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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: May 12th 2008 By: mikeiles

NEWS
At the Ring of Honor event in New York, NY on May 10th, Brent Albright entered the night as a member of Sweet & Sour, Inc. By the end of the night, he was a free agent. He tagged with Chris Hero in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match against Pelle Primeau & Delirious and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus). According to reports, after Primeau & Delirious won the match, Albright quit Sweet & Sour Inc. and destroyed everyone in the ring, then walked out.

Before leaving the WWE creative team for developmental, Dusty Rhodes asked that Shelton Benjamin move to ECW, and groomed him to become a champion. Of course, once Rhodes left, Benjamin was buried.

Ted DiBiase's new book is now up for pre-order at WWEshop.com. It will be released on June 10th.

Ted DiBiase Jr., son of "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, is scheduled to be brought up to the WWE Smackdown roster soon. DiBiase Jr. is currently training in Tampa with Florida Championship Wrestling and as of late has been wrestling dark matches and at WWE house shows.

The Miami Herald has a story on Fit Finlay noting his career has spanned 34 years. He talked of his career, his legacy and was mildly critical of Ric Flair, saying he felt Flair hung on too long. You can read the story by clicking here.

Last Sunday night on ESPN news, when showing highlights of the Penguins-Rangers hockey series, Chris Drury got his face busted open with a stick and announcer Robert Flores said, "Drury, showing shades of Ric Flair with the crimson mask."

If you're a Ric Flair fan, check this out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqCmk8kC9X0.

Former ECW champion and TNA manager Shane Douglas was telling people at a wrestling convention over the weekend that he rejected WWE's offer to be an announcer for ECW.

One of the benefits of Mick Foley becoming the new Smackdown color commentator is that he lives in Long Island, so it's an easy commute to Stamford on Wednesdays if they need him to do voice overs.

Former Bushwhacker Butch Miller announced New Zealand tryouts for WWE on June 11th in Auckland sponsored by Rip Morgan's Kiwi Pro Wrestling. For more info you can go to KiwiProWrestling.co.nz.

"WWE At the Garden" returns this Wednesday night to the MSG Network. The lineups are as follows:

1st Hour: From July 1, 1991 and features The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) vs. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Jake Roberts vs. Earthquake, and The Undertaker vs. The Ultimate Warrior in a Bodybag Match.

2nd Hour: From August 25 1984 and features Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis vs. The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika) for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Tito Santana vs. Greg Valentine for the Intercontinental Title, and Jimmy Snuka vs. Roddy Piper.

Check local listing for times in your area.

Exclusive action figures of Beth Phoenix & Maria in a two pack are now available for purchase at WrestlingSuperstore.com.

Jakks Pacific has announced that The Original Sheik has been signed on for the Classic Superstars line and a two pack with Abdullah the Butcher is in the works.

Esoteric, a Boston hip hop artist who was on John Cena's album, released an album called "Esoteric vs. Japan: Pterodactyl Takes Tokyo" and there is a clip of a Curry Man ring introduction from Japan. This isn't Esoteric's first wrestling mention, before a 2004 album had a Dusty Rhodes promo (possibly about Ric Flair) and a 2007 album had Tony Schiavone introducing the 1986 Starrcade and a Paul Ellering promo.

50 cent's group G-Unit's new "Elephant in the Sand" tape has a track called "I'm On It Like That" where Tony Yayo raps about rap being like wrestling, both being fake. Ultimate Warrior, Andre the Giant and The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase were mentioned.

From the "We Must Have missed It File": Oklafan would like to wish a happy birthday to Charming Charles who celebrated a birthday on May 11th.

Oklafan extends its condolensces to the family of Judy Grable, who passed away May 8th. Grable (real name Nellya Burres-Baughman) began her career in 1938 and was a top women's performer for many years. In 1956, Grable was defeated by The Fabulous Moolah in a tournament to crown the 1st World Women's Champion, a title that Moolah would dominate for the next 30 years. Grable competed once in Oklahoma, losing to Moolah on May 29, 1959 in Oklahoma City.

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RECENT RESULTS
May 3rd
Tommy Rich & Chick Donovan defeated Doug Somers & Dennis Condrey at the AWA World-1 South event in Cordele, GA. In other matches, Steve Lawler defeated Q-Ball.

May 4th
Mil Mascaras & Lince Dorado defeated Conrad Kennedy III & N8 Mattson at the Revolucha Cup Tournament in Detroit, MI

May 5th
WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix in a Lumberjill Match at the "WWE RAW" live telecast in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a match taped for "WWE Heat", Jim Duggan & Super Crazy defeated Charlie Haas & Robbie McAllister.

Ethan Cage & Jimmy Jack Funk Jr. defeated Ricky Morton & Charlie Dreamer and Bobby Eaton & Dillon Eaton defeated The Cruel Connection in separate 1st round matches of Exodus Wrestling Alliance's "Anderson Brothers Classic Tag Team Tournament 3" in Charlotte, NC. The Eatons lost to Cage & Funk in the 2nd round.

May 7th
FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager defeated Heath Miller at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in New Port Richey, FL

May 8th
TNA World Champion Samoa Joe defeated A. J. Styles at the TNA house show in Barre, VT

May 9th
WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix at the WWE house show in Saginaw, MI

TNA World Champion Samoa Joe defeated A. J. Styles at the TNA house show in Derby, VT

Brent Albright defeated ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness, Damien Wayne, and Claudio Castagnoli in a non-title Four Corner Survival Match at the Ring of Honor event in Manassas, VA

The Zombie & Ugene (w/ Bushwacker Luke) defeated Danny Demanto & Danny Doring (w/ Nicky Oceans) at the National Wrestling Superstars event in Sayreville, NJ

Anthony Wayne vs. Spade ended in a No-Contest when both men were attacked by Frank Malone at the Showtime All-Star Wrestling event in Millersville, TN

Tim Renesto (w/ Charming Charles) defeated Petey Wright at the United States Wrestling Organization event in Nashville, TN. In other matches, USWO Heavyweight Champion Chris Michaels defeated Seven (w/ Charming Charles) by DQ.

May 10th
TNA World Champion Samoa Joe defeated A. J. Styles at the TNA house show in Plattsburgh, NY

Pelle Primeau & Delirious defeated Sweet & Sour Inc. (Brent Albright & Chris Hero) and The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus) at the Ring of Honor event in New York, NY

Dyronic defeated Little Booger (w/ Charming Charles) at the United States Wrestling Organization/ATL Wrestling event in Nashville, TN

May 11th
The Latin American Xchange (Homicide & Hernandez, w/ Hector Guerrero) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) in the finals of the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament to win the vacant TNA World Tag Team Titles at TNA's "Sacrifice" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL. LAX defeated Kip James & Matt Morgan in the quarterfinals and A. J. Styles & Super Eric in the semifinals. Team 3D defeated James Storm & Sting in the quarterfinals, and Christian Cage & Rhino in the semifinals. A. J. Styles & Super Eric defeated B. G. James & TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong in the quarterfinals.

WWE World Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix at the WWE house show in East Lansing, MI

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UPCOMING MATCHES
May 13th
FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager defends the title against Johnny Curtis at the Florida Championship Wrestling event in New Port Richey, FL

May 15th
Masked Superstar takes on Tommy Rich at the Georgia Pro Wrestling Association event in Tifton, GA

May 16th
Rick Steiner is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Mid-Atlantic event in Lincolnton, NC

May 17th
The Border Patrol (Oliver John, Derek Sanders, & Nathan Rulez) takes on Tito Aquino, Hijo de Rey Misterio, & Mr. Prime Time at the NWA Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Jose, CA. In other matches, NWA World Women's Champion MsChif defends the title against Cheerleader Melissa.

Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the Continental Championship Wrestling event in Windgap, PA

J. T. LaMotta takes on Shawn Vexx at the Lone Star Pro Wrestling event in Graham, TX

A. J. Styles takes on Ricky Reyes at NWA Upstate's "Anniversary Anarchy IV: Caged Carnage" event in Henrietta, NY

Greg Valentine is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event in Flushing, NY

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

Jake Roberts is among the stars scheduled for International Wrestling Cartel's "Hell Hath No Fury 3" event in Elizabeth, PA

The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) are among the stars scheduled for the Combined Wrestling Federation event in San Antonio, TX

Nikolai Volkoff is among the stars scheduled for the National Wrestling Superstars event in Jackson, NJ

May 18th
Greg Valentine takes on Rough House R.O.B. in a Dog Collar Match at the Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling event in Warren, MI

May 24th
A. J. Styles takes on Gary the Barn Owl at the Lethal Wrestling Alliance event in St. Peter's, MO

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

Tracy Smothers is among the stars scheduled for the Steel City Wrestlefest event in Rostraver, PA

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

Matt Riviera will face The Atomic Dogg at the World Wide Championship Wrestling event in Carbondale, IL

May 25th
Greg Valentine is entered in Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance's "Battle for a Champion" 30-Man Battle Royal in Detroit, MI

Ricky Morton is among the stars scheduled for the NAWA Ring Champions event in Cedartown, GA

May 30th
Baby Doll is among the stars scheduled for the Full Impact Pro event in Crystal River, FL

May 31st
3DW Femme Fatale Champion Frankie Dee takes on Gail Kim and Traci Brooks in a 3-Way Dance at 3DW's "Territorial Conflict" event in Gainesville, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Al Farat and many more.

Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro Wrestling Revolution event in Santa Maria, CA

Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for Extreme Wrestling Federation's 10th anniversary event in Marion, IN

Greg Valentine and Baby Doll are among the stars scheduled for the Full Impact Pro event in Arcadia, FL

Anthony Wayne is among the stars scheduled for the Tennessee Championship Wrestling event in Pulaski, TN

June 6th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Poplar Bluff, MO

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Hartford, CT

June 7th
Cheerleader Melissa is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Francisco, CA

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Philadelphia, PA

June 8th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for TNA's "Slammiversary" pay-per-view event in Memphis, TN

June 9th
Steve Williams and Oliver John are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Pro Wrestling Revolution event in Las Vegas, NV

June 13th
Michael Barry, Kenneth Campbell, Brandon Bishop, Mitch W. Carter, Carnage, J. T. LaMotta, Martin Justice, and Seth Allen are among the entrants in the Open Invitational Battle Royale to crown a new ACW Heavyweight Champion at the Asylum Championship Wrestling event in Colorado Springs, CO. Also scheduled for the event is Steve Williams and many more.

June 14th
Skandar Akbar, Danny Hodge, Jason Jones, Gary Gram, and Jake Boulder are among the stars scheduled for the Mid-States Wrestling event in West Plains, MO

June 15th
J. T. LaMotta takes on an opponent hand picked by Jimmy Jacobs at Anarchy Championship Wrestling/IWA Texas' "The Realism of Mortality" event in San Antonio, TX

June 15th through 22nd (exact date to be announced)
Lanny Poffo will be facing Johnny West on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Freedom of the Seas during "Wrestling on the Water" departing from Miami, FL

June 21st
The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for the TCW event in Tulalip, WA

June 25th
NWE Heavyweight Champion Orlando Jordan takes on The Ultimate Warrior at the Nu Wrestling Evolution event in Barcelona, Spain

June 27th
The 3DW stars will be competing at 3DW's "Territorial Conflict 2" event in Gainesville, TX

Roddy Piper is among the stars scheduled for the World League Wrestling event in Waterloo, IA

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Dayton, OH

June 28th
Michael Barry takes on Gary Gram at Mid-States Wrestling's 5th Anniversary event in Harrison, AR. Also scheduled to appear are Jason Jones, Jake Boulder, Jack Dalton, Dustin Heritage, Mitch Carter, Cast-Iron Cothern, Boss Campbell, Brieanna Bringle, Mike Iles, and many more.

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

Brent Albright is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of Honor event in Chicago, IL

July 5th
Rikishi and Adam Thornstowe are among the stars scheduled for Fog City Wrestling's "Brave New World" event in San Francisco, CA

July 12th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Fusion Pro Wrestling event in Commerce City, CO

July 19th
Al Farat, D Money, Thug Nasty, and Jerry Bostic are among the stars scheduled for the Revolution Xtreme Wrestling event in Panama City, Panama

July 23rd
Scotty Charisma is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Professional Wrestling event in Middletown, NY

July 26th
Steve Williams is among the stars scheduled for Revolutionary Championship Wrestling's "Outloud Fest" event in New Boston, OH

Scott Wright is among the stars scheduled for the East Coast Wrestling Association event in Newark, DE

August 30th
Ky-Ote, Javi Hernandez, Frankie Dee, and Les Mayne are among the stars scheduled for the International Championship Wrestling event in Topeka, KS

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
May 16th through 18th
Mick Foley and Virgil will be signing autographs during the "Motor City Comic Convention" at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI. For more info, go to MotorCityComicCon.com.

May 17th
The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake) and Missy Hyatt will be signing autographs from 12pm to 2pm at Franklin Square Video in Franklin Square, NY. For more info, call (516) 328-3691.

Greg Valentine will be signing autographs prior to the Pro Wrestling Revolution event in Dix Hills, NY. The show starts at 7:30pm. For more info, go to PWRwrestling.net.

May 24th
A. J. Styles will be signing autographs at Slamzone in Westfield Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, MO. For more info, call (636) 397-SLAM.

May 28th
Jason Jones will be appearing at America's Best Boxing Inc.'s "Wednesday Night Fights" at The Shake-It Up Show Club in Branson, MO

May 30th through June 1st
Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Al Snow, Eugene, The Blue Meanie, Christy Hemme, Dawn Marie, The Iron Sheik, and Virgil will be appearing at "Philadelphia Wizard World" at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. For more info, go to WizardWorld.com/PA-ShowInfo.html

June 6th
Jerry Lawler will be signing autographs starting at 7:30pm at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY. For more info, call (502) 366-2231.

June 9th through 11th
Steve Williams, Ron Garvin, Butcher Vachon, Bret Hart, Betty Niccoli, Pat Patterson, Scott Teal, and Orville Brown will be honored at the annual reunion of The Califlower Alley Club in Las Vegas, NV. For more info, click here.

June 13th through 15th
Roddy Piper will be appearing on all three days signing autographs at "Adventure Con" at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN. For more info, go to AdventureCon.com.

June 14th
The Honky Tonk Man, Lacey Von Erich, Terry Funk, Nick Dinsmore (AKA Eugene), and many more will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the "Heavy On Wrestling" event in Superior, MI. For more info, contact heavyonwrestling@hotmail.com.

June 15th through 22nd
Lanny Poffo will be hosting seminars, one-on-one discussions, hands-on wrestling tips, and more aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Freedom of the Seas during "Wrestling on the Water" departing from Miami, FL. For more info call (954) 423-6840.

June 21st
Mick Foley will be signing autographs at FirstEnergy Ballpark in Lakewood, NJ prior to the Lakewood Blue Claws baseball game. For more info call (732) 901-7000.

Ricky Morton and Tito Santana will be signing autographs at Harrisburg East Mall in Harrisburg, PA. For more info, call (717) 487-2263.

June 27th & 28th
Roddy Piper, Masanouri Saito, Abe Jacobs, Penny Banner, Stu Hart, Ray Gunkel, and Leo Nomellini will be honored at the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame at the International Wrestling Institute in Waterloo, IA.

July 26th
Jake Roberts, Chris Masters, The Patriot, Tammy Sytch, Tito Santana, George Steele, Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, and Gary Wolfe will be signing autographs at the South Jersey Fan Fest at the Holiday Inn in Cherry Hill, NJ. For more info, call (856) 667-7224.

August 8th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs starting at 7:30pm at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. For more info, call (502) 366-2231.

August 8th through 10th
Roddy Piper will be appearing at "Horrorfind Weekend" at the UMUC Marriott Inn & Conference Center in East Adelphi, MD. For more info, call (301) 985-7300.

August 14th through 17th
Jack Brisco, Ole Anderson, The Assassin, Bob Caudle, Jim Cornette, Chris Cruise, Rip Hawk, Sam Houston, Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, Rich Landrum, Grizzly Smith, Manny Fernandez, Kevin Sullivan, Virgil, SoCal Val, Velvet Sky, and many more will be appearing at the NWA Legends Fanfest & Hall of Heroes Banquet at the Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. For more info, go to NWAlegends.com.

October 11th
Jake Roberts is among the stars scheduled to appear at "Legends Of The Ring VII" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, NJ. For more info, go to LegendsOfTheRing.com

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May 13th - Danny Hodge, Payton Scott
May 14th - Big Van Vader, C. M. Burnham, Robert Fuller, Scott Irwin, Steve Williams, Tommy Rogers
May 15th - Kevin Von Erich
May 16th - Buddy Roberts
May 18th - Matt Riviera


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

Tags: Brent Albright, WWE, Dusty Rhodes, ECW, Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, TNA, Shane Douglas, Mick Foley, Butch Miller, Jim Neidhart, Jake Roberts, Ultimate Warrior, Dick Murdoch, Wild Samoans, Greg Valentine, Roddy Piper, Beth Phoenix, Abdullah the Butcher, Andre