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Posted: Nov 1st 2020 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
An interesting removal from WWEShop.com has been found. As of this past Thursday, Sting merchandise has been removed from the store and can no longer be purchased. This could be another sign that Sting’s agreement with the company has come to an end, as previously Mattel had revealed and then removed from an upcoming line of WWE action figures, as revealed by The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast. This is the second star to have his merchandise removed from the shop in recent weeks, as Brock Lesnar had his merchandise removed after his contract came to a close.

Joey Ryan has been uploading content from wrestling promotions to YouTube without the company's permission. Bodyslam.net has a story about it with screenshots from Twitter from one of the wrestling company owners. You can read the story by clicking here.

Are you a fan of Bugsy McGraw and coloring? A Kickstarter campaign has just launched for The Incredible Brute, a parody coloring/comic book about the first few years in the wrestling career of Michael “Bugsy McGraw” Davis. The book is written by Ian Douglass, illustrated by M.W. Leitzel, published by Darkstream Press, and is included in the ongoing Bledtime Stories line of collectible pro wrestling coloring books from WOHW Publishers.

WWE's YouTube channel uploaded Goldberg vs. Dallas Page for the WCW Championship from Halloween Havoc 1998, The Undertaker vs. Mankind in a Buried Alive match from In Your House: Buried Alive and Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James for the Raw Women’s Championship from the October 30, 2017 episode of Raw.

Jake Hager spoke to Post Wrestling ahead of his fight against Brandon Calton at Bellator 250 this Thursday. You can listen to the interview here

AJ Styles has suspended both his Twitter and Mixer accounts and posted this message: “I want to thank you all for the great memories on Mixer and Twitch. I will cherish these memories and I love everyone of you that have made this possible and supported me. As many of you know WWE is making some changes that involve streaming. We will see what the future holds in that regard. That being said I will be suspending Stylesclash stream. This isn’t goodbye but this is see you some time in the future. We will leave the discord open but since it won’t be monitored we will be making changes.”

Oklafan congratulates Ja’Mane, who got married October 29th.

Spike the Silverback’s mother passed away October 25th. Oklafan extends condolences to his family and friends.

Striker’s step-father passed away October 28th. Oklafan extends condolences to his family and friends.

Bad Boy’s aunt Glenda passed away October 30th. She was a mainstay of the MSWA promotion, often seen working the attendance table or the concesssion stand. Oklafan extends condolences to Bad Boy's family and friends.

Oklafan is saddened to report the death of Tracy Smothers, who passed away from cancer October 28th. Smothers, who also competed briefly as Shaquille Ali and Freddie Joe Floyd, was 58 years old. Smothers, whose full name was Tracy Stanton Smothers, was a 3-sport star in high school and the first person from his high school to compete for the state championship in wrestling. Debuting in 1982, Smothers would come to his first taste of national acclaim in 1987 when he formed the tag team of the Southern Boys with Steve Armstrong. They collected tag team titles regionally before making it to WCW in 1990 and capturing the WCW United States Tag team Titles. This period would also mark Smothers first run as a heel, when the Southern Boys became known as the Young Pistols. After leaving WCW in 1992, Smothers went to Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where he was booked as the top babyface for the company enjoying arguably his greatest success as a singles star. He won the Smoky Mountain title twice and the TV Title 3 times between 1992 and 1995. And while a babyface in SMW, Smothers was working as a heel during a promotional war between SMW & the USWA, joining the USWA’s version of the Nation of Domination and changing his name to Shaquille Ali, borrowing from both Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali. In 1996, Smothers would sign with the WWF and enter as Freddie Joe Floyd. This was a rib on Jack and Jerry Brisco, as their real names were Fred Joe and Floyd Gerald Brisco and they were from Bowlegs, OK, which Freddie Joe Floyd was billed from. Floyd was never much more than enhancement talent in the year he spent in the WWF, though he did score a win over Justin “Hawk” Bradshaw and a countout victory over Triple H (thanks to distraction from Mr. Perfect). In 1997, Smothers, under his real name, entered ECW and formed the team of the Full Blooded Italians with J. T. Smith. This would grow into a full faction including Tommy Rich, Little Guido and Sal E. Graziano, amongst others. And Smothers would win the ECW World Tag Team Titles with Little Guido while he was there. Given Smothers’ persona as a “southern” wrestler, he would often be introduced as hailing from “Nashville, Italy” or “Southern Italy” during this run. Smothers ended his run in ECW in 1999 and spent the rest of his time on the independent circuit, competing quite regularly. He participated in both of the ECW One Night Stand PPVs as well as all of the Hardcore Homecoming events. In 2007, Smothers joined JCW and spent 8 years as a regular member of their roster. His final appearance of national prominence was in 2010 when TNA held their “Hardcore Homecoming” and he teamed with Little Guido and Tony Luke against Kid Kash, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger. He would continue to participate in TNA appearances for the remainder of 2010 as part of the EV2.0 faction, feuding with Fortune. Smothers has 7 documented Oklahoma appearances. The earliest was February 11, 1986 where he lost to Taras Bulba and his last was February 26th 2006 at the only Omni Wrestling Promotions event. He was billed as the OWP Champion entering that event and lost the title to Chase Stevens in the main even of that card.

A Go Fund Me has been set up for Tracy Smothers, who passed away. It is for memorial costs. There have been major donations by Scott D'Amore, Chris Jericho, Cody Runnels, Jim Cornette, John Thorne, Colt Cabana, Blue Meanie,Brian Last, Chase Owens, Swoggle and many others.

Highspots posted a Tracy Smothers tribute video, which you can watch here

CM Punk on Twitter shared thoughts on Tracy Smothers. Others have shared their thoughts as well, including AEW, Eddie Kingston, Scott D’Amore, Chris Hero, Jim Ross, Taz, and The Blue Meanie.


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RECENT RESULTS
October 21st
Ricky Starks def. VSK at the “AEW Dark” event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, Matt Sydal def. Lee Johnson, FTW Champion Brian Cage def. El Fuego del Sol and Sonny Kiss def. Aaron Solow

October 22nd
Eddie Kingston def. Matt Sydal at the “AEW Dynamite” event in Jacksonville, FL

October 23rd
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated The Revolt! (Caleb Konley & Zane Riley) at Kross Fire Wrestling's "Black Harvest" event in Sevierville, TN

Lukas Jacobs defeated Kyle Hawk at IWA Mid-South's "Kid Meets World" event in Connersville, IN

October 24th
Dread King Logan def. Shane Douglas at Total Kaos Wrestling’s “Nail In the Coffin” event in Taylor, MI

Lukas Jacobs defeated Kyle Hawk at IWA Mid-South's "24th Anniversary Show: We Are IWA" event in Indianapolis, IN

Pablo Marquez & Rudy Boy Gonzalez defeated Chase Stevens & Eric Adams at Coastal Championship Wrestling's "Halloween Hardcore Heaven" event in Nashville, TN

October 26th
A. J. Styles def. Jeff Hardy to qualify for Team RAW in the Survivor Series PPV at the “WWE Monday Night RAW” event in Orlando, FL. In other matches, The Hurt Business (MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, & WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley) def. Retribution (Mustafa Ali, T-Bar, Slapjack, & Mace, w/ Reckoning) in an 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match.

October 27th
El Fuego del Sol def. Alex Arsenal, Andre Law, & Max Heights in a Fatal 4-Way Match to qualify for the Texas Grand Prix tournament at the Heavy Metal Wrestling/New Texas Pro’s “Texas Grand Prix - Week 4” event in San Antonio, TX.

Kal Herro defeated Kyle Hawk at the Ohio Valley Wrestling event in Louisville, KY

October 29th
ACH vs. Fred Yehi ended in a No Contest at All American Wrestling's "Alive #2" pay-per-view event in Merrionette Park, IL. In other matches, Ace Romero defeated Kody Lane, Brayden Lee, and Travis Titan in a Fatal 4-Way Match.

October 31st
Shane Taylor Promotions (The Soldiers of Savagery [Khan & Moses] & Shane Taylor) def. EC3 & The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) at the Ring of Honor event in Baltimore, MD


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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS

Empire Pro Wrestling
November 1st
Venue 23
Bethany, OK
Bell Time: 3:30


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UPCOMING EVENTS
November 1st
The Mathmagician is among the stars scheduled for the Gladius Arena Wrestling event in Leavenworth, KS

November 3rd
Impact World Tag Team Champion Ethan Page takes on Doc Gallows at the Impact Wrestling event in Nashville, TN

November 4th
The Inner Circle (Sammy Guevara & Ortiz) takes on Maxwell Jacob Friedman & Wardlow at the “AEW Dynamite” event in Jacksonville, FL

November 6th
Stephan Bonnar takes on Tom Lawler in a UWFi Rules Match at the Paradigm Pro Wrestling event in Sellersburg, IN

November 6 - Gino vs. Will Allday vs. J. T. G. vs. Shane Taylor for the vacant VIP Wrestling Title is scheduled for VIP Wrestling’s “Proving Ground 2” event in Haltom City, TX. In other matches, Angel Camacho takes on Titan, Malico faces Lucifer Black, Tino Valentino faces Lou Gotti, J. D. Griffey takes on Michael Tarver, and Xander Gold vs. ASF vs. Chandler Hopkins in a Triple Threat Match.

November 7th
Sammy Guevara takes on Matt Hardy in an Elite Deletion Match at AEW's "Full Gear" pay-per-view event in Jacksonville, FL

Xander Gold is one of the participants in the Pro Wrestling EGO Southern 8 Tournament at the Battle Zone Wrestling event in Raleigh, MS

Clint Poe takes on The Outlaw for the vacant KWR Heavyweight Title at Kansas Wrestling Revolution's "Cease & Desist" event in Hutchinson, KS. In other matches, El Fuego del Sol takes on Colt Killbane for the vacant KWR Television Title. Also scheduled to appear are Paul Puertorico, K. J. Everly, Kelsey King, and many more.

Ricky Morton is among the stars scheduled for All Star Wrestling's "Rock N Rumble" event in Gilbert, WV

TPW Rose Champion Miranda Gordy, TPW Red River Champion J. D. Griffey, Moonshine Mantell, and Niles Plonk are among the stars scheduled for Texoma Pro Wrestling's "New Reign" event in Sherman, TX

Gino Medina takes on Edge Stone at Lions Pride Sports' "Full Speed Ahead" event in Bryan, TX

November 20th
Martin Casaus is among the stars scheduled for DIVE Wrestling’s “The Beginning” event in Roy, UT

November 21st
Ricky Morton vs. Greg Rocker is scheduled for the Imperial Pro Wrestling event in Bristol, TN

November 22nd
AIWF Heavyweight Champion Kevin Phoenix defends the title against Drake Gallows at AIWF Southwest's "Southwest Showcase" event in Fort Worth, TX

A. J. Styles is among the members of Team RAW that will take on 5 members of Team SmackDown in a Elimination Tag Team Match at WWE's "Survivor Series 2020" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL

December 12th
Dexter Hardaway and Chris Morrison are among the stars scheduled for the Kamisama Wrestling event in Houston, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 8th
The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 3pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

November 14th
Barry Windham, J. J. Dillon, The Boogeyman, Cat Zingano, Tiny Lister (AKA Zeus), Celeste Bonis (AKA Kaitlyn), Nidia, Matt Morgan, Amy Weber, Mantaur, Bob Holly, Stephan Bonnar, King Mo, The Colons (Primo & Epico), Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis, Billy Silverman, Koko B. Ware, Trevor Murdoch, Taylor Wilde, EC3, Mike Chioda, Mark Jindrak, Gary Wolfe, La Rosa Negra, Mil Muertes, James Storm, Lei'd Tapa, Gene Snitsky, Jenn Decker, Dale Torborg (AKA The Demon), Christi Torborg (AKA Asya), Mike McGuirk, Priscilla Kelly, David Otunga, Alex Gracia, Thunder Rosa, Heath Slater, Brooke Adams, Taryn Terrell, The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda, Rick Steiner, & Kevin Sullivan), Vampiro, Kylie Rae, Michael Tarver, Candice Michelle, Jim Duggan, and many more will be appearing at "The Big Event 19" at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in East Elmhurst, NY. For tickets and more info, go to http://www.BigEventNY.com/BigEvent.htm.

The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at The Wrestling Universe in Commack, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

Jim Duggan, Sin Cara, and Curtis Axel will be signing autographs from 1pm to 4pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

November 18th
Mick Foley is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Tampa, FL

November 27th
Dory Funk, Jr. is scheduled for the WrestleCade FanFest Weekend in Winston-Salem, NC

November 28th
Dory Funk, Jr. is scheduled for the WrestleCade FanFest Weekend in Winston-Salem, NC

Gerald Brisco will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

November 29th
Dory Funk, Jr. is scheduled for the WrestleCade FanFest Weekend in Winston-Salem, NC

December 12th
Angelina Love will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.


2021
January 3rd
Robert Gibson and Manny Fernandez will be conducting a seminar for Gulf-States Wrestling Alliance. To register, email GulfStateWrestlingAlliance@gmail.com.

February 7th
Ricky Morton and Manny Fernandez will be conducting a seminar for Gulf-States Wrestling Alliance. To register, email GulfStateWrestlingAlliance@gmail.com.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

November 1 - Big Daddy Moore, Dutch Hagen, Mike Davis
November 3 - Kenny Kendall, Korstia Korchenko, Rob Barnes, Stephen Nitro
November 4 - Assassin 1, Jimmie Deen
November 5 - Bill Decker, Chris Chaos, Jules Strongbow
November 6 - John Rockhold, Ken Patera, Lu Kim
November 7 - Joey Ryan, Keith Watkins, King Kong Bundy, Silverado


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