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Posted: May 26th 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Miss Sheila has a role in the upcoming YouTube series “God Don’t Like Ugly”. You can check out the trailer for the series, which will premiere May 31, here

The surgery that Ric Flair had Monday was heart-related to fix a condition that has been pending for a few years. FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Will Nunley said that the surgery was a serious one even though it was scheduled before and the family knew ahead of time. But the scheduled surgery from Saturday was canceled due to another complication and Flair went under the knife on Monday now at an Atlanta area hospital. Nunley added that family and close friends were very concerned about the surgery, contradicting his son-in-law's comments that there was nothing serious about it. Conrad has not tweeted since May 16 and usually he is very active on Twitter especially just a week before Starrcast, the event that he created and runs. Ric is scheduled to be the headline act of the fan fest with friends and co-workers roasting him in an event at Caesar's Palace on Friday, May 24. The event is four days after heart surgery and there's no info yet if this is going ahead as planned or not.

WWE introduced the 24/7 title on Monday Night Raw with Mick Foley doing the honors. The 24/7 title will be defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across all brands: Raw, Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, NXT UK, and even between Hall of Famers and Legends. The rules are pretty much similar to the old Hardcore title which Foley, as Mankind, was the inaugural champion. Titus O’Neil became the first champion last night but his celebration did not last long as Robert Roode was quick to capitalize on the situation. But the night did not end there as R-Truth has the last laugh and also pinned Roode for the third title change of the night. The design of the title actually lacks a lot to be desired with a round design similar to the Tag Team titles, a green leather strap, gold main plate and a big 24/7 in green on the main plate.

The Cauliflower Alley Club awards banquet from this year is at the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas featuring awards to such wrestlers as Kamala, Haku, The Barbarian, Dory Funk Jr., Mark Henry, Bambi, David Schults and others.

Starrcast has begun the refund process for the events Ric Flair was supposed to take part in this weekend. Conrad Thompson spoke to Sports Illustrated about the situation: “We exhausted all options and mutually decided that it would be best to postpone ‘The Roast of Ric Flair’ for a later date yet to be determined. Everyone who purchased a meet-and-greet with Ric will be refunded via EventBrite. We will work to make sure those are completed by the end of the week. The rest of the Horsemen and Ricky Steamboat, who had meet-and-greets with Ric, are still scheduled to appear. We will allow fans the chance to have their photo made against what looks like old TBS backdrop wearing an authentic Ric Flair robe, holding the original Big Gold Belt, and posing with the Horsemen.”

SCWPro tweeted that they’ve been told Flair’s appearance at their debut show in East Moline, Illinois on May 31 is still on: “We've been in constant contact w/ representatives for @RicFlairNatrBoy & we're happy to announce that we've been told his appearance at our debut event at the Rust Belt on May 31st is STILL ON!”

Beth Phoenix, Bruno Sammartino, Thunderbolt Patterson, Sgt. Slaughter, Brian Shields and Daniel Cormier will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, which will be held on July 25-27.

Former co-workers of the late Ashley Massaro have come together to start a GoFundMe campaign that will go towards a college savings plan for her daughter Lexi. Many of the women behind this campaign, calling themselves the Squared Circle Sisters, have recorded a 15-minute video as they give their thoughts about Ashley and some words of encouragement to her 19-year-old daughter. Lilian Garcia, Mickie James, Lita, Gail Kim, Brooke Adams, Maria Kanellis, Candice Michelle, Katarina Waters, Lisa Marie Varon, Christy Hemme, Trish Stratus, Torrie Wilson, and others all contributed to the video. The aim is to raise $100,000 for Lexi and Mick Foley, who lived close to Ashley, kickstarted the campaign with a donation of $5,000.. You can help out by going to https://www.gofundme.com/AshleyMassarosDaughterEducationalFund

Seven days after being admitted to an Atlanta-area hospital, 16-time world champion Ric Flair was discharged and is now continuing his recovery at home. The Nature Boy underwent heart-related surgery on Monday morning and it was a complete success. Doctors felt it went so good that 48 hours after surgery, Naitch was wheeled out of the hospital and sent back home. The 70-year-old wrestling legend had been suffering from heart issues for the past several months and a medical complication on Friday meant that he had to wait for the weekend to pass to get under the knife again. "The Naitch is home," Flair tweeted. "Thank you to all the incredible staff and doctors at Gwinnett Medical Center once again! I am so thankful for all my family, friends, and fans for all the love. At this time in my life, I never take it for granted. I will be back up and WOOOOOing in no time!" Unfortunately for Flair, he is not allowed to travel to Las Vegas so his roast event on Friday at Starrcast was canceled, or better yet, postponed to a later date. Conrad Thompson, who runs Starrcast and is also his son-in-law, told Sports Illustrated that Flair always downplayed his health challenges and classified them as "routine" to his family but things changed when doctors discovered a complication on Thursday and that is preventing Flair from jumping on a plane to go to Vegas. Refunds are being issued to all those who purchased a ticket for The Roast of Ric Flair.

Gail Kim is going to auction off the gear she wore in her retirement match against Tessa Blanchard at Impact’s Rebellion PPV to raise money for Ashley Massaro’s daughter.

The Dark Side of the Ring posted this Bruce Prichard stuff edited out of their Randy Savage doc at Savage, which you can see here

WWE has put up a December 4, 1983 show from the Omni in Atlanta on Hidden Gems, which includes Ted DiBiase vs. Buzz Sawyer and Ric Flair vs. Tommy Rich for the NWA title.

Mick Foley has added an incentive for those who donate a large sum of money to the college fund for Lexi Massaro, the daughter of the late Ashley Massaro. In two separate tweets, Foley said that anyone who donates $5,000, he would fly or drive anywhere in the United States or Canada to watch Raw, Smackdown, pay-per-view, or an AEW show with up to 10 friends. He insisted that this is not an auction, and anyone with a $5,000 donation would get it. When asked a bit later about the donation coming from outside North America, Foley said that for a $10,000 donation, he’d fly anywhere in the world and cover his own travel for the same deal. Last week, a group of former co-workers of Massaro, the Squared Circle Sisters, opened a GoFundMe campaign to help start a college savings plan for 19-year-old Lexi. The plan is to raise $100,000 and up to now, nearly $35,000 have been raised. To donate go to GoFundMe.com.

WWE.com posted an article on Samoa Joe, Kassius Ohno, Billy Kidman, Michael Hayes, and more attending WXW-C4’s fundraiser show for Samu Anoa’i in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday (May 29). Samu is battling stage four liver cancer and is in need of a transplant. You can read the article here

Garrett Murphy graduated from high school May 20th. Oklafan extends its congratulations to him.

Fuel and Anarchy [2nd]’s Great Aunt Darlene passed away last week. Oklafan extends their condolences to their friends and family.


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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
May 28th
World Wrestling Entertainment
BOK Centre
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time: 6:45

June 1st
Wrestling For A Cause
Centre 3000 Building
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time: 1pm

Body Progression Wrestling
Body Progression Gym
Bristow, OK
Bell Time: 7:30

June 2nd
All-Star Pro
Northwest Event Centre
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time: 3:30



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RECENT RESULTS
May 17th
PPW Cruiserweight Champion Cody Manning def. Joey Ryan at the Pure Pro Wrestling event in Holland, MI

Shotzi Blackheart def. Cheerleader Melissa and Raze in a Triple Threat Match for the AWS Title at the Alternative Wrestling Show event in South Gate, CA. In other matches, Erik Watts, Jesse James, Hoss Hogg, Suede Thompson & Fidel Bravo def. Buggy Nova, Sandra Moone, Ayoka Muhara, Desi Derata & Hector Canales

May 18th
Midwest PopCon Champion Curt Gannon def. John Rockhold at the New Breed Wrestling event in Belton, MO. In other matches, Dr. Is in def. The Iceman and Ricky Cruz in a Triple Threat Match, Kyle King def. Franco Varga, Mark Sterling def. Mike Sydal and John Rockhold & Franco Varga def. Mike Sydal & Midwest PopCon Champion Curt Gannon.

Killer Kross, Rey Escorpion & Texano, Jr. def. Pagano, Psycho Clown & Puma King in a No DQ Match at the AAA event in Chiapas, Mexico

May 19th
Blue Demon, Jr., Killer Kross & Daga def. La Parka, Psycho Clown & Puma King at the AAA event in Tabasco, Mexico

May 20th
EC3 was one of the participants in a Scramble to determine the 1st WWE 24/7 Champion, which was eventually won by Titus O’Neill at the WWE”RAW” Broadcast in Albany, NY

May 25th
Kip Sabian def. Sammy Guevara at the All Eite Wrestling “Double Or Nothing” PPV event in Las Vegas, NV

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UPCOMING MATCHES
May 26th
Phoebe is scheduled for the Inspire Pro Wrestling event in Austin, TX

May 29th
Michael Hayes & Samu are scheduled for an independent wrestling show in Allentown, PA

RCW Women’s Champion Barbi Hayden defends against Kiera Hogan at the River City Wrestling event in San Antonio, TX. In other matches, Shawn Hernandez & Joey Spector, w/ Chris Sifuentes take on Baby Black & Heavy Rock

May 31st
Ryan Davidson vs. Ace Romero is scheduled for the All American Wrestling event in Austin, TX. Also appearing on the card: Kody Lane!

June 1st
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) vs. So Cal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) and Bill Dundee to the House of Hardcore show is scheduled for the House of Hardcore event in Nashville, TN. Also on the card: Tracy Smothers!

Hector Guerrero is scheduled for the Thunder Championship Wrestling event in Lakeland, FL

Bill Goldberg and A. J. Styles are scheduled for the WWE event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Von Erichs (Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich) & MLW Champion Tom Lawlor vs. Contra Unit (Simon Gotch, Jacob Fatu & Joseph Samael) is scheduled for the Major League Wrestling Television Taping in Waukesha, WI

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. vs. Gino is scheduled for the Reality of Wrestling event in Houston, TX

XWE Tag Team Champions The ParaRockStars defend their titles against Granger Force at the Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment event in Salina, KS. Also scheduled for the event: KWA Heartland Champion Blade [2nd], Brent Wall, Yali Sapphire & Malico!

Matt Cross vs. Ultimo Dragon is sheduled for the SMASH Wrestling event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

June 5th
Joey Ryan, Barrett Brown, Gino & Gregory James are scheduled for the VIP Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX

June 7th
Bill Goldberg vs. The Undertaker is scheduled for the WWE "Super Showdown" PPV event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Christian Temple, Tristan Thorne, Paul Puertorico, Blade [2nd] & Cody Burns are scheduled for the Prairie Championship Wrestling event in Hutchinson, KS

June 8th
Tim Storm vs. Adam Asher is scheduled for the King of Sports Championship Wrestling event in Tom Bean, TX. Also appearing on the card: Malico, Jake O’Brien, Jerome Daniels, James Beard, Chandler Hopkins, Brent McKenzie and Andy Dalton

Blade [2nd] is scheduled for the World Wrestling Xpress event in Lenard, KS

June 15th
WCR Champion Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defends his title against Juventuud Guerrera at the World Class Revolution event in Wichita KS. Also scheduled: Marti Belle vs. Ruthless LaLa, WCR Tag Team Champions The Step Brothas vs. The Gym Nasty Boys, WCR Revolutionary Champion Damon Windsor vs. Prince Mahalli, El Fuego del Sol vs. Tristan Thorne, Jerry Bostic vs. Wesley Crane, Flex Zerba vs. Tim Rockwell and Mr. Nasty vs. The Iceman

June 21st
Joey Ryan vs. Indi Hartwell is scheduled for the World Series Wrestling event in Melbourne, Australia

June 23rd
Joey Janela vs. Joey Ryan is scheduled for the World Series Wrestling event in Sydney, Australia

June 26th
Riki Chosu,Tomohoro Ishii & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tatsumi Fujinama, Keiji Muto & Togi Makabe is scheduled for the All-Japan Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo, Japan

June 28th
John Morrison is scheduled for the BCW event in Melbourne, Australia

A. J. Styles & The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) Vs. Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin & Bobby Lashley is scheduled for the WWE event in Tokyo, Japan

June 29th
John Morrison is scheduled for the BCW event in Sydney, Australia

A. J. Styles, Braun Strowman & WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin & Bobby Lashley is scheduled for the WWE event in Tokyo, Japan

Ricky Morton & Kid Kash are scheduled for the New Breed Wrestling event in Sedalia, MO

July 5th
Chandler Hopkins, Joey Ryan & VIP Bull of the Woods Champion Gino are scheduled for the VIP Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX

July 20th
Tony Atlas is scheduled for the North Carolina Wrestling Association event in Clayton, NC

July 28th
Jerry Bostic is scheduled for the Kansas Wrestling Revolution event in Salina, KS

August 24th
Superbeast is scheduled for the Nachos Festival event in Sacramento, CA

Michael Barry is scheduled for the Southwest Wrestling Entertainment event in Canton, TX

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
June 8th & 9th
Jerry Lawler and Baron Von Raschke will be at Crusherfest. The event is centered around an unveiling of a statue of The Crusher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

June 9th
Undertaker will be signing at the Niagara Falls Comic Con on 6/9 from Noon to 2 p.m. as part of the Legends of Wrestling Reunion with Sgt. Slaughter, Paul Orndorff, Road Warrior Animal, Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell.

June 23rd
Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat will be signing autographs at the Collar and Elbow Expo in Texas City, TX

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
May 26 - Michael Duplanti, Reggie Lincoln, Justin Adams
May 27 - Kelly Kiniski, Crucifer
May 28 - Kamala, Jim Thorpe, Maria Star, Dean Lambert
May 29 - Max McGuirk, Samu, Psycho
May 30 - Boss Herzog, Jake Roberts, Jesse Storm
May 31 - Mascara Purpura, Fuel
June 1 - Ross Von Erich, Killista, Anna Jackson, Violet Payne, Black Bart, Bobby Burns

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