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Posted: Apr 21st 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
A documentary on the life of Adrian Street called "You May Be Pretty But I Am Beautiful" will have its world premiere on 5/16 in Wales at the Market Hall Cinema.

The lawsuit filed by Riki Johnson, the first husband of Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte) against WWE, Ric Flair and Charlotte Flair regarding comments made about him in the book "Second Nature" were officially settled out of court.

WWE Network News reported that 34 new episodes of Mid South Wrestling were uploaded to the WWE Network Tuesday. They will be from August 11, 1984 through April 27, 1985.

30 WWE Superstars in total swapped brands over the past two nights during the 2019 Superstar Shake-up. 16 went to the red brand while the rest, two less than Raw, went blue. Those who moved to Raw are AJ Styles, The Miz, Ricochet, Aleister Black, Erik and Ivar of the Viking Experience, Andrade, Zelina Vega, Rey Mysterio, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso of The Usos, Naomi, EC3, Lacey Evans, Eric Young, and Cedric Alexander. Six of those Superstars are from NXT while one is from 205 Live. Meanwhile, those who moved to Smackdown are Roman Reigns, Intercontinental champion Finn Balor, Elias, Bayley, Ember Moon, Kairi Sane, Lars Sullivan, Buddy Murphy, Liv Morgan, Chad Gable, Apollo Crews, Mickie James, Otis and Tucker of Heavy Machinery. Four of these are from NXT and one is from 205 Live. With Liv Morgan and Chad Gable moving to Smackdown it means that the Riott Squad and the team of Gable and Roode are no longer.

The War Raiders, now known by the name of The Viking Experience, were the talk on social media this week following their Raw debut during the Superstar Shake-up episode. There happens to be a real Viking Experience in York in the United Kingdom as part of the JORVIK Viking Centre. On Tuesday, the Twitter account of the museum, also addressed WWE's recent name change thanks to their "full social media inbox!" In a tweet, the JORVIK Viking Centre wrote, "We arrived to a full social media inbox this morning... Seems like there are some mixed opinions out there but we can promise @WWENXT fans that you will always get an authentic #VikingExperience here!" They also joked that next time, WWE should give them a heads up before they change another name so they can be ready! Meanwhile, one half of the tag team, Erik, replied to the tweet saying, "We will be happy to share the #vikingexperience next time we visit Jorvik! We loved our last tour of your incredible museum!"

A lot of fans were taken aback by the War Raiders being rebranded as The Viking Experience. Now it has come out that it wasn’t the original choice backstage. According to PWInsider, they were originally going to be called The Berzerkers. However, the decision was then made to change the current NXT Champions to The Viking Experience.

The WWE Network put up what would be one of the few surviving television shows from Leroy McGuirk's promotion, a 1978 episode that included some taped matches from Georgia with Ernie Ladd and Ray Candy, plus squash matches with Jose Lothario, Paul Orndorff, Cowboy Bob Ellis, El Mongol and Ron Bass.

Two weeks ago, Brian Blair of The Killer Bees tag team, opened a GoFundMe campaign to help save the house of his former co-worker James “Kamala” Harris. Harris, now a double amputee with other health issues, had to pay $12,750 in taxes by April 15 or else the Tate County in Mississippi would take his home. The tax collection office extended the deadline by a few weeks, giving Harris until the end of the month to settle his bill. “State of Mississippi are satisfied. We are only a few thousand dollars short at this time. The very kind folks at the Tax collection offices in MS, have been kind enough to extend Kamala’s if we can pay these bills before the end of the month,” Blair wrote on the GoFundMe page in an update. And then, just like a superhero (without a cape), in came Chris Jericho who yesterday donated $5,000, the largest donation for Kamala. “God bless you James! Thx for the years of entertaining,” Jericho wrote on the page. Jericho’s donation led to another $300 or so in donations from fans, and now it stands at $14,790 from just over 300 fans raised in 16 days. You can still help donate more money by going to the link here.

Beth Phoenix will be wrestling in tag matches with Natalya on WWE European tour shows in Belfast, Brussels, Marseille, Newcastle, Liverpool, and London next month.

Jim Cornette discussed the Montreal Screwjob on this week’s episode of his podcast.

Oklafan congratulates Drake Gallows, who got engaged April 14th.

Voltio Santiago’s uncle Howard passed away April 15. Oklafan extends its condolences to his family and friends

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Recent Results
April 13th
MVP & TME def. The Arquette Entourage and Mambo Italiano in a Triple Threat Match at the International Wrestling Cartel event in Meadville, PA

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. vs. Teddy Hart ended in a Double Pin at the Real Shoot Wrestling event in Cleveland, OH

Bobby Shields def. Jaxon Stone at the Primal Conflict Wrestling event in WV. In other matches, Jerry Lawler & The Midnight Outlaw def. G-Fed & Mark Bravura

Jordan Oliver def. Sammy Guevara, Myron Reed and Matt Travis in a Fatal 4-Way Match at the Combat Zone Wrestling event in Vorhees, NJ

George Rodriguez (w/ Bushwacker Luke) def. Uther McGregor at the Thunder Championship Wrestling event in Lakeland, FL

Mike Santiago & Ethan HD def. The Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) at the DEFY Wrestling event in Portland, OR

Greg Anthony def. Michael Barry to earn a shot at the MStW Title at the Mid-States Wrestling event in Springfield, MO. In other matches, Bennett James (w/ Miranda Gordy) def. Niles Plonk (w/ Belvedere), MStW Champion Gary Gram def. Greg Anthony and Matt Riviera def. Tim Storm

VSK def. Ethan Page at the Blitzkrieg Pro Wrestling event in Westfield, MA

April 14th
Michael Elgin def. Killer Kross at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

OVE (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist & Dave Crist) def. Chase Stevens, Shayne Maddox & Shaun Maddox at the IMPACT Wrestling event in Owensboro, KY. In other matches, IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact def. Chris Michaels.

El Fuego del Sol def. Prince Mahalli, Cameron Cole and Will Allday in a Fatal 4-Way at the World Class Revolution event in Dallas, TX. In other matches, Tim Rockwell def. Flex Zerba in a No DQ Match, WCR Revolutionary Champion Damon Windsor (w/ Brother Percy) def. Randy Price by Countout, WCR Tag Team Champions The Step-Brothas (Ja’Mane & Tego) def. Niles Plonk & #DexStar Hardaway, The Von Erichs (Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich) & Hunter Hayes def. The Dirty Blondes (Michael Patrick & Leo Brian, w/ Col. Robert Parker) & Lance Hoyt (w/ Miranda Gordy), Marti Belle def. Skylar Slice for the vacant WCR Diamond Division Title and WCR Champion Chavo Guerrero, Jr. def. MVP

April 15th
The Viking Experience (Erik & Ivar) & The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) def. Alestair Black, Ricochet & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins at the WWE RAW broadcast in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In other matches, A. J. Styles, Roman Reigns & WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins def Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin & Bobby Lashley.

Michael Elgin def. Killer Kross at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

April 16th
Michael Elgin def. Killer Kross at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Kindersly, Saskatchewan, Canada

April 18th
Killer Kross def. Norman Harras at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Albert Hardie, Jr. def. Samuel Shaw at the NXT event in Lakeland, FL

April 19th
The Kingdom (Vinnie Marselgia & T. K. O’Ryan) def. Killer Kross & Michael Elgin at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Weyburn ,Saskatchewan, Canada

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins) def. Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbin & Jinder Mahal at the WWE RAW event in St. Louis, MO

April 20th
CWE Tag Team Champions A. J. Sanchez & Kevin O’Doyle def. Michael Elgin & Killer Kross at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Tito Santana def. Drew Anderson at the Legends of Wrestling event in Fraser, MI. In other matches, Rick Steiner def. Rohit Raju

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS

April 26th
Mid-South Wrestling Alliance
Farmer's Market
Oklahoma City
Bell Time: 7:30

April 27th
Body Progression Wrestling
Body Progression Gym
Bristow
Bell Time: 7:30


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UPCOMING MATCHES
April 21
IPWA Champion Rabbi Swissa defends the title against Matt Sydal at the Passover Bash event in Lehavot Haviva, Israel

CWE Champion Danny Duggan defends his title against Killer Kross at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada

April 24th
Killer Kross is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

April 25th
Joey Ryan vs. Jake Atlas and Tyler Bateman & Mick Moretti vs. Peter Avalon & Ray Rosas are scheduled for the BAR Wrestling event in Baldwin Park, CA

April 26th
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is among the stars scheduled for the BCW Lucha Downunderground event in Melbourne, Australia

Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Absolute Intense Wrestling event in Parma, OH

Matt Cross vs. Josh Prohibition is scheduled for the Absolute Intense Wrestling event in Parma, OH. Also appearing on the card, Shane Douglas and DJ Z!

Phoebe vs. Nicole Savoy is scheduled for the Dallas/Fort-Worth Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX

April 27th
Terry Pantera vs. Prince Mahalli vs. Doc Black in a Triple Threat Match is scheduled for Redemption Championship Wrestling's "Fury of War" event in Canon City, CO

Colt Killbane is among the stars scheduled for the South Central Pro Wrestling event in Hot Springs, AR

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is among the stars scheduled for the BCW Lucha Downunderground event in Adelaide, Australia

Blade [2nd], Drake Gallows, Malico, Kyle King, Nikki Knight and Chandler Hopkins are scheduled for the Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment event in Salina, KS

Jerry Lawler is scheduled for the North East Wrestling event in Holyoke, MA

The Iceman, Tyler Grey & Rex vs. Leland Race, Jayden Dominic Rose & Curtis Wylde are scheduled for the New Breed Wrestling event in Sedalia, MO

April 28th
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is among the stars scheduled for the BCW Lucha Downunderground event in Sydney, Australia

Tim Storm vs. Mike Foxx is scheduled for the Heroes of Wrestling event in Royse City, TX

Gail Kim vs. Tessa Blanchard is scheduled for the IMPACT Wrestling “Rebellion” PPV event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also on the card, IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact defends is title against Brian Cage.

May 3rd
VIP Champion Barrett Brown defends his title against Gregory James in a Steel Cage Match at the VIP Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX. Also on the card: Matt Cross vs. El Fuego del Sol! Plus: Chandler Hopkins!

May 4th - 6th
DJ Z is scheduled for the PROGRESS Wrestling Super Strong Style 16 Tournament in London, England

May 4th
MWA Champion Alex Gretzky defends against Brian Blade at the Midwest Wrestling Alliance event in Beatrice, NE

Cheerleader Melissa vs. LuFisto is scheduled for the Femme Fatales event in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

May 10th
Joey Ryan vs. Neveah in an intergender match is scheduled for the Wrestling Revolver event in West Des Moines, IA

May 11th
Jerry Lawler is scheduled for an independent wrestling event in Hanover, IN

May 12th
Sammy Guevara vs. Joey Janella is scheduled for the WrestleCircus event in Austin, TX

May 18
John Rockhold, Mike Sydal & Curt Gannon are scheduled for the New Breed Wrestling event in Belton, MO

Joey Ryan is schedule for the Pure Pro Wrestling event in Grand Rapids, MI

May 25th
Rikishi, Malico, Andy Dalton, Tim Storm, and Apoc are among the stars scheduled for the Texas Championship Wrestling Alliance event in Quinlan, TX

June 1st
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) vs. So Cal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) and Bill Dundee to the House of Hardcore show is scheduled for the House of Hardcore event in Nashville, TN. Also on the card: Tracy Smothers!

Hector Guerrero is scheduled for the Thunder Championship Wrestling event in Lakeland, FL

August 24th
Superbeast is scheduled for the Nachos Festival event in Sacramento, CA

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
April 25th
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Melbourne, Australia

April 26th
Shane Douglas and Francine will be signing autographs at St. John Baptist Byzantine Hall in Parma, OH prior to the Absolute Intense Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to AIWrestling.com/.

April 27th
The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika), Ricky Steamboat, Wendi Richter, Slick, Koko B. Ware, Bruce Prichard, Jake Roberts, The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags), Bob Orton, Jr., Tony Atlas, Rocky Johnson, Greg Valentine, Andrew Anderson, Scott Casey, Paul Roma, Jim Powers, Ken Patera, The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord), Lanny Poffo, Barry Horowitz, Barry Windham, Hollywood, Lightning, The Royal Hawaiian, Gary Michael Cappetta and many more will be signing autographs from 10am to 5pm at "80s Wrestling Con" at iPlay America in Freehold, NJ. For more info, go to 80sWrestlingCon.com.

Sting will be signing autographs at "Awesome Con" at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D. C. For more info, go to Awesome-Con.com.

One Man Gang, Sawyer Fulton, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Bob Roop and many more will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the Midwest Community Center in Dalton, OH. For more info, call (330) 201-0237.

May 25th
Rikishi, Tim Storm, Apoc, and many more will be signing autographs at Thompson Middle School in Quinlan, TX prior to the Texas Championship Wrestling Alliance event held later in the evening. For more info, go to TCWAWrestling.com.

June 9th
Undertaker will be signing at the Niagara Falls Comic Con on 6/9 from Noon to 2 p.m. as part of the Legends of Wrestling Reunion with Sgt. Slaughter, Paul Orndorff, Road Warrior Animal, Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell.

June 23rd
Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat will be signing autographs at the Collar and Elbow Expo in Texas City, TX

August 15th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

August 16th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

August 17th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

April 21 - Angelo Savoldi, Jay Hollywood
April 23 - Blade [2nd], Tony Atlas, Terry Gordy
April 24 - Lance Von Erich, Lou Thesz
April 25 - Eric Roberts, Carl Fergie, Crash Davis, Brett Stopp, Zack Mason
April 26 - Justin Dynamic, Havoc
April 27 - Yasu Fuji


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