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Posted: Dec 1st 2015 By: Oklafan Staff

NEWS
According to PWInsider.com, there has been no real talk in WWE of Sting appearing at "WrestleMania 32" next year. That doesn?t mean Sting won?t make an appearance, as the show is still months away, but as of now there has been no internal discussion about Sting at the PPV. As for other top matches at "WrestleMania 32", Sting vs The Undertaker is not happening, and as of this writing WWE officials are still planning The Undertaker vs. John Cena. This is a match that was discussed back in August, and it appears as if WWE is sticking to the plan.

Regarding the ?30 For 30? special that ESPN has been filming about Ric Flair, reportedly Vince McMahon signed off on allowing ESPN to use their archival footage for the special. Flair spent four hours being interviewed earlier this month and they were filming backstage at "Survivor Series" in Atlanta, GA. The piece will reportedly cover Flair?s entire career, his personal life, financial issues, Reid Flair?s death, the 1975 plane crash, and more. There will be a focus on the 1980s when he was at the peak of his career as NWA World Champion and his time with The Four Horsemen.

Mick Foley wrote a long Facebook post about how last night?s RAW may be his last one as he?s not happy with the product. It sounds like Foley will be airing his grievances with Steve Austin on his podcast this week as Foley posted on Twitter "Woke up to find a message from @steveaustinBSR, asking if I wanted to share some thoughts on today's @WWE. I gave him an "oh hell yeah!"

Among the likely matches for WWE's "TLC" pay-per-view in Boston, MA is WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger.

Terry Funk talks about the New Japan Pro Wrestling Tag Team Tournament in a video you can see by clicking here.

A. J. Styles didn't work Sunday's New Japan Pro Wrestling show in Ehime, Japan nor Monday's show in Fukuoka, Japan. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi are scheduled for a tournament match today in Fukuoka against Matt Taven & Michael Bennett. He is reportedly trying to push through a back injury.

A tribute show for Mil Mascaras and Tinieblas was announced for December 6th in Monterrey, Mexico at Arena Coliseo featuring Tinieblas Jr. vs. Scorpio Jr. in a Mask vs. Hair Match.

Matt Hardy was hospitalized Saturday night. He was wrestling Jeff Jarrett in Winston-Salem, NC at "WrestleCade" and he had a big cut opened up.

Harley Race withdrew from "WrestleCade" in Winston-Salem, NC due to health issues.

Adam Sandler recently updated verses to his classic "Hanukkah Song", and there's a shout out to Goldberg beating Hogan for the WCW World Title.

Tommy D, real name Tom Demos, was part of a news story by KFOR channel 4 in Oklahoma City about the tap water in Edmond being safe to drink despite appearing cloudy. You can read the story by clicking here.

Jan Murphy of Sun Media wrote a story entitled "Bushwhacker Luke still a marching maniac" which you can read on SLAM! Wrestling by clicking here.

Oklafan extends condolences to the family and friends of Tommy Gilbert, who passed away November 26th. Gilbert was the son of pro wrestler Arlie Gilbert and was a top performer in the Tennessee area in the 1970s and 1980s, frequently competing with his sons Eddie Gilbert and Doug Gilbert. Tommy held many titles during his career in Tennessee, in the Caribbean, and in TSW. Several of those were tag team titles with his son Eddie, including the TSW United States Tag Team Title, which they beat Siegfried Stanke & Steve Lawler for on May 3, 1980. They would be the last team to hold those titles as the company would replace those with the TSW Tag Team Titles and the Gilberts would be acknowledged as the first champions. They would trade those titles with Ron McFarlane & Doug Somers in 1980, but Tommy would suffer an injury that year which forced them to vacate the belts and they would never regain them. Gilbert has 19 documented appearances in Oklahoma. The earliest on January 4, 1980 where he teamed with Herb Calvert & Bruce Reed and defeated Ron Starr & TSW United States Tag Team Champions Siegfried Stanke & Steve Lawler. His last appearance as a wrestler would be August 17, 1981 were he defeated Skandar Akbar. After retiring from active competition around 1985, Gilbert would return to Oklahoma and serve as the head referee for MSW and UWF until the company was bought out in 1987.

Greg Oliver of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story about Tommy Gilbert's passing which you can read by clicking here.

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RECENT RESULTS
November 21st
Cody Hall & The Bullet Club (A. J. Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Jay White, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) in a 10-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2015 - Night 1" event in Tokyo, Japan

November 22nd
TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) defeated The Bullet Club (A. J. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi) at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2015 - Tag 2" event in Toyohashi, Japan

November 23rd
CHAOS (Toru Yano, ???, NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii, IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, & IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada) defeated Cody Hall & The Bullet Club (A. J. Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Yujiro Takahashi) in a 10-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2015 - Night 3" event in Kuwana, Japan

November 24th
Jack Swagger defeated WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio (w/ Zeb Colter) by DQ at the "WWE Thursday Night SmackDown!" television taping in Indianapolis, IN

Katsuyori Shibata & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) defeated Cody Hall & The Bullet Club (A. J. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2015 - Night 4" event in Ishikawa, Japan

November 27th
Reality of Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Mysterious Q defeated Ryan Davidson at the "WrestleCade Showcase of Champions" event in Winston-Salem, NC. In other matches, Lone Star Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion John Saxon defeated Raj Singh and Houston Carson.

Preston Perry defeated Bushwacker Luke at the Great North Wrestling event in Rockland, Ontario, Canada

November 28th
Hirooki Goto defeated The Bullet Club (A. J. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi) in a World Tag League 2015 Block B Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2015 - Night 6" event in Yamaguchi, Japan

Alexander Hammerstone defeated Tyler Bateman at Premier Wrestling's "Embrace The Grind Challenge" event in Gilroy, CA

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) defeated WC Champion Matt hardy for the title at the "WrestleCade" event in Winston-Salem, NC. In other matches, O. D. B., Taeler Hendrix, & Tessa Blanchard defeated Barbi Hayden, Amber O'Neal, & Jessicka Havok in a 6-Woman Tag Team Match, and Ethan Carter III defeated Raj Singh, Shane Douglas, The Blue Meanie, Colt Cabana, Ernest Miller, and Glacier in a Battle Royal to become the #1 contender to the America's Most Like Wrestling Heavyweight Title.

November 29th
Miss Diss Lexia & Roni Nicole defeated Ariel Monroe & Savannah Evans at the Queens of Combat event in Winston-Salem, NC. In other matches, Candice LeRae defeated Barbi Hayden, Deonna Purrazzo, and Heidi Lovelace in a QOC Title Tournament Semifinal Four Way Match.

November 30th
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) defeated Becky Lynch at the "WWE Monday Night RAW" live telecast in Pittsburgh, PA. In other matches, WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio (w/ Zeb Colter) defeated Goldust.

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Mid South Wrestling Alliance
Friday, December 4th
Plaza Mayor
Oklahoma, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Body Progression Pro Wrestling
Friday, December 4th
Body Progression Gym
Bristow, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Compound Pro Wrestling
Saturday, December 5th
Perfect Practice Athletic Center
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, December 5th
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
December 2nd
Charlie Haas takes on Chase Owens at the Canadian Wrestling Entertainment event in Yorktown, Manitoba, Canada

December 3rd
Charlie Haas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Entertainment event in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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

December 4th
Charlie Haas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Entertainment event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

NWA World Tag Team Champions The Heatseekers (Elliot Russell & Sigmon) defend the titles against The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera & Rob Conway) at NWA Mid South's "Wrestling at Resorts Casino" event in Robinsonville, MS. In other matches, NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm defends the title against Moose, and Gary Roosevelt Gram & Jeremy Moore take on The Posse (Lil' Chris & Simon Reed). Also scheduled to appear is Jim Cornette, Boyd Bradford, and many more.

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

Mick Foley is among the stars scheduled for Maryland Championship Wrestling's "2015 Holiday Havoc" event in Felton, DE

December 5th
MPW Heavyweight Champion Jeremy Wyatt defends the title against Mark Sterling in a No DQ/60 Minute Iron Man Match at the Metro Pro Wrestling event in Kansas City, KS. In other matches, MPW Central States Champion Ace Steel defends the title against Ricky Morton, MPW Kansas Champion Redwing defends the title against Kraig Keesaman, and Mike Sydal takes on The Mathmagician.

Jake O'Brien, Drake Gallows, and Nikki Knight are among the stars scheduled for the Impact Championship Wrestling event in Lawrence, KS

Shane Douglas & Ashton Amherst take on Ryan Reign & a mystery partner at Renegade Wrestling Alliance's "Season's Beatings" event in West Newton, PA

MPX Heavyweight Champion Jerome Daniels defends the title against Scott McKenzie at Metroplex Wrestling's "Retaliation" event in Bedford, TX. In other matches, MPX Prospects Champion Jason Silver defends the title against James Johnson and Viktor Tadlock in a Triple Threat Match, and Mace [2nd] takes on Kyle Hawk..

December 6th
Adam Thornstowe takes on Jody Kristofferson at Pro Wrestling Bushido's "Last Rights - Futures End" event in Modesto, CA

Rodney Mack takes on John Saxon at the NWA Elite Championship Wrestling event in Houma, LA

Tyler Bateman takes on Hobo at the Championship Wrestling from Hollywood event in Port Hueneme, CA

December 12th
Jason Jones takes on Ray Stryker in a Harrison Street Fight officiated by special referee Mike Iles at the Mid States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR. Also scheduled to appear is MSW Heavyweight Champion Gary Gram, Southern Tag Team Champions The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley), Jim Fallon, S. L. U. G. G., and many more.

NWA World Champion Jax Dane defends the title against Lance Hoyt, NWA BOW Heavyweight Champion Raymond Rowe, and NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm in a Fatal 4-Way Match at the NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling event in Buda, TX. Also scheduled to appear is NWA BOW Tag Team Champion Moonshine Mantell and many more.

Cody Burns takes on Max Muscles at the Texas Pro Wrestling/Knucklehead Championship Wrestling event in Bonham, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Bobby Burns and many more.

Jason Bruce is among the stars scheduled for the Big Texas Wrestling event in Cleburne, TX

Tim Brooks, NAWA Tag Team Champions Oklahoma Famous (Doberman & John Famous), and Guy Atticus are among the stars scheduled for North American Wrestling Allegiance's "Season's Beatings" event in Waxahachie, TX

December 13th
Jack Jameson & Jessica James take on Curt Stallion & LuFisto at Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Delusions of Our Childish Days 2015" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Barrett Brown vs. Bull Bronson vs. Sky De Lacromosa vs. Masada in a Fatal Four Way Match.

December 18th
ROH World Champion Jay Lethal (w/ Truth Martini) defends the title against A. J. Styles at Ring of Honor's "Final Battle '15" event in Philadelphia, PA

NWA Women's World Champion Santana Garrett defends the title against NWA Texoma Rose Champion Bree Ann, Amber Gallows, and Nikki Knight in a 4-Way Elimination Match at the NWA Texoma event in Sherman, TX. In other matches, NWA Texoma Texas Champion Apoc defends the title against Andy Dalton, and Matthew Palmer takes on Jake Logan Also scheduled to appear is NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm, NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champions The Sons of Texas (Killer McKenzie & Moonshine Mantell), Mike Foxx, Jerome Daniels, and many more.

December 19th
The Canadian Red Devil, Nathan Estrada, Skylar Slice, and Killista are among the stars scheduled for the Reed Championship Wrestling event in Mansfield, LA

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) takes on Dan Maff at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's "Nightmare Before Xmas 2015" event in Rahway, NJ

Ricky Morton is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Smoky Mountain event in Kingsport, TN

2016
January 2nd
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the Dreamwave Wrestling event in La Salle, IL

January 8th
Bushwacker Luke is among the stars scheduled for the River City Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX

January 23rd
Goldberg, Mick Foley, Jim Duggan, Koko B. Ware, Greg Valentine, and Bushwacker Luke are among the stars scheduled for the Legends of Wrestling event in Miami, FL

January 30th
WWX United States Champion K. C. Kyng defends the title against Rex Logan at World Wrestling Express' "Recon" event in Great Bend, KS. In other matches, WWX Tag Team Champions Lunatic Lennie & Danimal defend the titles against The Canadian Pitbulls (Arik Angel & Elias), and Chad Thomas takes on a mystery opponent.

February 5th
Al Snow is among the stars scheduled for the River City Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX

February 10th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE house show in Bremen, Germany

February 11th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE house show in Cologne, Germany

February 12th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE house show in Mannheim, Germany

February 13th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE house show in Mageburg, Germany

April 16th
Rikishi is among the stars scheduled for the Knokx Pro Wrestling event in Union City, CA

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
December 3rd
The Honky Tonk Man, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Shelly Martinez, Brutus Beefcake, Rob Terry, The Patriot, and many more will be signing autographs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena in Jamestown, NY prior to the Big Time Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to Big-Time-Wrestling.com/events/BTW-Wrestling-Dec-3.html.

December 4th
The Honky Tonk Man, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Shelly Martinez, Brutus Beefcake, Rob Terry, The Patriot, and many more will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona, PA prior to the Big Time Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to Big-Time-Wrestling.com/events/BTW-Wrestling-Dec-4.html.

Mick Foley will be signing autographs at the Delaware Auto Exchange in Felton, DE prior to the Maryland Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to MarylandWrestling.com.

December 5th
Mick Foley, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy, and many more will be signing autographs starting at 10am at "2015 New York Winter Con" at the Resorts World Casino NY in Jamaica, NY. For more info, go to NYWinterCon.com.

Paul Orndorff will be signing autographs starting at 11:30am at Collector's World in Annandale, VA. For more info, go to CollectorsWorldVA.com.

Ric Flair and Mark Madden will be signing autographs at "Steel City Con" at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. For more info, go to SteelCityCon.com.

The Honky Tonk Man, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Shelly Martinez, Brutus Beefcake, Rob Terry, The Patriot, and many more will be signing autographs from 7pm to 8pm at the Danbury PAL in Danbury, CT prior to the Big Time Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to Big-Time-Wrestling.com/events/BTW-Wrestling-Dec-5.html.

December 6th
Mick Foley, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy, and many more will be signing autographs starting at 10am at "2015 New York Winter Con" at the Resorts World Casino NY in Jamaica, NY. For more info, go to NYWinterCon.com.

Ric Flair and Mark Madden will be signing autographs at "Steel City Con" at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. For more info, go to SteelCityCon.com.

Jim Neidhart and Natalya will be signing autographs starting at 5pm at HMV Underground in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

December 11th
Ric Flair and Arn Anderson will be signing autographs from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Mike's Sports N More in Lombard, IL. For more info, go to [url=http://www.mikesportsnmore.com/MikeSportsNMore.com[/url].

December 12th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 1:15pm at Baseball Card Exchange in Schererville, IL. For more info, go to BBCExchange.com.

December 18th
Ric Flair and Charlotte will be signing autographs from 6pm to 9pm at iPlay America in Freehold, NJ. For more info, go to iPlayAmerica.com.

December 19th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3:30pm at Playball Ink in Dayton, OH. For more info, go to Facebook.com/Playball-Ink-219007654872377/.

Lanny Poffo will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to WrestlingUniverseOnline.com.

Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Billy Gunn, Kenny Omega, Brian Myers, The Handicapped Heroes (Gregory Iron & Zach Gowen), and Buff Bagwell and many more will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, NJ prior to the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event held later in the evening. For more info, go to ProWrestlingSyndicate.com.

2016
January 2nd
Ric Flair will be signing autographs at the LaSalle Knights of Columbus in LaSalle, IL prior to the Dreamwave Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to DWTix.com.

January 8th
Ric Flair and Charlotte will be signing autographs from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at "Wizard World Comic Con New Orleans" at the Ernest N. Morial Convention center in New Orleans, LA. For more info, go to WizardWorld.com/home-NewOrleans.html.

January 16th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs at "Magic City Comic Con" at the Doubletree Hotel and Miami Airport Convention Center in Miami, FL. For more info, go to MagicCityComicCon.com.

January 17th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs at "Magic City Comic Con" at the Doubletree Hotel and Miami Airport Convention Center in Miami, FL. For more info, go to MagicCityComicCon.com.

January 23rd
Goldberg, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags), Scott Steiner, Jim Duggan, Ricky Steamboat, Jimmy Hart, Bushwacker Luke, Greg Valentine, Koko B. Ware, Lanny Poffo, Tommy Dreamer, Mr. Anderson. Chavo Guerrero, Tyrus, Wes Brisco, and many more will be signing autographs starting at 4pm at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming in Miami FL prior to the Legends of Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to Miccosukee.com/events.

April 2nd
Jim Ross will be doing a private meet and greet from 9:30am to 11:30am at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dallas, TX. Tickets are $50. For more info go to Store.Wrestling-Online.com/Jim-Ross-Live-At-The-Ritz-Carlton-Dallas.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
December 1st - Dave Sullivan, Jason Jones, Karl Davis, Klondike Bill, Michael H
December 2nd - Buck Moore, Gypsy Joe, Slam Shady, Terry Latham
December 3rd - Jonah Turk, Steve Simpson
December 4th - Kenny Campbell, Martin Justice. Ray Candy, Shane Sanchez
December 5th - Adrian Street, Chris Tolos, Christopher Fox, Kelly Kiniski, Larry Zbyszko
December 6th - Hugh Nichols, Terry Pantera
December 7th - Bob Beasly, Joe Blanchard, Rick Rude

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