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Posted: May 19th 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
The HBO Andre the Giant documentary is now up on the WWE Network. It's definitely a very entertaining doc even with the flaws and work mode and some people used for history that had no idea of the history they were talking about. It's a great look at Andre and there's a lot of info on his life that has never been released previously.

The June 7 show in Saudi Arabia will be titled Super ShowDown, a similar name that WWE used for their October pay-per-view in Australia. WWE also announced that the event will feature The Undertaker vs Goldberg and Randy Orton vs Triple H along with a 50-man battle royal. This will be the first time that The Undertaker and Goldberg have wrestled each other. WWE Super ShowDown will take place at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah and it will be available live on the WWE Network and on traditional pay-per-view.

John Morrison is doing a Q&A on 6/27 in Melbourne before his matches in Melbourne on 6/28 and Sydney in 6/29 for BCW.

Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch have finally publicly admitted that they are dating each other.. The whole thing came up after Becky took a shot at Edge on Twitter and his wife, Beth Phoenix, jumped in and wrote, "Wait wait...are we involving our men now...?" Lynch replied, "I’ll ask him... @WWERollins?" Rollins then posted on his Instagram a photo of the two kissing backstage at WrestleMania with the words, "I guess I’m allowed to post this now....@beckylynchwwe?" Rumors started to spread during WrestleMania week that they're an item. Both of them attended NXT Takeover: New York together and were sitting side-by-side at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Mike Johnson at PW Insider reported that Killer Kross has asked for his release from Impact. There is considerable interest outside Impact in Kross. Johnson reported Kross asked for six figures to stay but was turned down. The report said Impact offered him a new contract for three-years for less than six figures, giving him a guarantee instead of a per date contract. Kross turned down the offer and asked for his release. The company turned down the request noting he's under contract for several more years

WWE Network News reported that three matches featuring Andre the Giant will be added to the WWE Network’s Hidden Gems section Thursday, which comes after HBO’s documentary on Andre was uploaded to the Network. The matches are Andre vs. Jerry Blackwell in a Bodyslam Challenge match (AWA, 1980), Andre & Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan, Nick Bockwinkel, Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum in a handicap match (AWA, 1982), and Andre vs. Big John Studd (WWF, 1984).

The NXT Tag Team titles have been vacated by The Viking Raiders and a decision on the future of the titles will be made on next week’s episode of NXT by General Manager William Regal on the WWE Network. The Viking Raiders, who up until yesterday were champions, appeared on NXT and decided that no other team would be able to beat them so they were ready to surrender the titles and concentrate solely on their Raw journey. The Street Profits did not agree to that statement and wanted a title shot for later in the evening. The match though ended in a disqualification after The Forgotten Sons interfered and then Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan also joined in on the fun for a wild brawl. At the end of the episode, The Viking Raiders were left standing, still holding their tag team titles. The Viking Raiders moved to Monday Night Raw during the Superstar Shake-Up, first debuting as The Viking Experience before changing to The Viking Raiders. They won the NXT Tag Team titles at NXT Takeover: Phoenix in January from The Undisputed Era.

The wrestling world is in mourning today after Ashley Massaro, the former WWE Diva Search contest winner, passed away Thursday in New York. Through its website and social media properties, WWE issued a statement saying, "We are saddened to learn of the tragic death of former WWE Superstar Ashley Massaro. She performed in WWE from 2005-2008 and was beloved by her fellow Superstars and fans around the world. WWE offers its condolences to Ashley’s family and friends." All Elite Wrestling also put out a small statement reading, "We are saddened to learn Ashley Massaro has passed away at the age of 39. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.." Massaro was supposed to be part of the Starrcast II event which takes place during the Double or Nothing pay-per-view weekend next week. While the cause of death has not been revealed, a tweet from Torrie Wilson might suggest something as Wilson urged people that when they fall into a dark place with no end in sight, they should keep hope and reach out for help. Wilson called Massaro "legit one of the sweetest people" she's ever known and couldn't even begin to explain how devastated she was. Some of Ashley's former co-workers also paid tribute to her on Twitter." I have no words. Ashley was my tag partner at WrestleMania. My sometimes road wife," wrote Maria Kanellis. "We did countless photo shoots and press days together. It seems like yesterday Ashley was a major part of my life and then our worlds changed and now she is gone. I'm heartbroken for her family." Lisa Marie Varon, the artist formerly known as Victoria in WWE, also wrote that she's sad for the loss of her good friend and that she would be greatly missed. "Words cannot express my sadness for the loss of Ashley Massaro," tweeted Layla El. "Ashley took me under her wing an was so sweet to me. I have very fond memories that I will treasure. Too young to be gone." Trish Stratus, who was also in WWE when Massaro was around, wrote, "Darling, my heart hurts so much with this news. I remember being off with an injury and watching this beautiful, charismatic, athletic girl crowned Diva Search winner." Trish recounted how she was her first suplex and stood by her as she took her first steps of her wrestling career. "I'm having a hard time processing this news of my friend, a fellow worker, a fellow mom. I'm both sad and mad..." "This is just awful news - Ashley Massaro is gone," fellow New Yorker Mick Foley wrote. "She was only 39. She lived in the same town as me...I loved seeing her around. She was always so nice...and now she’s gone." Other former Superstars such as Michelle McCool, Maryse, and many others also posted on social media about her death.

Ric Flair's wife Wendy Barlow has said that the planned surgery that her husband Ric Flair was scheduled to have Friday morning has been postponed until Monday "to address some complications that needed to be taken care of first." Last night, Barlow issued a statement saying that Ric would be undergoing a procedure this morning after he was hospitalized yesterday. “Due to ongoing health complications, Ric was taken to the hospital and is expected to undergo a procedure tomorrow morning, after which he expects to fully recover,” her statement read. But that has now changed and the two-time WWE Hall of Famer will remain in hospital for the weekend. His son-in-law and AEW/Starrcast’s Conrad Thompson Thursday wrote that the procedure was pre-scheduled and it was nothing serious at all, contradicting other reports which said that it was serious when Flair was rushed to the hospital. Last time Flair was hospitalized, his management company issued a statement saying it was nothing serious too but Flair ended being on his death bed for 11 days. The company, Legacy Talent LLC, was later dropped from representing him. Ric will be the headline act at Starrcast next weekend where he will be roasted by his friends although with this change of plans it remains to be seen if Flair will be available to travel to Las Vegas for the show.

Wednesday’s season one finale of Dark Side of the Ring averaged 200,000 total viewers on Viceland and drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. The episode was focused on the Fabulous Moolah. Here are the viewership numbers for season one:
Episode one (Macho Man & Ms. Elizabeth): 154,000
Episode two (Montreal Screwjob): 181,000
Episode three (Bruiser Brody): 214,000
Episode four (Von Erichs): 234,000
Episode five (Gino Hernandez): 225,000
Episode six (Fabulous Moolah): 200,000

The NWA uploaded Allysin Kay’s Women’s World Championship defense against Marti Belle from last weekend’s ROH tapings can be viewed here

Barry Windham’s great-nephew, Knash Sixx, was born May 18th. Oklafan extends its congratulations to his family and friends.


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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
United Wrestling Entertainment
Markoma Gym
Tahlequah, OK
Bell Time: 6pm


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RECENT RESULTS
May 9th
Delilah Doom & Eli Everfly def. Tyler Bateman & Brandon Cutler at the Bar Wrestling event in Los Angeles, CA. In other matches, K. C. Spinelli def. Joey Ryan

May 11th
Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL) def. The Bouncers (Brian Malonis & The Beer City Bruiser) at the Ring of Honor “War of the Worlds” event in Grand Rapids, MI

Bob Orton, Jr. & Zach Main def. Ben Boone & Isaiah Broner at the Metro Pro Wrestling event in Southgate, MI

Samantha Heights def. Paloma Starr at the Wrestling and Respect event in Coldwater, OH. In other matches, WAR Champion Cody Jones vs. Matt Taylor was declared a No-Contest and Matt Taylor, Nick Hahn & Kidd Bullet def. Pav City, Will the Thrill, Ripper Blackheart & WAR Champion Cody Jones in a 3-on-4 Handicap Tag Team Match

May 12th
Beth Phoenix & Natalya def. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan) at the WWE event in Newcastle, England. In other matches, Titus O’Neil def. EC3.

The Bouncers (Brian Malonis & The Beer City Bruiser) def. The Kingdom (Vinnie Marsalgia & T. K. O’Ryan), Coast to Coast (Shaeem Ali & L.S.G) and Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin in a 4-Corners Survival Match at the Ring of Honor Television Tapings in Villa Park, IL. In other matches, NWA World Women’s Champion Allisyn Kay def. Marti Belle

The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) def. Logan & Sterling Regal and Gregory James & Andy Dalton in a Triple Threat Match for the WrestleCircus Tag Team Titles at the WrestleCircus event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Lance Hoyt def. Colin Delaney, Peter Avalon and El Fuego del Sol in a Fatal 4-Way Match, Sammy Guevara def. Joey Janela, Sammy Guevara def. Dezmond Xavier for the vacant WrestleCircus Title and Scorpio Sky def. WrestleCircus Champion Sammy Guevara for the title.

May 13th
UWN Tag Team Champions Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) over RockNES Monsters (Yuma & BHK), Double Platinum (Chris Bey & Suede Thompson), and Soul Burners (Ryan Taylor & Tomaste) in a 4-Corners Tag Team Match at the Championship Wrestling From Hollywood event in Irvine, CA. In other matches, L.A. Park, Super Beetle, & Gentleman Jervis over Joey Ryan, Luchasaurus, & Kikutaro and UWN Television Champion Royce Isaacs def. Tyler Bateman. After the match Bateman cashed in the PP3 Cup to get another title shot and defeated Isaacs for the title.

May 16th
Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner def. Humberto Carillo & Albert Hardie, Jr. at the NXT event in Tampa, FL

May 17th
Scott Steiner def. Joey Ryan at the Mr. Chainsaw Pro Wrestling event in Traverse City, MI

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UPCOMING MATCHES
May 19th
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins defends against A. J. Styles at the WWE “Money In the Bank” PPV event

Barry Ryte & Cody Jones vs. Acid Jazz & Marshe Rocket is scheduled for the Galli Lucha Libre event in Villa Park, IL. Also appearing on the card: Paloma Starr!

Malico, Double D, Dusty Gold and Luke Langley are scheduled for the World Class Wrestling Association event in Fayetteville, AR

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

Ricky Starks vs. Shotzi Blackheart is scheduled for the SABOTAGE Wrestling event in Austin, TX. Also scheduled for that card: Kody Lane vs. Veda Scott and The Sea Stars vs. Fun & Sexy (Phoebe & Baby B)

Karnage (w/ Naomi Sanders) vs. Bill Black (w/ The Black Widow [2nd]) in a Hardocre/Falls Count Anywhere match is scheduled for the Mid-American Championship Wrestling event in Nashville, AR.

May 26th
Phoebe is scheduled for the Inspire Pro Wrestling event in Austin, TX

May 29th
Michael Hayes & Samu are scheduled for an independent wrestling show in Allentown, PA

May 31st
Ryan Davidson vs. Ace Romero is scheduled for the All American Wrestling event in Austin, 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

Bill Goldberg and A. J. Styles are scheduled for the WWE event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Von Erichs (Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich) & MLW Champion Tom Lawlor vs. Contra Unit (Simon Gotch, Jacob Fatu & Joseph Samael) is scheduled for the Major League Wrestling Television Taping in Waukesha, WI
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. vs. Gino is scheduled for the Reality of Wrestling event in Houston, TX

XWE Tag Team Champions The ParaRockStars defend their titles against Granger Force at the Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment event in Salina, KS. Also scheduled for the event: KWA Heartland Champion Blade [2nd], Brent Wall & Malico!

Matt Cross vs. Ultimo Dragon is sheduled for the SMASH Wrestling event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

June 7th
Bill Goldberg vs. The Undertaker is scheduled for the WWE "Super Showdown" PPV event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Christian Temple, Tristan Thorne, Paul Puertorico, Blade [2nd] & Cody Burns are scheduled for the Prairie Championship Wrestling event in Hutchinson, KS

June 8th
Tim Storm vs. Adam Asher is scheduled for the King of Sports Championship Wrestling event in Tom Bean, TX. Also appearing on the card: Malico, Jake O’Brien, Jerome Daniels, James Beard, Chandler Hopkins, Brent McKenzie and Andy Dalton

June 21st
Joey Ryan vs. Indi Hartwell is scheduled for the World Series Wrestling event in Melbourne, Australia

June 26th
Riki Chosu,Tomohoro Ishii & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinama, Keiji Muto & Togi Makabe is scheduled for the All-Japan Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo, Japan

June 28th
John Morrison is scheduled for the BCW event in Melbourne, Australia

June 29th
John Morrison is scheduled for the BCW event in Sydney, Australia

Ricky Morton & Kid Kash are scheduled for the New Breed Wrestling event in Sedalia, MO

July 5th
Chandler Hopkins, Joey Ryan & VIP Bull of the Woods Champion Gino are scheduled for the VIP Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX

July 20th
Tony Atlas is scheduled for the North Carolina Wrestling Association event in Clayton, NC

July 28th
Jerry Bostic is scheduled for the Kansas Wrestling Revolution event in Salina, KS

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

Michael Barry is scheduled for the Southwest Wrestling Entertainment event in Canton, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
June 8th & 9th
Jerry Lawler and Baron Von Raschke will be at Crusherfest. The event is centered around an unveiling of a statue of The Crusher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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
May 19 - Tyler Bateman, Mongol, Will Chambers, Buzz Markley, Andre the Giant
May 21 - Ivan Kalmikoff, Chuey Martinez
May 23 - Babyface D'Amanti,
May 24 - Ricky Romero, Lucas, Gemini [2nd]
May 25 - Dominque Laroux, Dark Journey, Michael York, Quarky Storm, Guy Atticus

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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.