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Posted: Jan 31st 2021 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Newsweek listed the "101 Monumental Moments in Television History" last week. The Jerry Lawler-Andy Kaufman angle on "Late Night with David Letterman" made the list. Usually when lists like these are published, are the Lawler-Kaufman angle and the debut of Gorgeous George on national TV in 1947 are among the moments.

Ricky Starks will be this week's guest on "The Waiting Room" with host Dr. Britt Baker, DMS on "AEW Dark" on February 2nd.

New images of the upcoming AEW Unrivaled Series 4 action figures have been revealed, which include Matt Hardy, Cody, Ortiz, Santana, Sammy Guevara, and Kenny Omega.

AEW held the first-ever "Dynamite Awards" on Wednesday in a broadcast aired for free on B/R Live. The half-hour show was hosted by Dynamite commentator Tony Schiavone and Dr. Britt Baker with several celebrities presenting the awards virtually. The Inner Circle's attack on Orange Cassidy won the Biggest Beatdown; Santana and Ortiz vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) in the parking lot brawl won the Hardest Moment to Clean Up After; Nyla Rose won Best Twitter Follow; The debut of Sting on Dynamite won the Biggest Surprise; The Young Bucks' super kick on MJF into the pool during the Jericho Cruise won the LOL Award; Kenny Omega winning the AEW title and the collaboration with Don Callis won the Biggest WTF Moment; Rey Fenix won the Best High Flyer; Cody Rhodes accepting Brodie Lee's dog collar match won the Best Moment on the Mic; Darby Allin won the Male Breakout Star; Hikaru Shida won the Female Breakout Star; and Stadium Stampede match won the Bleacher Report PPV Moment of the Year. Curtis Granderson, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan, Taylor Williamson, Chael Sonnen, Ron Funches, Camille Kostek, Bert Kreischer, Danielle Fishell Karp and Jensen Karp, and Shaquille O'Neal were the presenters of the awards.

As part of Knockouts Month on Impact Plus, a Knockouts roundtable with Gail Kim, Velvet Sky, Christy Hemme, O. D. B., Brooke Adams, and Taryn Terrell will premiere this week.

During her appearance on "Wrestling With Stereotypes", Gail Kim revealed that the idea for IMPACT to have Knockouts Tag Titles has been in the works for over a year. Here’s what she had to say: “We’re always looking for women, especially now that we have the tag team division happening now. I’m so excited for the girls. With women’s wrestling being so prevalent, there are so many women. We’re using everyone, but when you’re using everyone and there is only one title, it’s hard. We’re good at building storylines, but of course everyone wants to compete for the title. Bringing the tag team titles, the girls were so excited. We’ve been talking about it for over a year before it happened. Then we were like, ‘Yes! It’s finally happening!’ I’m happy for the girls more than anything. I remember when they told us we were getting the Knockouts Championship, I screamed out loud.”

The Bella Twins (Brie Bella & Nikki Bella), Dallas Page, Rikishi, Tegan Nox, Sam Roberts, Vic Joseph, Kayla Braxton and the cast of WWE’s "The Bump", R. J. City, "Queen of the Ring" Alex Pagan, superfan Mike Brown, and more will appear on "WWE Watch Along" during Sunday night’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

Jinder Mahal, who had been out of action since late April 2020, returned to the ring on Friday afternoon to participate in the main event of the "Superstar Spectacle", a two-hour broadcast which aired in India on Tuesday. The former WWE Champion had just returned from 10 months on the sidelines due to a knee injury when he got injured again after just one match on RAW against Akira Tozawa. Mahal had to undergo surgery again on the same knee to fix the issue hopefully once and for all. Mahal, although Canadian, is of Indian descent and was used in the main event of the show teaming up with The Bollywood Boyz (Samir Singh & Sunil Singh) to take on Drew McIntyre and Indus Sher (Rinku & Saurav). This was also McIntyre’s first match since being diagnosed with the coronavirus three weeks ago.

WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded A. J. Styles vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship from Royal Rumble 2017. They also uploaded A. J. Styles vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn in a Handicap Match for the WWE Championship from Royal Rumble 2018.

The new Women’s Royal Rumble Roundtable special is now available on the WWE Network. The roundtable features Mickie James, Natalya, SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks, and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair looking back at the first-ever Women’s Rumble Match at the 2018 Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Daniel Bryan, and Sam Gradwell will be the guests for a special Sunday edition of "The Bump" prior to the Royal Rumble.

Goldberg also appeared on this week’s episode of Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast, which you can listen to by clicking here. “After The Bell” podcast returned Friday after being on a hiatus since early December.

WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon was reportedly adamant that Goldberg use his Jackhammer move when he returned to WWE in 2020. Goldberg recently told FOX Sports that his Jackhammer against The Undertaker is one he’d take back. Fightful Select now reports that Goldberg actually was not gung-ho on the idea of doing the Jackhammer on “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt during their 2020 match because his shoulder was banged up. It was also said that Wyatt was on board with simply using a Spear, and everything seemed agreed upon with Wyatt and Goldberg. However, McMahon was said to be adamant on Goldberg using the Jackhammer to win the match, which is what happened. The finish was considered to be less than impressive by many, but much like the lack of ad-libbing in Goldberg’s return promo with WWE Champion Drew McIntyre on the recent RAW, this was another case of Goldberg just doing what WWE asked of him.

WWE uploaded the trailer for their "WWE Icons" episode on Yokozuna. The series premieres on the WWE Network onDemand at 10am Eastern time Sunday and will also air on the WWE Network live stream after the Royal Rumble. Bret Hart, Rikishi, and Sgt. Slaughter have been announced as guests for this week’s "WWE Icons" post-show. It’s called "WWE Icons Revisited" and is being hosted by Matt Camp and Ryan Pappolla. The post-show is also being uploaded to the WWE Network onDemand at 10am Eastern Sunday and will air on the live stream after "WWE Icons".

Mick Foley took to Twitter over the weekend to praise rising star Bianca Belair after she stole the show with her performance in the obstacle course on Friday’s SmackDown. He posted, “I see a HUGE future ahead for @BiancaBelairWWE. Imagine the reactions she’ll receive from live @WWE audiences…when that eventually happens.”

Mick Foley posted a video giving an update on how he’s feeling after testing positive for COVID-19 last onth which you can watch by clicking here.

On the latest episode of "Grilling JR", Jim Ross agreed with the Undertaker’s assessment of today’s wrestling industry. “They’re brought into the business differently. They’re not sitting in a car. They’re not making 25 to 40 bucks a night. It’s just a different ball game and Taker’s got a good point there. Today’s wrestling, getting chopped unmercifully to where your blood is rushing to the surface and bruising is already in affect, probably wouldn’t happen in today’s world because the offending person wouldn’t stand for it.”

Author John Cosper announced this week that books about Wahoo McDaniel and about Princess Victoria are among his upcoming projects.

On January 27th, Hulk Hogan paid tribute to Andre the Giant on the annoversary of his death. He posted on Twitter "28yrs ago Andre passed,my big brother,he taught me respect for our business and also taught me how to work using my instincts and my connection with the crowd. His timing was perfect and made me understand the greatest matches are the ones that u don’t talk about beforehandRIPHH"

Squared Circle Comics has announced that a Kickstarter campaign for their latest release: the authorized and hardcover Bobby Fulton & The Fantastics will launch here on February 7, 2021.

Gerald Brisco recently did a Cameo video talking about the virtues of corn. The problem is, he shot the video upside down. Not sure if it was on purpose or on accident. You can see the video by clicking here.

Luke and Butch are back together as a tag team. Just for this year promoters will be able to book The Bushwhackers as a tag team for any wrestling or non-wrestling related events by contacting them at bushwhackerbrand@pm.me.

Brent McKenzie announced his retirement in a Twitter post on January 26th. He said "It’s been a fun ride guys, I’ve decided I have wrestled my last match. Just shy of 13 years. Do your best to leave the business better than how you found it. Keep working hard. There are a ton of people I’d like to thank. Be good to one another. So long."

Jamie Hemmings of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a review on the Lance Von Erich autobiography entitled "Readers should take a chance on Lance" which you can read by clicking here.

Oklafan congratulates Derek James, who recently surpassed 6 months as BPW Oklahoma Champion. He defeated Alex Royal for the title on July 24, 2020 at BPW’s “Sparta” event in Tulsa. Unfortunately he lost the title to Brandon Groom last night at BPW's "Unstoppable" event in Bristow, thus ending his reign.

Oklafan congratulates The Real Dirty Brawlers (Brawler Morrison & Thrash), who recently surpassed 6 months as WFC Tag Team Champions. They defeated Tommy Dean for the titles in a Handicap Match on July 25, 2020 at WFC’s “Freedom Rings Rumble” event in Wagoner.

Oklafan congratulates Lars Manderson on his marriage to his fiancée Alexis on January 25th.

Oklafan extends condolences to John Crow on the passing of his uncle Richard on January 20th.

Oklafan extends condolences to Brian Blade on the passing of his father on January 29th.

Oklafan extends condolences to Tim Rockwell on the passing of his stepfather Robert on January 29th. Condolences are also extended to Raymon Downey as Robert was his brother-in-law.

Oklafan extends condolences to the family and friends of Sandra Wheatley Dyer who passed away on January 26th. She did photography for WCR and most of the other feds that were owned by Jerry Bostic over the years.

Oklafan extends condolences to the family and friends of Claudia, who passed away on January 23rd at the age of 38. Cause of death at this time is unknown. Her real name was Jackie Kobe-Campbell and she broke into wrestling in 2003 originally as a valet before beginning in-ring competition. Over the course of the past 18 years she worked for several feds in Texas. She would work for NWA Texoma, winning their Rose Title from Bree Ann on September 20, 2014. She lost the title back to Bree Ann on June 19, 2015. She never appeared on any of NWA Texoma's Oklahoma shows during her time working with them. She is survived by her husband, pro wrestler Kevin Cross, their 4 children, and numerous family members, friends, and fans.

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RECENT RESULTS
January 21st
Eddie Kingston defeated Lance Archer at the "AEW Dynamite" event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, Britt Baker (w/ Reba) defeated Shanna.

January 23rd
Muhammed Lawal defeated Cam Cole at Fighting Words Promotions' "Independent Wrestling Expo 2" event in Fort Worth, TX. In other matches, Moonshine Mantell & Bam Bam Malone defeated The PAK (Shane Stratmore & Apex), Lance Archer defeated Exodus Prime, and Malico defeated Nobe Bryant.

Kimber Lee & Stormie Lee defeated SHINE Tag Team Champions BTY (Marti Belle & Jayme Jameson) for the titles at SHINE Wrestling & Wrestling World Network's "SHINE 66" pay-per-view event in Port Richey, FL. Earlier in the card, BTY defeated Lexi Gomez & Sofia Castillo. In other matches, Harlow O'Hara defeated Erica Torres.

January 25th
Brillante & Psycho Clown defeated Gino Medina & Low Rider at the "Lucha Maniaks" event in Laredo, TX

John Morrison & The Miz defeated Sheamus in a Handicap Match at the "WWE Monday Night RAW" event in St. Petersburg, FL. Earlier in the card, Sheamus defeated Morrison. In other matches, A. J. Styles (w/ Omos) defeated R-Truth, and Riddle def. WWE RAW World Tag Team Champion Shelton Benjamin, MVP and WWE RAW World Tag Team Champion Cedric Alexander in a Gauntlet Match, earning himself an opportunity for the WWE United States Title at the Royal Rumble.

January 26th
Miro (w/ Penelope Ford & Charles Taylor) defeated Fuego del Sol at the "AEW Dark" event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, The Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus) defeated Aaron Solow & Lee Johnson, and Britt Baker (w/ Reba) defeated Brooke Havok.

January 29th
Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis, Sheamus, & WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E defeated A. J. Styles (w/ Omos), Cesaro, Sami Zayn, John Morrison, & The Miz in a 10-Man Tag Team Match at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown" event in St. Petersburg, FL. Earlier in the card, Bryan defeated Styles by DQ, and Bryan, Big E, & Nakamura defeated Styles, Cesaro, & Zayn in a 6-Man Tag Team Match.

January 30th
44OH! (Atticus Cogar & GCW Heavyweight Champion Rickey Shane Page) defeated The Mortons (Ricky Morton & Kerry Morton) at Game Changer Wrestling's "GCW Fight Forever: 44OH!'s What We Want" event in Philadelphia, PA

The O. G. K. (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated The Bouncers (The Beer City Brawler & Brawler Milonas) at the Ring of Honor event in Baltimore, MD

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
All Star Pro
Sunday. January 31st
Venue 23
Bethany,. OK
Bell Time 3:30pm

Unified Wrestling of Oklahoma
Friday, February 5th
Farmer's Market
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Core Professional Wrestling
Saturday, February 6th
Hillspring Church
Sand Springs, OK
Bell Time 6pm

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UPCOMING EVENTS
January 31st
Double D takes on Xander Gold in a Hardcore Lumberjack Match to determine the #1 contender to the WCWA Heavyweight Title at World Class Wrestling Association's "Purge" event in Springdale, AR. Also scheduled to appear is Malico, Luke Langley, Erica Torres, Colt Killbane, Jamie Holley, Cam Cole, and many more.

WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defends the title against Goldberg at WWE's "Royal Rumble" pay-per-view event in St. Petersburg, FL. In other matches, A. J. Styles and John Morrison are among the entrants in the Royal Rumble Match.

February 2nd
Fuego del Sol & Vary Morales vs. The Inner Circle (Santana & Ortiz) is scheduled for the "AEW Dark" event in Jacksonville, FL. Other scheduled matches include, Aaron Solow, Shawn Dean, Baron Black, & Mike Verna vs. Sonny Kiss, Joey Janela, & Bear Country (Bear Bronson & Bear Boulder). Also scheduled to appear is Ricky Starks, Reba, and many more.

February 3rd
Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston in a Lumberjack Match is scheduled for the "AEW Dynamite - Beach Break" event in Jacksonville, FL. Other scheduled matches include Britt Baker (w/ Reba) vs. Thunder Rosa, and a Tag Team Battle Royal to determine the #1 contenders to the AEW Tag Team Titles that includes The Inner Circle (Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager) among the entrants.

Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) vs. Lucha House House Party (Lince Dorado & El Gran Metallik) in a Dusty Rhodes Classic Tournament Match is scheduled for the NXT event in Orlando, FL

February 5th
TPW Red River Champion Jerome Daniel Griffey is among the stars scheduled for the Texoma Pro Wrestling event in Sherman, TX

February 6th
SWE Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm, SWE Television Champion Rodney Mack, Moonshine Mantell, and Charlie Haas are among the stars scheduled for Southwest Wrestling Entertainment's "SWEeetheart Brawl" event in Irving, TX

Ax, Jerry Lawler, Jake Roberts, and Jason Jones are among the stars scheduled for USA Championship Wrestling's "The Blue Suede Bash" event in Jackson, TN

February 13th
Bobby Joe Bristow is among the stars scheduled for the Allied Independent Wrestling Federation event in Pacheco, CA

GCW Tag Team Champions The Metro Brothers (Chris Metro & J. C. Metro, w/ Mr. Gomez) defend the titles against The Devil's Doormen (Super Beast & Funnybone) at the Game Changer Wrestling event in Sanford, FL

February 19th
Kelsey Lynn is among the stars scheduled for the Thunder Championship Wrestling event in Winter Haven, FL

February 20th
Anthony Colletti is among the stars scheduled for the Four Corner Pro Wrestling event in Detroit, TX

Jesse Beeler is among the stars scheduled for the Texoma Pro Wrestling event in Sherman, TX

February 25th
Graham Bell vs. Mickie Knuckles in an Intergender Match is scheduled for the Anna Fight Underground event in Anna, IL

February 27th
Gino Medina takes on Chris Bey at New Texas Pro Wrestling's "Astroworld" event in Houston, TX

Kirk Castle and Spyder are among the stars scheduled for the South Central Wrestling event in Mountain Pine, AR

NWA National Champion Trever Murdoch, SWE Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm, SWE Television Champion Rodney Mack, Terry Funk, Charlie Haas, Moonshine Mantell, Niles Plonk, Action Jackson, Miranda Gordy, and James Beard are among the stars scheduled for Southwest Wrestling Entertainment's "East Texas Wrestlefest" event in Carthage, TX

Fuego del Sol and Angel Camacho are among the stars scheduled for Texas All Star Wrestling's "Best of the Best" event in Cypress, TX

March 6th
Stormi Renee is among the stars scheduled for the Advanced Pro Wrestling event in Cleburne, TX

March 7th
Sting & AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin vs. Team Taz (Ricky Starks & FTW Champion Brian Cage, w/ Taz) in a Street Fight is scheduled for AEW's "Revolution" pay-per-view event in Jacksonville, FL

March 28th
Bobby Joe Bristow takes on Ryan Mantis at the Rapid Wrestling event in Lincolnton, NC

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
January 31st
Al Snow, Little Guido, Tommy Rich, and Scott Norton will be signing autographs starting at 11am at Heroes Hideout in Albany, NY. For more info, call 518-956-0505.

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

Shane Douglas, The Sandman, Danny Doring, and Roadkill will be signing autographs from 2pm to 4pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

March 6th
The Bushwackers (Bushwacker Butch & Bushwacker Luke), Paul Donald Wight (AKA The Big Show), The Boogeyman, Cat Zingano, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious, The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson), Rikishi, Haku, Kimona, Butterbean, and many more will be signing autographs at "The Big Event" at the LaGuardia Marriott in East Elmhurst, NY. For more info, go to BigEventNY.com/BigEvent.htm.

March 7th
The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner), The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard), Demolition (Ax & Smash), The Bushwackers (Bushwacker Butch & Bushwacker Luke, w/ Jamison), The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika), The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey), The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake), The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher), Lex Luger, Deuce, Domino, Cherry, Ken Shamrock, Haku, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, and many more will be signing autographs at "Wrestlefest 4 - Tag Team Edition" at The Colonie Center Mall in Albany, NY. For more info, go to Heroes-Hideout.MyShopify.com/Pages/Wrestlefest.

March 20th
The Bushwackers (Bushwacker Butch & Bushwacker Luke) will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 3pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

June 12th
Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, Kane, Sgt. Slaughter, Ron Simmons, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) will be signing autographs at "River City Wrestling Con" at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, FL. For more info, go to RiverCityWrestlingCon.com.

June 13th
Mick Foley, Kane, Sgt. Slaughter, Ron Simmons, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) will be signing autographs at "River City Wrestling Con" at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, FL. For more info, go to RiverCityWrestlingCon.com.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
January 31st - Jimmy Lott, Paul Bozzell, Thunder Cloud
February 1st - Dennis Condrey, Herb Welch, Nathan Cruz
Februay 2nd - Umbra
February 3rd - Butch Dalton, Dory Funk, Jr., Father Padge, Kerry Von Erich, The Mercenary, Wilbur J. Poindexter
February 4th - Big Daddy Yum Yum, Izabella, James Warbois, Malone, Phoebe
February 5th - Eric Awesome, Sam Avey
February 6th - Brandon Walker, Cody Jones

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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.