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Posted: Feb 10th 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Matt Sydal's contract with Impact Wrestling ended January 1st. He should be ready in a couple of months from a minor knee surgery he got last week.

On this week’s episode of his podcast, Jerry Lawler said Vince McMahon called him during the Royal Rumble pre-show and told him to move his crown from one side to the other.

Edge and Beth Phoenix did a Q&A on this week’s episode of the Edge & Christian podcast.

Ric Flair will be turning 70 years old on February 25th and that day happens to be a Monday…so what do you do? Party on television, of course! Wooooo! WWE announced that there will be a big birthday party for the Nature Boy on the February 25 episode of Monday Night Raw which will be live from Atlanta. And that’s even better because the two-time Hall of Famer lives in the area so he can party hard and not need to drive! Hah! WWE noted that Flair’s parties are never “modest” and hinted that some WWE Legends will be in the house as well to celebrate with Flair. The last party WWE threw for Flair was for his retirement the day after WrestleMania 24, reuniting the Four Horsemen in a long segment that had other WWE Superstars as well.

Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and Shane Helms have been added to Starrcast II.

Ten new individuals were announced as part of the All Elite Wrestling roster last week in Las Vegas during the "Double or Nothing" ticket announcement party at the MGM Grand Hotel. These 10 additions are Sonny Kiss, Sammy Guevara, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, Rey Fenix, Pentagon, Jr., Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, Kylie Rae, and Nyla Rose. As noted earlier, Kenny Omega also joined the company full time and will be serving in the role of Executive Vice President as well. With the promotion gearing up for their first show in May, you can expect more announcements of talent joining over the next few weeks. A deeper roster is certainly required for a weekly television show. No mention of any television deals was done yesterday.

Scott Hall, Lita, Magnum T. A., Tommy Dreamer, Ricky Steamboat, Sean Waltman (X-Pac), Konnan, Jerry Lynn, David Arquette, Colt Cabana, Joey Ryan, and Kevin Nash have been added to the "Double or Nothing" weekend Starrcast convention.

The latest Ten Pounds of Gold has Billy Corgan doing media ahead of the Crockett Cup, as well as an interview with Jim Cornette. You can see the video by clicking here.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler appeared on last week’s "Talk is Jericho", which was recorded during last year’s Jericho cruise. You can lissten to the podcast by clicking here.

The Langston University Marching Band, with Seth Angel as a member, performed during halftime of the Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City last Thursday night.

Oklafan extends condolences to Claire Watson on the passing of her aunt Pam on February 5th.

Oklafan extends condolences to the family and friends of Les Thornton, who passed away February 1st at the age of 84. At the time of this writing, no cause of death is known. Thornton came from the United Kingdom and was widely recognized as one of the greatest Junior Heavyweights to compete in the sport. He debuted in 1957, but did not come to the United States until 1970. While he was never involved in any high-profile feuds or angles (due to what he perceived as a refusal for American promoters to push English workers), he still had the opportunity to work with most of the top American names in the 1970s and early 1980s and work in most of the territories around the United States. Thornton's greatest accomplishment includes 6 reigns as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion as well as being the only person to hold the NWA and WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title at the same time (though the WWF version was more of a vanity title for him since he was one of the wrestlers who sold out when Vince McMahon bought Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1984 and he was NWA Junior Champion at that time). Thornton would spend the end of his wrestling career in the WWF, mostly as enhancement talent, before relocating to Canada and entering retirement. Thornton has 6 documented Oklahoma appearances. He first appeared against Bob Burns on a TSW event in Tulsa on October 1, 1979 which he won. He then returned on February 1st, 1980 and lost to the Spoiler in Oklahoma City. On February 11th, he lost to Ron Starr in the finals for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title in Tulsa. March 3rd saw another loss to Starr in Tulsa, but on March 7th, he teamed with Brian Blair and defeated Starr and Steve Lawler. Thornton would also spend time under a mask as Checkmate and sometime in October of 1982, he defeated Bill Irwin for the WCCW Television Title, but would lose it the same month to Frank Dusek.

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RECENT RESULTS
February 2nd[/v]
Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defeated Sami Callahan at Impact Wrestling/Smash Wrestling'ss "Brace For Impact" event in London, Ontario, Canada

Lance Archer & Shane Taylor defeated Colt Cabana & Jonathan Gresham at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "The New Beginning in USA 2019 - Night 3" event in Nashville, TN

Myron Reed defeated DJ Z at Major League Wrestling's "Superfight" event in Philadelphia, PA

Bandido defeated Sammy Guevara at the RIOT Wrestling Alliance event in Monterrey, Mexico

Showtime Heavyweight Champion Kal Creed defeated Arik cannon by DQ at Showtime Championship Wrestling's "Greetings From Chippewa Falls 2019" event in Chippewa Falls, WI

Alpha Omega (Camaro Jackson & Kenny Alfonso) defeated Jack Gamble & WLW Junior Heavyweight Champion Jayden Dominic Rose at the World League Wrestling event in Troy, MO. Earlier in the card, Gamble defeated Jackson.

Heather Owens defeated WAR Women’s Champion Paloma Starr for the title in a Steel Cage Match at the Wrestling and Respect event in Lima, OH. In other matches, Cody Jones defeated Orlando Christopher in a Last Man Standing Match.

Rodney Mack defeated BBOW Heavyweight Champion Chuey Martinez for the title at the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Ulvade, TX. In other matches, Spike & Rey Ortiz defeated Animal Sam & Ethan Daniel. At a second show that night, Martinez defeated Mack for the BBOW Heavyweight Title in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, and Sam & Daniel defeated Ortiz & Spike.

February 3rd
RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion David Starr defeated Jaxon Stone at Revolution Pro Wrestling's "Live At The Cockpit 38" event in Marylebone, England

February 7th
NXT Tag Team Champions War Raiders (Rowe & Hanson) defeated Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel at the NXT house show in Toms River, NJ

February 8th
EC3 defeated Dean Ambrose at the WWE house show in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, In other matches, Bayley, Dana Brooke, & Natalya defeated Mickie James. Alicia Fox, & Nikki Cross in a 6-Woman Tag Team Match.

Pat Buck defeated Joey Ryan at Pro Wrestling After Dark's "The Sh@t Show" event in Vineland, NJ

The Riegel Twins (Logan Riegel & Sterling Riegel) defeated Latrell Upton at All American Wrestling's "Lucha City Limits" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Kody Lane defeated Danny Adams, Ethan Price, Jastin Taylor, Michael Wolf, and Zachary Taylor in a 6-Way Match, Barrett Brown defeated Fuego del Sol, and Ryan Davidson defeated Ricky Starks.

Killer Kross & Rey Escorpion defeated La Parka & Psycho Clown at Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's "Conquista Total Gira 2019" event in Mazatlan, Mexico

February 9th
A. J. Styles defeat Randy Orton at the WWE house show in Dekalb, IL

EC3 defeated Dean Ambrose at the WWE house show in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, In other matches, Bayley, Dana Brooke, & Natalya defeated Mickie James. Alicia Fox, & Nikki Cross in a 6-Woman Tag Team Match.

War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) defeated Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel at the NXT house show in Lowell, MA

MMWA Multi-State Tag Team Champions Iceman & The Mathmagician vs. Guerrilla Warfare (The Big Texan & Waco) ended in a Double Countout at the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance event in St. Louis, MO

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Mid South Wrestling Alliance
Friday, February 15th
Farmers Market
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
February 10th
Gino Medina takes on Terrale Tempo at Bayou Independent Wrestling's "Living In the Moment" event in Natchez, MS. In other matches, Apoc takes on Jeremiah in a Lumberjack Match. Also scheduled to appear is BIW Deep South Heritage Champion Barrett Brown and many more.

Malico, Chandler Hopkins, and Andy Dalton are among the stars scheduled for Heroes of Wrestling's "Valentine's Vendetta" event in Royse City, TX

February 13th
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Lucha VaVOOM event in Los Angeles, CA

February 14th
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Lucha VaVOOM event in Los Angeles, CA

February 15th
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the CKCW event in Cleveland, OH

Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the NOVA Pro Wrestling event in Annandale, VA

Tim Storm, Jerome Daniels, Adam Asher, and Chandler Hopkins are among the stars cheduled for Texoma Pro Wrestling's "Be My ValenStudd" eent in Sherman, TX

February 16th
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the SNPW event in Crossville, IL

Jerry Lawler takes on Matt Riviera in a Steel Cage Match at the USA Championship Wrestling event in Jackson, TN

February 17th
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Force event in Springfield, IL

Barrett Brown takes on Andy Dalton in a One Hour Ironman Match at the Branded Outlaw Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX

February 19th
KIm Duk is one of the participants in the Giant Baba Memorial Battle Royal at the Giant Baba Memorial Show in Japan. Also on the card: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras vs. Kaz Hayashi & NOSAWA.

February 20th
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Bar Wrestling event in Los Angeles, CA

February 21st
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Bar Wrestling event in Los Angeles, CA

February 22nd
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the ProSouth Wrestling event in Piedmont, AL

Gail Kim, Rebel [2nd], Barbi Hayden, and Hernandez are among the stars scheduled for the River City Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX

February 23rd
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the New Level Pro Wrestling event in Anniston, AL

February 28th
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Winnipeg Pro Wrestling event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

March 2nd
Andy Dalton takes on Randy Wayne (w/ Miranda Gordy) at Dallas Championship Wrestling's "#DirtyDeeds" event in Grapevine, TX. In other matches, Jerome Daniels takes on Johnny Maylay.

March 9th
Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the SOAR Championship Wrestling event in Dallas, TX

DJ Z is scheduled for the PROGRESS Wrestling event in Bournemouth, England

John Hennigan takes on Rich Swann at the Pro Wrestling Revolver event in Des Moines, IA

VCW Heavyweight Champion Gangrel defends the title against Gino and Brandon Scott at the Vanguard Championship Wrestling event in Hampton, VA

March 15th
Sammy Guevara is among the stars scheduled for the Warriors Wrestling event in Chicago Heights, IL

Tracy Smothers is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Mid-South event in Ripley, TN

March 16th
J. D. Rebel and Dexter Hardaway are among the stars scheduled for the Knucklehead Championship Wrestling event in Paris, TX

March 18th
Paige Turner, Reggie Lincoln, and Michelle Good are among the stars scheduled for the Oasis Wrestling event in Sulphur Springs, TX

March 21st
Cheerleader Melissa and Tyler Bateman are among the stars scheduled for Alternative Wrestling Show's "Who Booked This Shit? 17 Year Anniversary Event" in South Gate, CA

March 30th
Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Blitzkrieg Pro event in Enfield, CT

April 3rd
Kikutaro is among the stars scheduled for WrestlePro's "Does Funny = Money" event in Rahway, NJ

April 6th
Matt Cross takes on Sonjay Dutt at the Pro Wrestling Revolver event in West Des Moines, IA

Terrale Tempo is among the stars scheduled for Texas Wrestling Entertainment's "Home Sweet Home" event in Levelland, TX

April 14th
The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich, Ross Von Erich, & Lacey Von Erich) are among the stars scheduled for World Class Revolution's "God Bless Texas II" event in Dallas, TX

April 20th
Mick Foley is among the stars scheduled for the Wrestle Pro event in Anchorage, AK

April 27th
Terry Pantera, Prince Mahalli, and Colby Black are among the stars scheduled for Redemption Championship Wrestling's "Fury of War" event in Canon City, CO

May 25th
Rikishi, Malico, Andy Dalton, Tim Storm, and Apoc are among the stars scheduled for the Texas Championship Wrestling Alliance event in Quinlan, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
February 16th
Ric Flair and Jimmy Hart will be doing a talk show together in Dothan, AL

March 22nd
Bruce Prichard will doing his podcast "Something to Wrestle" live in Melbourne, Australia

Jim Cornette will be appearing at the "Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo C2E2" at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL

March 23rd
Bruce Prichard will doing his podcast "Something to Wrestle" live in Perth, Australia

Jim Cornette will be appearing at the "Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo C2E2" at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. He will host a VIP gathering called "Have a Beef with Jim Cornette." The three hour show will feature Cornette talking on wrestling and life, talking NWA and WWF in Chicago, a Q&A, 8x10s with fans getting classic Chicago Italian Beef sandwiches. Admission is $65.

March 24th
Bruce Prichard will doing his podcast "Something to Wrestle" live in Brisbane, Australia

Jim Cornette will be appearing at the "Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo C2E2" at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL

April 5th
Joey Ryan will be appearing at "Joey Ryan's Penis Party" in New York, NY

April 6th
Jim Ross will be hosting a talk show at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York, NY

April 8th
Jim Ross, Bruce Prichard, and Conrad Thompson will be hosting a talk show starting at midnight at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York, NY

April 27th
The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika), Ricky Steamboat, Slick, Wendi Richter, and many more will be signing autographs at "80s Wrestling Con" in Freehold, NJ

May 25th
Rikishi, Tim Storm, Apoc, and many more will be signing autographs at Thompson Middle School in Quinlan, TX prior to the Texas Championship Wrestling Alliance event held later in the evening. For more info, go to TCWAWrestling.com.

August 15th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

August 16th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

August 17th
Missy Hyatt, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Ricky Steamboat, Carlos Colon, Greg Gagne, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Mid Atlantic Legends Weekend" at the Charlotte University Hilton in Charlotte, NC

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
February 10th - Aaron Cross, Chris Adams, Eric Fantabulous
February 11th - Alexis Lee, Bobby B, Cowboy Bradley, Korttni Sadat, Shawn Hernandez
February 12th - One Man Gang
February 13th - Angelo Mosca, Baby Doll, Bill Mercer
February 14th - Daniel Flynn, Ky-Ote, Phillip Barnard, Vivian Vachon
February 15th - Anthony Andrews, Billy Joe Bronie, Jack Hagen


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