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Posted: Nov 26th 2013 By: mikeiles

NEWS
Before the musical chairs Monday on RAW, Jerry Lawler said that "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line was on its way to being the most downloaded song ever. This isn't even close. It has sold a little over 6 million copies now whereas the most downloaded song ever is "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas with 15 million sold. "Cruise" wouldn't even make the top 50 most downloaded songs ever. He most likely meant to say "country" song, but even that's misleading. Most downloaded country songs right now are "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum, and then "Cruise." "Cruise" is close to surpassing "Need You Now," but will most likely not come close to Taylor Swift. While there's debate on Taylor Swift being country, the trajectory of "Love Story's" chart progress has to make it country by definition.

Regarding Ryback being in the doghouse which we talked about on last night's Wrestling Observer Radio, it appears to be a situation where he went out a week ago and did the spear and jackhammer, Goldberg's spots, and didn't get permission to do it first.

Matt Riviera of Traditional Championship Wrestling wanted it noted that he's not the Matt Rivera from New Jersey who was on the TV show "Extreme Cheapskates." Apparently a lot of people saw the similarity in names and thought he was.

TMZ ran a story on accusations that Scott Hall, Dallas Page, and Jake Roberts were in a scam regarding the money they collected. Nobody has accused them of not using the money for what they claimed, but there had been complaints people who were promised phone calls or other things haven't gotten them. Roberts said that he doesn't move so fast and they are still fulfilling the stuff and that nobody is getting ripped off.

Jake Roberts Ted DiBiase, Bushwacker Luke Williams, Mr. Olympia Jerry Stubbs, Danny Hodge and Jim Duggan have been added to the Mid South Fan Fest on April 4th in Chalmette, LA promoted by Traditional Championship Wrestling in conjunction with WrestleMania. Their participation is pending whether or not WWE wants them as a lot of talent doing other events has, because if WWE uses you they don't want you doing other events that week, that if WWE wants them they have the right to pull out.

Jake Roberts posted on Twitter "Two more announcements:(1) New Snake Radio very soon & (2) just talked with my co author. My autobiography is back in full swing. Stay tuned".

Roddy Piper posted on Twitter "Rocking Niagara Falls for charity. Featuring Ed Manion from the E-Street band with Hot Rod and @alansnoddy". He also posted a picture as well that you can see by clicking here.

We are approximately a month away from opening the polls in the 2013 Oklafan.com Year end awards. We would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that they need to be a registered user of the site in order to vote. If you are not registered, click the Register Here link in the upper left corner of the site. It's FREE. If you are already a member, if it VERY IMPORTANT that sometime before December 1st, you go and log in so you can confirm that your password still works. As of December 1st, we will be closing registration for the month of December and will be unable to issue new passwords. So make sure you are signed up and functional now. Then, in December, make your voice heard and VOTE in the Year-End Polls.

The Class of 2014 for the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame was announced last week and the inductees are Don Muraco, Mr. Wrestling II, The Masked Superstar, and Don Fargo. Induction weekend is May 16-17 in Amsterdam, NY.

Greg Oliver of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2014 announced". To read the story, click here.

Greg Oliver also wrote a story about the passing of Mad Dog Vachon entitled "Fights & growls: Wrestlers remember 'ultimate bad guy' Mad Dog Vachon". Several wrestlers were quoted in the story including Verne Gagne, Bill Watts, Dutch Savage, Pat Patterson, Buddy Roberts and Stan Pulaski. You can read the story by clicking here.

Big Nasty of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "5 Worst Tag Team Pairings in Wrestling History" and coming in at #1 was Pac Man Jones & Ron Killings. Others on the list include Ric Flair & Rowdy Roddy Piper at #4, and High Energy (Owen Hart & Koko B. Ware) at #3. To read the entire story, click here.

Justin Labar of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "5 Best Feuds Between Stables in Wrestling History" and coming in at #1 was New World Order vs. WCW. Others on the list include Nation of Domination (Faarooq, The Rock, D-Lo Brown, & Kama Mustafa) vs. Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jesus Castillo, & Jose Estrada, Jr.) vs. Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, Skull, & 8-Ball) at #5, The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs at #3, and D-Generation X (Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Shawn Michaels, & Chyna) vs. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, & Davey Boy Smith) at #2. To read the entire story, click here.

Mr. Big had surgery last Wednesday to have a tumor removed from his head. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Oklafan extends its condolences to Brian Lakewood on the passing of his uncle Roger, who passed away last week.

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RECENT RESULTS
November 16th
WLW Heavyweight Champion Elvis Aliaga defeated Brian Breaker at the World League Wrestling event in Eldon, MO

November 19th
WWE World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust defeated The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" television taping in Atlanta, GA

Tatsumi Fujinami & Koji Kanemoto defeated Naomichi Fuji & The Original Tiger Mask at the Dradition event in Tokyo, Japan

November 23rd
Tyler Bateman defeated J. D. Horror, Ricky Ruffin, and The Drunken Irishman in a 4-Way Match at Vendetta Pro Wrestling's "The Final Level" event in Simi Valley, CA

November 24th
The Sheild (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, & WWE United States Champion Dean Ambrose) & The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr., The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso), & WWE World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust at WWE's "Survivor Series" pay-per-view event in Boston, MA

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, November 30th
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Mid-South Wrestling Alliance
Sunday, December 1st
East County Swap Meet
Midwest City, OK
Bell Time 3pm

World Wrestling Entertainment
Monday, December 2nd
Chesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 6:30pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
November 27th
IWAP Heavyweight Champion J. B. Payne defends the title against Mitch Blake and Chaos in a Triple Threat Match at the Independent Wrestling Alliance Productions event in Olney, IL

ARW Heavyweight Champion Willie Richardson defesnds the title against Zain RamZey in a Lumberjack Match officiated by special referee Jimmy Valiant at Adreneline Ringside Wrestling's "The Daniel Chavez Memorial Fund Benefit Show" event in Lake Station, IN

November 28th
Jimmy Valiant & Guy Lombardo take on Billy Bart & Itch Coma Weider at the Central Wrestling Federation event in Lafayette, IN

November 29th
Shane Douglas takes on Kevin Sullivan at All Star Wrestling's "Holiday Havoc Black Friday" in Madison, WV

TWF Lightning Division Champion Kvn Knight defends the title against El Latino and Jared Wayne in a Triple Threat Match at the Texas Wrestling Federation event in Alice, TX

November 30th
Bushwacker Luke, Michael Barry, and Tom Simon are among the stars scheduled for Heroes and Legends Wrestling's "Sir Mo's Ultimate 8 Invitational Tournament" in Humboldt, TN

J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Top of Texas event in Amarillo, TX

December 7th
GLCW Heavyweight Champion Al Snow defends the title against Joseph Park in a Monster's Ball Match officiated by special referee Armando Estrada at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling's "Blizzard Brawl 9" event in Waukesha, WI. In other matches, GLCW Tag Team Champions Demolition (Ax & Smash) defend the titles against Tony Scarpone & Mustafa.

J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Intercontinental Wrestling Alliance event in Minneapolis, MN

Tim Storm is among the stars scheduled for the North American Wrestling Allegience event in Waxahachie, TX

Oliver John & Timothy Thatcher vs. The Ballard Twins (Shane Ballard & Shannon Ballard) vs. Scorpio Sky & Ryan Taylor vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Kozlov for the vacant Golden State Tag Team Titkes is among the matches scheduled for Wrestling Cares Association's "The Ultimate Fun Time" event in Culver City, CA

Byron Wilcott is among the stars scheduled for NWA 360?'s "Winter Warfare" event in Temple, TX

B. Brian Blair, Bushwacker Luke, and Ricky Morton are among the stars scheduled for the North Carolina Wrestling Association event in Clayton, NC

Harley Race is among the stars scheduled for the World League Wrestling event in Richmond, MO

Tatsumi Fujinami, Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Inoue, & Kentaro Shiga take on Akira Taue, Takeshi Morishima, Takashi Sugiura, & Genba Hirayanagi at the Pro Wrestling NOAH event in Tokyo, Japan

December 8th
Adam Thornstowe is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Bushido event in Modesto, CA

December 13th
Tyler Bateman is among the stars scheduled for the "Ring of Hope" event in Escondido, CA

December 14th
Charlie Haas, Action Jackson, Mike Foxx, Tim Storm, Apoc, and J. T. LaMotta are among the stars scheduled for the Professional Championship Wrestling reunion show in Arlington, TX

Jack Jameson vs. Andy Brown vs. Robby Phoenix vs. Josh Dunbar is one of the matches scheduled for the "Dropkick Depression" event in Huntington Park, CA

Hassan Payne takes on Bigg Dogg for the vacant WWX United States Title at the World Wrestling Xpress event in Kinsley, KS. Also scheduled to appear is Angel Medina, The Midwest Marvels (K. C. Kyng & Chris Wyco), and many more.

Oliver John takes on Jeff Cobb at the PREMIERE Wrestling event in Gilroy, CA

Apoc takes on Akbar Farat in the first round of the NWA Texoma Texas Championship Tournament at NWA Texoma's "Fighting for Angels" event in Sherman, TX. Also scheduled to appear is NWA Texoma Tag Team Champions The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani) and many more.

December 20th
NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Mike Foxx, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champions The Rock Star Mafia (Dane Griffin & Armani), and Tim Storm are among the stars scheduled for NWA Texoma's "Christmas Chaos" event in Sherman, TX

December 21st
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Elite Wrestling Initiative event in Bismarck, ND

December 28th
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Intercontinental Wrestling Alliance event in Minneapolis, MN


2014
January 11th
LCWA Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm defends the title against Al Farat in a 30 Minute Iron Man Match at the Lamar County Wrestling Alliance event in Paris, TX. In other matches, Miss Diss Lexia takes on Mary Jane, and Apoc takes on Viper (not the one with an Oklafan bio).

January 25th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

February 15th
The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) vs. Mid-West Marvels (K. C. Kyng & Chris Wyco) vs. 1st Degree vs. Jason Jett & David Austin vs. The Suicide Kings vs. Young and Reckless vs. Metal Mulisha in a Tag Team Gaunlet is scheduled for the Allied Independent Wrestling Federation and Young Blood Wrestling event in Jasper, TN. In AIWF Cruiserweight Title Tournament Matches, Graham Bell takes on Tracer X, and Luke Langley takes on Danny G.

March 15th
Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the Revolution Pro Wrestling event in London, England

April 5th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

May 17th
J. B. Payne is among the stars scheduled for the Alaska Pro Wrestling event in Anchorage, AK

June 8th
Black Bart, Mike Foxx, Tim Storm, Seth Shai, Matt Riviera, Apoc, Barrett Brown, Michael Faith, and Spoiler 2000 are among the stars scheduled for the Insane Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment event in Fort Worth, TX

June 28th
Al Farat is among the stars scheduled for the Coastal Wrestling Federation event in LaMarque, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 29th
The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the Indiana Flea Market in the Ag Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, IN. For more info, go to StewartPromotions.com/Indianapolis.asp.

November 30th
Jerry Lawler will be signing autographs at the "Pittsburgh Mills Collectors Expo" inside the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum, PA. For more info, call (724) 895-3672.

Bushwacker Luke, Bret Hart, Tammy Sytch, Sir Mo, Big Daddy V, Fred Ottman (AKA Tugboat), and many more will be signing autographs at Humboldt Middle School in Humboldt, TN prior to the the Heroes and Legends Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to HeroesAndLegendsWrestling.com/SirMoShow.html.

The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the Indiana Flea Market in the Ag Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, IN. For more infor, go to StewartPromotions.com/Indianapolis.asp.

December 1st
The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the Indiana Flea Market in the Ag Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, IN. For more infor, go to StewartPromotions.com/Indianapolis.asp.

Mick Foley will be signing autographs starting at 11am at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, OH. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at Laughter House Five in Muncie, IN. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

December 4th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 7pm at Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington, KY. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

December 5th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 7:45pm at Comedy Caravan in Louisville, KY. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

December 6th
Ted DiBiase, Maryse, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), and many more will be signing autographs at "Steel City Con" at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. For more info, go to SteelCityCon.com.

December 7th
Mick Foley will be taking part in the International Fruitcake Eating Competition from 11am to 1pm at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN. An autograph session will follow. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

Ted DiBiase, Maryse, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), Charles Wright (AKA The Godfather), and many more will be signing autographs at "Steel City Con" at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. For more info, go to SteelCityCon.com.

Sgt. Slaughter will be signing autographs at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, WV at the Wheeling Nailers hockey game. For more info, go to WheelingNailers.com/.

Al Snow, Ron Simmons, Howard Finkel, Joseph Park, Armando Estrada, Matt Hardy, Mr. Anderson, Hurricane Helms, Serena Deeb, Melanie Cruise, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Robbie E, and many more will be signing autographs at the Waukesha County Expo in Waukesha, WI prior to the Great Lakes Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to BlizzardBrawl.blogspot.com/.

B. Brian Blair, Bushwacker Luke, George South, and Ricky Morton will be signing autographs at Clayton Fitness in Clayton, NC prior to the North Carolina Wrestling Association event held later in the evening. For more info, go to Facebook.com/NorthCarolinaWrestlingAssociation.

December 8th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" with shows at 7pm and 9:45pm at The Comedy Attic in Bloomington, IN. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

Ted DiBiase, Maryse, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), Charles Wright (AKA The Godfather), and many more will be signing autographs at "Steel City Con" at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. For more info, go to SteelCityCon.com.

Larry Zbyszko, Raven, and Brooke Tessmacher will be signing autographs from 2pm to 4pm at the Gallery 46 Flea Market in Niles, OH. For more info, call (330) 518-7817.

Charlie Haas will be signing autographs at T and A's Wrestling Palace's "The 2nd Annual Season's Meet & Greetings" at Traders Village Marketplace in Grand Prairie, TX. For more info, go to Facebook.com/TandAs.WrestlingPalace.


2014
January 8th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in Cleveland, OH. Time and location to be announced. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 12th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at Yuk Yuks in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 16th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 7:30pm at Stress Factory Comedy Club in New Brunswick, NJ. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

January 22nd
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at Mark Ridley's Comedy in Royal Oak, MI. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

February 13th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to [url=http://www.realmickfoley.com/events]

February 14th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm and 10:30pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

February 15th
Mick Foley will be performing stand-up comedy in "Tales From Wrestling Past" starting at 8pm and 10:30pm at the "Northwest Comedy Fest" at Lafflines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For more info, go to RealMickFoley.com/events.

March 15th
Insane Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment will be inducting Stan Hansen, Gary Young, Gary Tool, Terry Gordy, Awesome Kong, Dusty Wolfe, Rick Manning, Khris Germany, Todd Hecht, Ray Evans, and Devastation Inc. into their Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame starting at 4pm at Dixie House Cafe in Fort Worth, TX. Also scheduled to attend is John Crow, Brad Michaels, Michael Faith, Striker, Dexter Hardaway, O'Malley, Dexter Hardaway, Talon, Cole Crittenden, Steve Moody, James Beard, Canyon, Travis Baxter, Apoc, David Fuller, Tim Swiney, Bump Caldwell, Max Muscles, Nite Davis, Tom Parker, Ricky Davidson, Rob Moore, Ruben Nunez, and many more. This is only open to workers of the business and by invitation only. For more info on the Texas Hall of Fame, go to Facebook.com/IHWEProWrestling, or contact David Fuller at dfhxcpromotion@gmail.com.

April 4th
Danny Hodge, Bill Dundee, Bobby Eaton, The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Mr. Wrestling II, Porkchop Cash, Kamala, Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, Bushwacker Luke, Jerry Stubbs (AKA Mr. Olympia), Jim Duggan, and many more will be appearing at the "Mid-South Wrestling Fanfest" in Chalmette, LA

April 5th
Bill Goldberg, Mickie James, Colt Cabana, and many more will be signing autographs at WrestleCon at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans, LA. for more info, go to WrestleCon.com.

June 2nd
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

June 3rd
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

June 4th
B. Brian Blair, Al Farat, Matt Riviera, Michael Barry, Mark Wilson, and many more will be attending The Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion at the Gold Coast Casino Las Vegas, NV

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
November 26th - Brian Lee, Dominator, Jeff Jackson
November 27th - Jimmy Youngblood, Johnny Mantell
November 28th - Brent Albright, Dane Griffin, Ernie Ladd
November 29th - Jerry Lawler, Zeb Colter
November 30th - Boris Saarikoski, Damien Morte
December 1st - Dave Sullivan, Jason Jones, Karl Davis, Klondike Bill, Michael H
December 2nd - Gypsy Joe, Slam Shady, Terry Latham

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