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Posted: Dec 20th 2016 By: Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Vader tweeted that he recently got potentially good news regarding his health.

Despite the match being advertised for a second straight week, AJ Styles didn’t face James Ellsworth on last Tuesday night’s SmackDown. Instead, there was a fatal four-way main event to determine a new number one contender for Styles’ title. Dolph Ziggler defeated Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper, and The Miz to earn the title shot. Styles vs. Ellsworth will still happen at some point.
WWE Champion AJ Styles has been pulled from all WWE events until December 26th at Madison Square Garden, where he’s set to defend against John Cena and Dean Ambrose. Styles did not defend the WWE Championship against James Ellsworth on last night’s SmackDown due to the ankle injury he suffered on 12/4 at TLC while taking a backdrop from Ambrose. The champion has not wrestled since that match. WWE announced last night that Styles would defend against new #1 contender Dolph Ziggler on the 12/27 SmackDown from Chicago. There’s been no word yet on when Ellsworth will get his shot but it doesn’t look like it will happen in 2016.

Manny Fernandez was a recent guest on "The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling" podcast. When asked about wrestling the great World Champions of the past, he said "I was very fortunate in my career. I got to wrestle all the real good World Champions. I wrestled Flair, he sucked. Bottom line is he sucked. Every champion that I wrestled whether it be Terry, Dory (Funk), Jack (Brisco) and Harley (Race) they let me beat on them. They let me do anything. Harley was fantastic. The matches that we had, we had hour broadways, we had ninety minute broadways that I could have sworn we only went nine minutes. The first time we did it I knocked myself completely out for two days. Harley was such a good worker and the day that he asked me what my finish was and I said "flying-burrito" he said I'll duck and I swear I got so high in the air I cleared the ring and landed head first on the concrete and knocked myself out for two days. "Harley was unreal, Dory was unreal and Terry was night and day. When I wrestled Terry Funk it was like wrestling the Tazmanian Devil. Terry was off the wall and we did some crazy things...fighting over the roof of cars, backdropping in a U-Haul trailer. That is why I laugh at people, these people that think they are hardcore. They ain't got a clue man. If we hit them as hard as we hit back in the day there would be a person crying that you hit me too hard." In the 90 minute podcast Fernandez talks about a wide variety of subjects including his relationship with Bruiser Brody and his own in-ring incident with Brody's killer Invader #3. You can listen to the entire podcast by clicking here.

John Pollock from Live Audio Wrestling is reporting that TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett met with officials from Anthem Sports & Entertainment last week although no specifics from this meeting were revealed. Anthem now is the company which is pumping money to keep TNA alive and pretty much is considered the majority owner of TNA for all intents and purposes. Pollock says that as of today, there’s no agreement for Jarrett to return to TNA although him returning is not out of the question at this point. Jarrett mainly met with the man who’s running day-to-day operations at TNA, Anthem Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm. Jeff Jarrett had quite a history with TNA, first co-founding the company with his father in 2001, then resigning in 2012. In 2015, while still a minority owner, he returned for a few weeks to promote his Global Force Wrestling company. Jarrett’s return came with a price though as he sold his minority share to Dixie Carter.

WWE debuts a new Table for 3 on Wednesday night with Jim Duggan, Sgt Slaughter and Nikolai Volkoff.

Mick Foley, who was supposed to be off WWE television till the January 2 Raw, showed up at the Roadblock pay-per-view Sunday and was on Raw Monday night as well. ProWrestlingSheet.com, who broke the original story that Foley will be given time off to do his Christmas work, reached out to WWE to get clarification on his appearance. In a statement, WWE said that Foley was in Pittsburgh for a previously scheduled charitable event and decided to work the show and would work Raw as well but will “then take time off until January 2.”

Bud Barnes suffered a seizure Friday, December 2nd after the MSWA event and totaled his car. Doctors will not clear him to compete again until he is able to go 6 months without any seizures. He was forced to relinquish the MSWA Mid-South Title as a result. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Se7en’s father passed away Friday. Oklafan extends its condolences to his family and friends.

Dredd’s mother passed away last week. Oklafan extends condolences to his family and friends.

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RECENT RESULTS
December 9
NWA Southern Tag Team Champions The Penthouse Players (Justin Grandberry & Christian Grand) def. Chase Stevens & Vic the Bruiser at the NWA New South Wrestling event in Franklin, KY

December 11
Rodney Mack vs. Carson was declared a Double Countout at the Elite Championship Wrestling event in Houma, LA. In other matches, Locura def. Gregory James

December 17
War Machine (Ray Rowe & Hanson) def. Chuck Taylor & Trent Baretta at the WrestleCircus event in Austin, TX. Also on the show, Lance Hoyt def. Hangman Page, Sammy Guevara def. Colt Cabana, Scorpio Sky, The Laredo Kid & Serpentico def. Jordan Len X & The Extra Talented (Ricky Starks & Aaron Solow) and Jervis Cottenbelly & Dick Justice def. Gregory James & Kody Lane

MPX Champion Jerome Daniels def. Michael Shafer at the MetroPlex Wrestling event in Bedford, TX. In other matches, B.C., Kyle Hawk, James Johnson & Matthew Palmer def. Franco D’Angelo, Frankie Fisher, Jason Silver and Nobe Bryant, Mike Foxx def. Kenny Steele and Matthew Palmer def. B. C., Kyle Hawk and James Johnson in a 4-Way Match for the vacant MPX Prospects Title

The Samoan Dynasty (Black Pearl, Rikishi & VIP) def. Devious Bear, Maverick & Otto Van Clutch at the KnokX Pro Wrestling event in Sun Valley, CA

SBW Champion Tyler Bateman def. B-Boy at the Santino Brothers Wrestling event in Bell Gardens, CA

Neville def. Jinder Mahal at the WWE event in Rochester, NY

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS

No events scheduled in Oklahoma December 20-26

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UPCOMING MATCHES
2017
January 6th
Dustin Bozworth and Chris Crotte are among the stars scheduled for WWA Superstars of Wrestling's "Wrestle Mayhem the 25th Anniversary" event in Milwaukee, WI

January 7th
Brandon Groom and The Canadian Red Devil are among the stars scheduled for Impact Championship Wrestling's "Night of Champions" event in Junction City, KS

January 22
MWA Champion Brian Blade, MWA Mid-States Champion Eric Fantabulous, MWA Tag Team Champions Dynamic Shields, Chief Attakulla, Cody Jones, Paloma Starr and Phoebe are scheduled for the Midwest Wrestling Alliance event in St. Charles, IL

January 27th
NWA World Champion Tim Storm, NWA Women's World Champion Jazz, The Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera), Charlie Haas, Rodney Mack, and Adam Asher are among the stars scheduled for NWA Big Apple's "Black Blue and Proud" event in Hackensack, NJ

February 4th
Charlie Haas, Nikki Knight, Erica, Keith Crawford and Mikey are among the stars scheduled for the Old School Wrestling event in Odessa, TX

Rodney Mack, Road Warrior Animal, and Jazz are among the stars scheduled for World Wrestling Xpress' "Body Slam on Cancer 3" event in Russell, KS

February 10th
Sting is among the stars scheduled for the Big Time Wrestling event in Raleigh, NC

February 11th
Sting is among the stars scheduled for the Big Time Wrestling event in Spartanburg, SC

February 12th
Michael Faith, J. D. Richardson, Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields), and Legion (Rob Cabella & Samedi) are among the stars scheduled for Knucklehead Championship Wrestling's "New Beginning" event in Paris, TX

February 19th
IHWE Triple Crown Champion Carson defends the titles against IHWE Tag Team Champion Jaxon Stone at Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence's "New Year Knockout II" event in Crowley, TX. In other matches, IHWE J-Cup Champion Americos defends the title against Andy Dalton, Moonshine Mantell takes on Brandon Collins in a match to determine the #1 contender to the IHWE Triple Crown Titles, and Fuego del Sol takes on Gregory James.

March 18th
Nikki Knight vs. Kylie Rae vs. Princess Miranda vs. Jessica James for the vacant TOP Women's Title is scheduled for Texas Outlaw Promotions' "Declaration of Champions event in Mineral Wells, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
2017
January 14th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at Frank & Son Collectible Show in City of Industry, CA. For more info, call (951) 850-5268.

January 20th
A. J. Styles will be signing autographs from 6pm to 9pm at "World of Wheels Pittsburgh" at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. For more info, go to Autorama.com/Attend/Pittsburgh.

January 21st
Tony Atlas will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at Frankie's East Side Gourmet Restaurant in Farmingdale, NY. For more info, call (516) 756-2753.

January 28th
Road Warrior Animal will be signing autographs at Ector County Coliseum in Odessa, TX at the Odessa Jackalopes hockey game. For more info, go to WestTexasTix.com.

January 29th
Jim Ross will be performing in "Ringside with Jim Ross" starting at 2:30pm at Improv Comedy Club in San Antonio, TX. For more info, go to RiverCenterComedyClub.com.

February 10th
Sting will be signing autographs at Dorton Arena in Raleigh, NC prior to the Big Time Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to BTWTickets.com/events/2017-02-10.html.

February 17th
Sting will be signing autographs at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, SC prior to the Big Time Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to BTWTickets.com/Events/2017-02-11.html.

February 18th
Paul Orndorff, Howard Finkel, and many more will be signing autographs at "Canadian Wrestling's Elite's Fanfest" at Holy Cross Gymnasium Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. For more info, go to CWETickets.com.

March 16th
Jerry Lawler will be be performing in a talk show at Leicester Square Theater in London, England

March 17th
Ric Flair will be the official starter of the "First Ever 14th Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade" in Hot Springs, AR

Jerry Lawler will be be performing in a talk show at Dancehouse Theater in Manchester, England

March 18th
Jerry Lawler will be be performing in a talk show at The Classic Grand in Glasgow, Scotland

March 19th
Jerry Lawler will be be performing in a talk show at The Empire Music Hall in Belfast Ireland

April 1st
Jim Ross will be performing in "Ringside with Jim Ross and Friends" at 2pm at Plaza Live in Orlando, FL. For tickets, go to TicketFly.com.

April 2nd
Jim Ross will be performing in "Ringside with Jim Ross and Friends" at 2pm at Plaza Live in Orlando, FL. For tickets, go to TicketFly.com.

June 4th
Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman will be signing autographs at "Niagara Falls Comic Con" at Scotia Bank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
December 20th - Jessica Journey, Kareem Sadat, Laverne Bottoms, Satchel Reigns
December 21st - Ron Bass
December 22nd - Clint Cox, Josef Von Schmidt
December 23rd - Brad Briggs
December 24th - Aaron Neil, Mike DiBiase
December 25th - Andre Williams, Bronko Lubich
December 26th - Johnny Heidemann

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