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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Nov 12th 2007 By: mikeiles

NEWS
Junior Fatu has been removed from the TNAwrestling.com roster page and Awesome Kong has been added. It's not 100% that he is done with TNA howver. He missed the last the taping due to a miscommunication, which is why he wasn't buried on "iMPACT".

WWE has decided against using "Dr. Death" Steve Williams as a coach. WWE was flying him in from Colorado to help train the developmental talent.

Mick Foley has opened an eBay store selling several match used items. You can view the store at http://stores.ebay.com/MICK-FOLEY-WRESTLING-STORE.

TheState.com newspaper from South Carolina has footage of the funeral service of Lillian Ellison, who was known to professional wrestling fans as The Fabulous Moolah. Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and Shane McMahon were representing WWE and Stephanie read the eulogy while Shane read a poem. Ric Flair and his partner were also in attendance along with Moolah's best friend Mae Young and two hundred other people, including former wrestlers Joyce Grable, Judy Martin, and Chris Kanyon. A video of Moolah played which only contained three people from wrestling in it, Mae Young, Vince McMahon, & Shane McMahon, and one other non-relative, friend Ken Raftery.

Jakks Pacific has announced that they are very close to signing Big Bossman, Dynamite Kid and Jesse Ventura for their WWE Classic Superstars line.

Ric Flair was the subject of the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. For 60 down, it was "Wrestler Flair famous for the figure four leg lock."

On "Family Feud" last Wednesday, a question for the male wrestlers was, "Give another name for alcohol" And it was Ric Flair's turn. This was one you'd have no doubt he's nailing. So he says, "Stimulant." Huh??? He was even asked where he came up with that. He said his doctor told him alcohol was a stimulant. Actually, for Flair, it probably is

Tony Atlas recently backed out of the National Wrestling Superstars event in Sayreville, NJ and Ridgefield Park, NJ. Atlas said that although he agreed to work their events, he had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment to work at their Ohio Valley affiliate and would be unable to work their events as planned. Atlas was replaced on the card by Kamala.

Birmingham, AL Mayor Larry Langford has talked about turning Boutwell Auditorium, the home of pro wrestling in the regional heyday, into an extension of the city's Museum of Art. Jim Ward noted in the arena he saw Tojo Yamamoto hitting Abdullah the Butcher with his wooden shoes, Randy Savage debut the Macho Man gimmick, Wayne Ferris debut the Honky Tonk Man gimmick, Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes as a tag team before they came up with the Freebirds name, the debut of the Original Midnight Express of Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, & Norvell Austin, and Harley Race and Ric Flair regularly defending the NWA titles against people like Bob Armstrong, Jimmy Golden and Ron Fuller.

Vader recently had hip replacement surgery. He held off the surgery until he felt he was retired from the ring. He is expected to make a full recovery by early next year. Reportedly Vader, 51, is now selling cars wholesale as his main job and is also involved with different marketing and advertising projects.

B. Brian Blair has already filed for re-election to a second term on the Hillsborough County Commission, a $91,000 per year post, which would be voted on in 2008.

Bill Goldberg's wife Wanda will be starting a syndicated Pet Care Show which will debut in January.

A wrestler in the Tampa area, Frankie "The Thumper" Lancaster, 46, was recently interviewed on Tampa's ABC Action News and said he is unable to get his wife pregnant, due to his steroid use dropping his sperm count to zero, according to his urologist. They are giving him medication to try and increase his sperm count. In the late 80's, Lancaster held the World Class Tag Team titles with Eric Embry, feuding with The Fantastics and the Simpsons.

AWOL made an appearance at this past weekend's AACW show to recognized American veterans and to announce the participants in the Havoc vs. Slam Shady match. He became involved after the main event as well. Oliver John had picked up the win over Kafu (also managed by Skandar Akbar) then Slam Shady ran in to the ring. Shady, Kafu, and Akbar were run off by AWOL, Havoc, and John.

Oklafan extends its congratulations to several Oklahoma wrestlers who have made some transitions in their lives this week. Congratulations to Striker, who became a grandfather, John O'Malley, who became a father, and MSWA wrestler/referee Ronny Storm, who got married in the ring during intermission this week.

Congratulations also goes out to The Compound Varsity (Justin Lee & Romero Contreras) who just celebrated 6 months as FCW Tag Team Champions. The Varsity defeated ICF (Shane Morbid & Volar) for the vacant titles on May 5, 2007.

Terry Pantera was in a car wreck on his way to the AACW show Saturday. According to a message from his daughter, he fell asleep at the wheel. He is sore, but doing well. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

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RECENT RESULTS
November 2nd
Hammerjack (w/ Charming Charles) defeated Lennox Lightfoot at the Southern All-Star Wrestling TV taping in Millersville, TN

November 3rd
Jim Neidhart defeated Helter Skelter at the Pro Wrestling Unplugged event in Philadelphia, PA

November 4th
WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) and Jim Duggan & Super Crazy in a Triple Threat Match at the WWE RAW house show in San Bernandino, CA. In other matches, WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James.

November 5th
WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Kelly Kelly in the opening match of the "WWE RAW" telecast in Los Angeles, CA. In other matches, Jim Duggan & Super Crazy defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin).

November 6th
T. J. Wilson defeated Jake Hager by Countout at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in Lecanto, FL

November 7th
Chase Stevens defeated Shawn Schultz at the XCW Midwest event in new Albany, IN

November 8th
Jim Duggan and Charlie Haas was among the 15 entrants in the Brisbane Cup Battle Royal that was eventually won by Jeff Hardy at the WWE RAW house show in Brisbane, Australia. In other matches, WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Jillian Hall

November 9th
Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) at the WWE RAW house show in Sydney, Australia. In other matches, WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James, Jim Duggan defeated Santino Marella.

Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated AWA-BCW Tag Team Champions Dinn T. Moore & Ryan Cross for the titles at the AWA Brew City Wrestling event in Waukesha, WI

Kamala (w/ Kimala) defeated Sal Sincere (w/ Royce C. Profit) at the National Wrestling Superstars event in Sayreville, NJ

Spoiler 2000 defeated James Johnson at the Professional Championship Wrestling Uncut event in Arlington, TX. In other matches, Bash defeated Burger in a No DQ Match, and The BFF (Aaron Eagles & Robert Evans) defeated Kris Haiden & PCW Cruiserweight Champion J. T. LaMotta.

November 10th
Jim Duggan defeated Santino Marella at the WWE RAW "Survivor Series Tour" event in Melbourne, Australia. In other matches, WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) and The Highlanders (Rory McAllister & Robbie McAllister) in a Triple Threat Match, and WWE World Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James.

Jake Hager defeated Doink the Clown at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in Lecanto, FL. No word as to who portrayed Doink.

Kamala (w/ Kim Chee & Johnny Diamond) defeated Sal Sincere (w/ Royce C. Profit) at the National Wrestling Superstars event in Ridefield Park, NJ

J. T. LaMotta defeated Greg Symmonds in the main event of the North Texas Wrestling Syndicate event in Wichita Falls, TX. In other matches, Matt Garza defeated Li'l Joe, Julio Garza, Lee Kalazvov, and Tony Morales in a 5-Way Scramble, SB-1 defeated Spoiler 2000, Shawn Vexx & Hotsauce defeated Li Fang & Pepe Rodriguez and Cade Sydal & Sam Haul in a Triple Threat Tag Match, Texas Red defeated Doink the Clown (this Doink is the one with Oklahoma experience).

PCW Champion Action Jackson defeated Nobe Bryant at the Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle event in Arlington, TX

Bill Dundee & Jamie Dundee defeated The Devil's Rejects (Shaun Tempers & Iceberg) at the Georgia Wrestling Promotions event in Waleska, GA


November 11th
Kevin Nash & TNA World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Sting & Booker T in a "Tag For The Title" match in the main event of TNA's "Genesis" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL. In other matches, TNA World Tag Team Champions A. J. Styles & Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner).

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UPCOMING MATCHES
November 13th
Jake Hager takes on T. J. Wilson in a Lumberjack Match at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in New Port Richey, FL

November 16th
PCW Uncut Champion Franco D'Angelo defends against Spoiler 2000 in a Lumberjack Match at the Professional Championship Wrestling Uncut event in Arlington, TX

Greg Valentine is among the stars scheduled for the AWA-WSW event in Durham, CT

November 17th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the WWE Smackdown house show in Fort Myers, FL

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Midwest event in Chicago, IL

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Outlaw Championship Wrestling event in Moulton, AL

Mil Mascaras & Blue Demon Jr. take on Super Parka & Atlantis at the NWA Pro event in Houston, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Brent Albright and many more.

Adam Thornstowe is among the stars scheduled for the California Championship Wrestling event in Newman, CA

PCW Cruiserweight Champion J. T. LaMotta defends against James Johnson and Daivari at Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle's "Heroes II Legends" event in Arlington, TX

Jim Cornette and Baby Doll are among the stars scheduled for the AWA Apex event in Fayetteville, WV

November 18th
Bobby Eaton takes on Tommy Rich at the All Star Championship Wrestling event in Carollton, GA. In other matches, Jake Roberts faces Masked Superstar, and Ricky Morton takes on Jimmy Golden. Also scheduled to appear are Greg Valentine, Doug Somers, and many more.

November 23rd through December 9th
Abdullah The Butcher & Minoru Suzuki are among the teams entered in All Japan Pro Wrestling's 2007 Real World Tag Team Tournament in Osaka, Japan

November 24th
Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Southern Wrestling Association event in Lafayette, TN

Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Professional Wrestling event in Lake Hiawatha, NY

Brent Albright has been entered in IWA Mid-South's "2007 Revolution Strong Style Tournament" in Midlothian, IL

Hector Guerrero takes on Mark Zout at the Planet Championship Wrestling event in Sarasota, FL

November 30th
The Hangmen Three (Brent Albright, Adam Pearce, & B. J. Whitmer, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Dayton, OH

December 1st
Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Alliance event in Newark, DE

The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright) are among the teams entered in Ring of Honor's "Trios Tournament 2008" in Chicago Ridge, IL

December 7th
GLCW Champion King Kong Bundy defends the title against Eric Freedom at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling's "Blizzard Brawl 3" in Milwaukee, WI. In other matches, GLCW Tag Team Champions Dysfunction & Mason Quinn defend against Steve Stone & Hardcore Craig, The Texas Hangmen, and Demolition (Ax & Smash) in a Fatal Four Way Match.

December 8th
Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the International Wrestling Cartel event in Elizabeth, PA

Mil Mascaras is among the stars scheduled for the Lucha Libre event in Naucalpan, Mexico

A. J. Styles takes on Chris Hero at the Jersey All Pro Wrestling event in Rahway, NJ

December 9th
Steve Williams takes on Danny Demanto at the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Lake Hiawatha, NY

December 14th
Sting, Rick Steiner, and TNA World Tag Team Champion A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Monterrey, Mexico

December 16th
J. T. LaMotta has been entered in Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Lone Star Classic '07" tournament in San Antonio, TX

December 20th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the IGF event in Japan

December 22nd
Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Professional Wrestling event in Lake Hiawatha, NY

December 23rd
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones, Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Kenny Campbell, Mitch Carter, and Mike Iles are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in Fayetteville, AR

December 29th
The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor pay-per-view taping in New York, NY

December 30th
The Hangmen Three (Adam Pearce, B. J. Whitmer, & Brent Albright, w/ Shane Hagadorn) are among the stars scheduled for Ring of Honor's "Final Battle 2007" event in New York, NY

-2008-
January 4th
IWGP World Tag Team Champions Giant Bernard & Tomko will defend against The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) at the New Japan Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo, Japan

January 12th
MSW Heavyweight Champion Jason Jones, Michael Barry, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Kenny Campbell, Mitch Carter, Brieanna Bringle, and Mike Iles are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR

January 19th
J. T. LaMotta & Danny Matthews take on Andy Dalton & Greg Symmonds at the North Texas Wrestling Syndicate event in Wichita Falls, TX

January 29th
UXW Tag Team Champions Demolition (Ax & Smash) and King Kong Bundy are among the stars scheduled for the USA Xtreme Wrestling event in Orlando, FL

March 22nd
Buddy Landell and King Kong Bundy are among the stars scheduled for the IPWA reunion event in Sewell, NJ

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 15th through 17th
Ted DiBiase will be preaching at the National Convention of Full Gospel Businessmen in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. For more info go to MillionDollarMan.com

November 16th through 18th
Roddy Piper will be signing autographs at "Horror Hound Weekend" at the Marriot Indianapolis East in Indianapolis, IN. For more info call (317) 352-1231.

November 16th
Greg Valentine and AWA president Dale Gagne will be making a special appearance at the AWA/WSW event in Durham, CT

November 17th
Jake Roberts, Rikishi, Christy Hemme, Ann Brookstone, Heavy D, The Dropkick Mafia, Steve Stardom, Brody Hoofer, Mitch Paradise, Darin Corbin, Nate Bash, Ben Sailer, and Bad Boy Brian will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the "Heavy on Wrestling" event at Skyline Bowling Alley in Hermantown, MN. For more info call (218) 391-1985.

Jason Jones and Mike Iles will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Boxing Fight Night" event starting at 7:30pm at the Fairgrounds Indoor Expo Building in Harrison, AR

Skip Young will be appearing at Professional Championship Wrestling Full Throttle's "Heroes II Legends" event in Arlington, TX to receive the PCW Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nikita Koloff will be appearing at the Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling event in Mt. Carmel, PA

Roddy Piper will be appearing and hosting "Piper's Pit" at the Extreme Wrestling Federation event in Marion, IN

November 18th
Ted DiBiase will be preaching at First Alliance Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For more info go to MillionDollarMan.com

Danny Hodge will be making an appearance at the Bayou Independent Wrestling event in West Monroe, LA

November 24th & 25th
Missy Hyatt, So Cal Val, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), Abyss, and The Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) are among the stars scheduled for the "Pro Wrestling CollectorFest Super Show" at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Show hours are from 10am to 7pm on Saturday and 12 noon to 6pm on Sunday. For more info call (914) 213-0867

Rikishi and Gail Kim will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at Omega Sports in Summitt Mall in Niagara Falls, NY. For more info call (716) 605-0985

November 28th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Wednesday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7pm at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

December 1st
Ted DiBiase and Mike Jones (AKA Virgil) will be signing autographs at Omega Sports in The Summit Mall in Niagara Falls, NY from 6pm to 8pm. For more info call (716) 605-0985.

Mick Foley will be signing autgraphs and reading from children's books from 3pm to 5pm at Myrtle Beach Mitsubishi in Myrtle Beach, SC. For more info call (843) 236-6111.

December 7th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Friday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7:30pm at the Civic Center in West Plains, MO

King Kong Bundy, Demolition (Ax & Smash), B. G. James, Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay & Scotty Too Hotty), Luna Vachon, Al Snow, Traci Brooks, Bobcat, and D-Lo Brown will be signing autographs at "Blizzard Brawl 3" at the Ramada Convention Center in Milwaukee, WI. For more info go to BlizzardBrawl.com.

December 8th
Jason Jones will be appearing at a kickboxing event starting at 7pm at Lead Hill High School in Lead Hill, AR

December 9th
Steve Williams will be hosting a special training seminar prior to a live Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Lake Hiawatha, NY. Two hour seminar includes drills and psychology from the legend that trains guys regularly at WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling. Limited spaces are available at just $25. Tickets for the training seminar also go on sale on October 1. For more info go to ProWrestlingSyndicate.com

Greg Valentine, Jim Neidhart, and Norman Smiley will be appearing at the Epic Comic Con at the Radisson Orlando-Sensation in Orlando, FL. For more info go to EpicComicCon.com.

December 15th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Boxing Pro-Am" event starting at 8pm at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

December 19th
Jason Jones will be appearing at the Mid-States Promotions "Wednesday Night Fights" boxing event starting at 7:30 at The Shake It Up Club in Branson, MO

-2008-
January 26th
Greg Valentine and Brian Knobbs will be signing autographs from 12:30pm to 3pm at Comic World inside Bramalea Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. For more info call (905) 693-9409.

January 27th
Greg Valentine and Brian Knobbs will be signing autographs from 11am to 1pm during the "Hamilton Card Show" at the Michelangelo Banquet Hall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For more info call (905) 693-9409.

February 9th
Bret Hart, Ultimate Warrior, Animal of The Road Warriors, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Nrutus Beefcake, The Honky Tonk Man, Marty Jannetty, Kamala, Tatanka, and Tammy Sytch have been announced as appearing at a wrestling convention at the Old Tafford Football Grounds in Manchester, England

May 10th
Mick Foley, Ted DiBiase, Koko B. Ware, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Strike Force (Tito Santana & Rick Martel), U-Gene (formerly WWE's Eugene), Bob Backlund, Jacques Rougeau (AKA The Mountie), Jimmy Hart, Killer Kowalski, Doink the Clown (supposedly one of the 2 originals), Dink the Clown (AKA Tiger Jackson), Marty Jannetty, Scotty Too Hotty, Tatanka, Mr. Hughes, Talia Madison, and Rick Fuller will be appearing from 9am to 3pm at New England Pro Wrestling's "Gathering of the Stars" at the Ramada Inn in Seekonk, MA. For more info go to GatheringOfTheStars.com

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
November 15th - Draven Cross
November 16th - Sassy Merlot

Tags: Junior Fatu, Steve Williams, WWE, Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Mae Young, Big Bossman, Tony Atlas, Tojo Yamamoto, Abdullah the Butcher, Honky Tonk Man, Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, Dennis Condrey, Jimmy Golden, Vader, B. Brian Blair, Bill Goldberg, Frankie Lanca