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Posted: Jan 12th 2016 By: Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Former WCW champion Sting was announced Monday as the headliner and the first inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Sting will be inducted on April 2nd, the eve of WrestleMania, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. Sting made his debut in 1985 with Continental Wrestling Association before moving to the Universal Wrestling Federation a year later with his tag team partner Jim Hellwig (AKA The Ultimate Warrior) where the duo were known as The Blade Runners. In 1987, Sting moved to to NWA and made his debut there at "Starrcade ?87" and as the saying goes, the rest is history. During his time in NWA and WCW, Sting catapulted himself as the hero of the company and main evented countless of pay-per-views. His feuds with The Four Horsemen, Vader, The Dangerous Alliance, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and the nWo are legendary and Stinger has the honor to say that he shared the last "WCW Monday Nitro" match ever with perhaps his biggest rival, Ric Flair. His WCW career came to an end in 2001 when WCW was sold to WWE. Sting moved to TNA in 2003 and resisted attempts made by WWE to jump ship. The dream became a reality however in 2014 when Sting made his WWE debut at the "Survivor Series", attacking Triple H. He wrestled at "WrestleMania 31" against Triple H and then wrestled Seth Rollins at "Night of Champions", losing both matches. During his wrestling career, which he says it?s not over yet despite the injury he suffered late last year, Sting won the NWA World Title twice, the WCW United States Title twice, the WCW World Tag Team Titles three times (one each with Lex Luger, The Giant, and Kevin Nash), the WCW World Heavyweight Title 6 times, the TNA Tag Team Titles once (with Kurt Angle), and the TNA World Title four times. It?s a career that many wrestlers dream to have, a career that cemented Sting as The Icon in the world of professional wrestling.

In a Twitter post on Monday, WWE announced Sting as the first inductee for the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame. He will be inducted over WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, TX. They tweeted "Congratulations to @Sting, @WWE #HallOfFame Class of 2016 Inductee! Details: http://po.st/sK5iL2. ?We are truly honored to have Sting take his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame,? said WWE?s Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative, Paul Levesque (AKA Triple H). ?His contributions to our industry are unprecedented, and we look forward to celebrating his incredible career with fans all over the world.? After the announcement was made, Ric Flair posted on Facebook "Welcome to the club Stinger! Right where you belong. WOOOOO!"

WWE sent out a survey last Wednesday asking fans what personalities they'd like to see in a reality show on the WWE Network. The names listed in the survey were Zack Ryder, Edge, Booker T, Chris Jericho, Paige, Paul Heyman, The Big Show, Roman Reigns, Lita, The Miz, Mick Foley, The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso), Kevin Nash, Ric Flair, Seth Rollins, Sheamus, Ryback, Big E, R-Truth. Dean Ambrose, Beth Phoenix, Charlotte, Trish Stratus, Dolph Ziggler, Lita, and Xavier Woods.

Regarding all the talk of New Japan Pro Wrestling stars A. J. Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Karl Anderson, and Doc Gallows signing with WWE, which seems to be a sure thing now that WWE is covering the rumors on their website, it was noted by PWInsider that as of January 5th, none of the four have signed WWE contracts. It was also noted by PWInsider that while Styles and Gallows are no longer under contract to NJPW, Nakamura and Anderson are. Technically Anderson and Nakamura can?t even negotiate with WWE until their deals expire. This is interesting as WWE?s website mentioned reports that all four are in negotiations with the company.

In a recent post on Twitter, Hulk Hogan compared A. J. Styles to Jack Brisco. He tweeted "@AJStylesOrg he reminds me of Jack Brisco with super powers brother. HH".

The Wall Street Journal on Monday had a small ad in the weekend edition looking for people who have archival items related to Gorgeous George, particularly photos or home movies for a documentary. The e-mail address to contact is gorgeousgeo32415@gmail.com.

MissouriWrestlingRevival.com recently announced their 2015 MWR Awards. Jeremy Wyatt won Wrestling of the Year, Lucy Mendez was named Female of the Year, High Level Enterprise (Jack Gamble & Jon Webb) was named Tag Team of the Year, and Nate Redwing was named Future Star 2015. Oklafan congratulates all the winners.

Joey of TheSportster.com wrote a story entitled "Top 12 Worst Third Generation Wrestlers of All-Time" and coming in at #1 was Lacey Von Erich (daughter of Kerry Von Erich and granddaughter of Fritz Von Erich). Others on the list include Marshall & Ross Von Erich (sons of Kevin Von Erich and grandsons of Fritz Von Erich) at #12, Jeff Jarrett at #10, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (son of Chavo Guerrero) at #9, Jesse Windham (son of Barry Windham) at #8, Ted DiBiase, Jr. (son of Ted DiBiase and grandson of Mike DiBiase) at #6, and Brett DiBiase (son of Ted DiBiase and grandson of Mike DiBiase) at #5. To read the entire story, click here.

Luke Norris of TheSportster.com wrote a story entitled "Ranking Sting's 13 World Title Reigns". To read the story, click here.

Stephen Randle of Goliath.com wrote a story entitled "10 Masked Wrestlers Whose Identity Was No Secret" and coming in at #1 was Juan Cena (John Cena). Others on the list include Giant Machine (Andre the Giant) at #10, The Black Scorpion (Ric Flair) at #9, Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog) at #8, and Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes) at #3. You can read the entire story by clicking here.

Caleb Smith of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Nikolai Volkoff not a villain at all" which you can read by clicking here.

Oklafan congratulates Earl Kennedy on the birth of his grandaughter last week.

Oklafan extends condolences to Compact King on the passing of his grandmother on January 5th.

Oklafan extends condolences to Bernie D on the passing of his mother on January 8th.

Oklafan extends condolences to Killer McKenzie on the passing of his Aunt Margie last week.

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RECENT RESULTS
January 5th
WWE Divas Champion Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) defeated Becky Lynch at the "WWE Thursday Night SmackDown!" television taping in Laredo, TX

TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim & The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne) defeated The Doll House (Rebel [2nd], Marti Belle, & Jade) at TNA's "Impact Wrestling" live telecast in Bethlehem, PA

January 6th
Awesome Kong & Jade (w/ Rebel [2nd] & Marti Belle) defeated The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky) at TNA's "Impact Wrestling" television taping in Bethlehem, PA

January 7th
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim defeated Awesome Kong at TNA's "Impact Wrestling" television taping in Bethlehem, PA

January 8th
Awesome Kong defeated Rebel [2nd], Chelsea, Deonna, Jade, Madison Rayne, Marti Belle, and Velvet Sky in a Gaunlet Battle Royal to become the #1 contender to the TNA Knockouts Title at TNA's "One Night Only: LIVE" live telecast in Bethlehem, PA. In a match taped for "Impact Wrestling", Madison Rayne defeated Rebel [2nd].

A. J. Styles & Doc Gallows defeated Jimmy Rave & Sal Rinauro at WrestleMerica's "Styles Clash" event in Barnesville, GA. Earlier in the card, Styles defeated Rave by DQ.

January 9th
Jack Swagger defeated Bo Dallas at the WWE house show in Montgomery, AL

Katsuhiko Nakajima, Mohammed Yone, & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka & GHC Tag Team Champions The Killer Elite Squad [Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr.]) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at Pro Wrestling NOAH's "New Year Navigation 2016 - Night 1" event in Tokyo, Japan

DPW Tag Team Champions High Level Enterprise (Jack Gamble & Jon Webb) defeated Danny Adams & Michael Magnuson at the Dynamo Pro Wrestling event in Fenton, MO. In other matches, Mike Sydal defeated Elvis Aliaga (w/ Lucy Mendez).

[b[January 10th
Jack Swagger defeated Bo Dallas at the WWE house show in Mobile, AL

Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & GHC Tag Team Champions The Killer Elite Squad [Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith]) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Mohammed Yone, & Quiet Storm in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at Pro Wrestling Noah's "The First Navigation 2016 - Night 1" event in Saitama, Japan

January 11th
Jack Swagger defeated Tyler Breeze in a match taped for "WWE Superstars" at the "WWE RAW" event in New Orleans, LA

Suzuki-gun (Shelton Benjamin & GHC Tag Team Champions The Killer Elite Squad [Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith]) defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Kitamiya, & Mohammed Yone in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at Pro Wrestling NOAH's "The First Navigation 2016 - Night 2" event in Aichi, Japan

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Mid South Wrestling Alliance
Friday, January 15th
Plaza Mayor
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, January 16th
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Wrestling For a Cause
Saturday, January 16th
New Beginnings Community Church
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Imperial Wrestling Revolution
Saturday, January 16th
Firelake Arena
Shawnee, OK
Bell Time 7pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
January 15th
NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm defends the title against Danny Chance at the NWA Texoma event in Sherman, TX. In other matches, NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas takes on Rick Ryder, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champions The Sons of Texas (Killer McKenzie & Moonshine Mantell) defend the titles against The Bold & Beautiful (Rob Love & Jodan), NWA Texoma Texas Champion Apoc defends the title against Jerome Daniels, Griffin takes on Ray Knyte, and Mike Foxx takes on Andy Dalton.

The Canadian Red Devil, Nathan Estrada, Skylar Slice, Taylor K, Nurse Sanity, and Bigg Dogg are among the stars scheduled for the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Grand Island, NE

January 16th
Vader is among the stars scheduled for the Texas Outlaw Promotion event in Mineral Wells, TX

MKW Heavyweight Champion Dalton Bragg is among the stars scheduled for the Middle Kingdom Wrestling event in Donguan, China

CSW Heavyweight Champion Acid Jax defends the title against Bobby Venom at the Chicago Style Wrestling event in Chicago, IL

Oklahoma Famous (Doberman [1st] & John Famous) defend the titles against Cowboy Adam & Black Bart, Jr. at the Star Wrestling Federation event in Seagoville, TX

PWP Heavyweight Champion Mark Sterling defends the title against Tony Cortez at the Pro Wrestling Phoenix event in Council Bluffs, IA

The Canadian Red Devil, Nathan Estrada, Skylar Slice, Taylor K, Nurse Sanity, and Bigg Dogg are among the stars scheduled for the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Grand Island, NE

January 17th
IPW Tag Team Champions Contra-Versy (Tim Storm & Davey Vega) defend the titles against Matthew Palmer & Andy Dalton and The Unholy Complex (Gregory James & Jason Silver) at Inspire Pro Wrestling's "Ecstasy of Gold III: The Gold Runs Cold" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Paige Turner and Jerome Daniels are among the 10 entrants in a Striking Gold Battle Royal.

January 22nd
Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) is among the stars scheduled for the Global Force Wrestling event in Poughkeepsie, NY

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

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) is among the stars scheduled for the Global Force Wrestling/Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Rahway, NJ

Dalton Bragg is among the stars scheduled for the Imperial Entertainment Wrestling event in Mount Pleasant, MI

PPW Heavyweight Champion Drake Frost defends the title against Adam Thornstowe the Phoenix Pro Wrestling event in Petaluma, CA

January 24th
ACW Heavyweight Champion & ACW Hardcore Champion JoJo Bravo defends both titles against J. T. LaMotta at Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Guilty By Association 10" event in Austin, TX

January 27th
Nikolai Volkoff is among the stars scheduled for the Magen Boys Entertainment event in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

January 29th
Rodney Mack and Moonshine Mantell are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling event in Buda, TX

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.

Tracy Smothers takes on The Mathmagician at the Metro Pro Wrestling event in Kansas City, KS

Ray Rowe & IHWE Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas (w/ Black Bart) take on Rodney Mack & NWA World Champion Jax Dane at NWA Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence's "New Year Knockout" event in Crowley, TX. In other matches, John Allen takes on Rocky Hardin, and Miss Diss Lexia vs. Leva Bates vs. Jessica James. Also scheduled to appear is Oklahoma Famous (Doberman [1st] & John Famous), Team Outlaw Inc. (Barrett Brown & Andy Dalton), and many more.

TPW United States Champion J. D. Richardson takes on TPW Tag Team Champions Bam Bam Richardson & Billy Andrews in a Handicap Lumberjack Match at the Texas Pro Wrestling/Knucklehead Championship Wrestling event in Cooper, TX. Also scheduled to appear is TPW Heavyweight Champion Bobby Burns, Cody Burns, and many more.

Rick Steiner and The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) are among the stars scheduled for the Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling event in Mount Airy, GA

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

February 6th
Bobby Eaton is among the stars scheduled for NWA Throwback Championship Wrestling's "Title Town" event in Lewisburg, TN

Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Primal Conflict Wrestling event in Harpers Ferry, WV

WWX Heavyweight Champion Rodney Mack defends the title against Trevor Murdoch at World Wrestling Xpress' "True Champions" event in Russell, KS. In other matches, WWX Women's Champion Skylar Slice defends the title against K. O. Kendra, Nathan Estrada takes on Lamar Titan, Hassan Payne takes on Danimal, and The Canadian Red Devil vs. Kenny Jones vs. Eddie Rydell vs. Jaden Roller vs. Justa Mazing vs. Flex Reed in a Kansas Tornado Match.

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

February 14th
Dalton Bragg is among the stars scheduled for the Primos Wrestling event in Denver, CO

February 20th
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) are among the stars scheduled for the WrestleMerica event in Barnesville, GA

February 27th
Mick Foley is among the stars scheduled for the Maryland Championship Wrestling event in Hollywood, MD

March 26th
Sam Houston, Rod Price, Action Jackson, and Moonshine Mantell are among the stars scheduled for Pro Wrestling Unchained's "Headlocks for Haylie" event in Athens, TX

March 31st
Jim Cornette, Marc Lowrance, Mike McGuirk, NWA World Tag Team Champions The Iron Empire (Matt Riviera & Rob Conway), and NWA Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas are among the tsras scheduled for NWA's "Parade of Champions" event in Fort Worth, TX

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

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
January 13th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 7:30pm at Comedy Works in Denver, CO. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

January 15th
Ric Flair will be signing autographs at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA at the Iowa Energy basketball game. For more info, go to IowaNBA.com.

Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 7pm at Wiseguys Ogden in Ogden, UT. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

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.

Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 7pm at Wiseguys West Valley in West Valley, UT. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

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.

Jeff Jarrett, Bobby Roode, Sonjay Dutt, Brian Myers, Colt Cabana, 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.

January 24th
Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett will be conducting a pro wrestling seminar and tryout from 12 noon to 3pm at Back Breakers Training Center in Scranton, PA. Cost is $150 and open to anyone involved in pro wrestling. For more info, go to BackBreakersTrainingCenter.com.

Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett will be conducting a Meet & Greet from 4pm to 5pm at Back Breakers Training Center in Scranton, PA. Cost of $40 and includes 1 autographed picture, 1 photo opportunity, and 1 item signed by both Jarretts as well as free admission to Back Breakers pay-per-view viewing partys of WWE's "Royal Rumble". For more info, go to BackBreakersTrainingCenter.com.

January 30th
Rick Steiner, Road Warrior Animal, Ricky Steamboat, The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), and many more will be signing autographs starting at 6;30pm at Habersham Central High School in Mount Airy, GA prior to the Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to MidAtlanticWrestling.com.

February 2nd
Jim Duggan will be signing autographs from 7pm to 9pm at Sweet Basil in Queensbury, NY. For more info, go to InfinityConNY.com.

February 6th
Shane Douglas, Kevin Thorn, and many more will be signing autographs at Harpers Ferry KOA in Harpers Ferry, WV prior to the Primal Conflict Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to PrimalConflictWrestling.com.

February 9th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 8pm at The Improv in Hollywood, CA. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

February 10th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 8pm at The Improv in Brea, CA. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

February 11th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 8pm at The Improv in Irvine, CA. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

February 13th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy starting at 8pm at The Performing Arts Center in Lancaster, CA. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/Events.

February 27th
Mick Foley, Kimber Lee, and many more will be signing autographs from 6pm to 7:30pm at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department in Hollywood, MD prior to the Maryland Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to MarylandWrestling.com/#!02-27-2016---Hollywood--MD/c1h59.

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.

April 16th
Stan Hansen, Shawn Michaels, Ricky Steamboat, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Justin Credible, The Blue Meanie, Brian Cage, Ron Bass, Domino, Maven, Curt Hawkins, Amber O'Neil, Bill Apter, Kevin Thorn, Melissa Coates, Roadkill, The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) and many more will be signing autographs from 9am to 3pm at "Icons of Wrestling & Comic Book Collectorfest" at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. For more info, click here

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
January 12th - B. Brian Blair, Chad Thomas, Mark Viper, Michael Barry
January 13th - Buddy Colt, Crazy Charlie, Danny Hunt, Luke Langley, Rick Garrett
January 14th - AnnaLynn Storm, Jim Duggan, Matt Emerald, Ramon Torres
January 15th - Bill Lebeaux, Tommy Gilbert
January 16th - Heather Savage, Oliver Humperdink
January 17th - Bigg Dogg, Chase Stevens, Corsica Joe
January 18th - Adam Thornstowe, Angel Skycall, Sandy Partlow

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