tool, Terry Gordy, Awesome Kong, Dusty Wolfe, Rick Manning, Khris Germany, Todd Hecht, Ray Evans, and Devastation Inc. into their Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame starting at 4pm at Dixie House Cafe in Fort Worth, TX. Also scheduled to attend is John Crow, Brad Michaels, Michael Faith, Striker, Dexter Hardaway, O'Malley, Dexter Hardaway, Talon, Cole Crittenden, Steve Moody, James Beard, Canyon, Travis Baxter, Apoc, David Fuller, Tim Swiney, Bump Caldwell, Max Muscles, Nite Davis, Tom Parker, Ricky Davidson, Rob Moore, Ruben Nunez, and many more. This is only open to workers of the business and by invitation only. For more info on the Texas Hall of Fame, go to Facebook.com/IHWEProWrestling, or contact David Fuller at dfhxcpromotion@gmail.com.

April 4th
Danny Hodge, Bill Dundee, Jim Cornette, The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey), The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Mr. Wrestling II, Porkchop Cash, Kamala, Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, Bushwacker Luke, Jerry Stubbs (AKA Mr. Olympia), Jim Duggan, and many more will be appearing at the "Mid-South Wrestling Fanfest" in Chalmette, LA

April 5th
Bill Goldberg, Mickie James, Colt Cabana, and many more will be signing autographs at WrestleCon at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans, LA. for more info, go to WrestleCon.com.

June 2nd
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

June 3rd
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

June 4th
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
December 18th - Jason Doggins, Michael Wolf, Sputnik Monroe
December 19th - Erik Watts, Roy Welch
December 20th - Jessica Journey, Kareem Sadat, Laverne Bottoms, Satchel Reigns
December 22nd - Clint Cox
December 23rd - Brad Briggs

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