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Posted: Dec 22nd 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
The recently re-signed John Morrison has reported to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to shrug off any ring rust he might have accumulated over the past couple of months. “There’s another place in Orlando that claims to be the happiest place on earth. But they don’t have 6 sweet @wwe rings like the @wwepc,” Morrison wrote in a post on Instagram. The former Impact champion posted a few photos and videos of him training in the ring as he awaits his official call to show up on Raw or Smackdown…or NXT. Morrison described the PC as “epic” and said he couldn’t imagine a better place to get used to the WWE ring again. “8 years since I’ve been in a @WWE ring. Real ropes ain’t the same as the cables I’ve been doing my stuff on since I’ve been away,” he added. Morrison signed a new multi-year contract with WWE earlier this month. He has not wrestled inside a WWE ring since 2011.

Gary Michael Cappetta did ring announcing at the Night of Appreciation for Bobby Eaton show. Jim Cornette handled the ceremony which included taped messages from Road Warrior Animal, Teddy Long, Luke Williams, The Steiner Brothers, Nikita Koloff, Raven, Enzo Amore, The Rock & Roll Express, The Revival and Steve Austin. Austin said he was the biggest Eaton fan, said Eaton was the best and that he taught him so much. In the 80s, Eaton was always considered as one of the elite in-ring wrestlers in the world, like the top tier. Also there for the show were Les Thatcher, Bobby Fulton, William Regal, David Taylor and Tom Prichard. Long after the Midnight Express, Eaton was part of the Blue Bloods with Regal & Taylor in WCW. Dustin Eaton said his father was awesome. Regal said he asked for Eaton to be his tag team partner. Eaton was given a championship belt that called him "Lifetime legend" and the crowd reacted huge.

Terry Funk talked to Bill Apter about his health, the loss of his wife Vicki, reminisces about the road and announces a rare upcoming appearance here

Neither Vince McMahon nor Paul Levesque were in Minneapolis Sunday. They were conferenced in on the meeting and the show was put together the way Vince wanted it to. but he was not in Gorilla nor producing the announcers during the show. We were told that Paul Heyman was in charge of the Raw matches (which would include the main event) and Bruce Prichard in charge of Smackdown matches.

Here is the latest episode of Sammy Guevara’s vlog.

Killer Kross finally got his wish and was released from his Impact Wrestling contract. “IMPACT Wrestling has come to terms on the release of Kevin Kesar (Killer Kross),” a short statement by Impact said on their official website. The 34-year-old Las Vegas native had been working for Impact for just a year and made his debut for the promotion in June 2018. Kross has been in hot water with the company ever since the Slammiversary pay-per-view in July where he refused to blade in his first blood match against Eddie Edwards due to Impact failing to provide a doctor, ambulance, and testing at the show. Fake blood was eventually sourced out and used in the match which Kross lost. Impact ended up punishing him for it for five months and was left out of all television tapings that came after that show. He asked for his release in May of this year, something which obviously did not help matters either. His girlfriend Scarlett Bordeaux also asked for her release and it was granted a few months ago. She now is part of NXT.

Lance Archer was at the AEW show in Corpus Christi.

For those who want to see the Ric Flair vs Jerry Lawler angle which inspired the Jericho vs. Jungle Boy angle, check it here

Cody Rhodes noted on Twitter that he has given permission to WWE to use his father’s name for the upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament which will air on NXT. “I literally just gave them rights to use my dad’s name for their tag tournie,” Rhodes wrote in a reply to someone on Twitter. Cody applied for the “Dusty Rhodes” trademark in March of this year which means that any time WWE wants to use his name or sell any merchandise bearing the name, they have to either pay to license the rights or else come to some sort of an agreement. Rhodes secured the trademark as an individual so any time he decides to “loan” it to someone else, he does not need the permission of All Elite Wrestling. WWE announced this week that the Dusty Tag Team Classic will be returning in 2020 and more information, including participants, will be given on the January 1 episode of NXT on USA Network. This will be the fifth annual.

Steven Cruze’s daughter Jacqueline Leah was born Friday. Oklafan extends congratulations to his friends and family.

Tracy Smothers announced on his Facebook that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer on November 14th. He also said doctors indicated that he had suffered a heart attack at some point and was not aware of it. Oklafan wishes him a full recovery.

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
December 28th
Body Progression Wrestling
Bristow, OK
Bell Time: 7:30


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RECENT RESULTS
December 13th
Avery Taylor def. Marti Belle at the SHINE event in Livonia, MI

December 14
The Mercenary def. Isaac Jacobs at the Arkansas Championship Wrestling event in Gravette, AR. In other matches, Psycho Sawyer def. Murillo, The Catch (Tommy Dean & Derek James) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Cody Burns), The Besties in the World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) def. Spike Lopez & Dusty Gold and ACW Champion Brandon Groom def. Dallas Cayde.

Ryan Dookie, Shane Williams, Bobby Fulton & Brad Thomas (w/ Tracy Smothers) def. George South, Sr., Bill Dundee, Stan Lee & Beau James at the “Night of Appreciation for Bobby Eaton” event in Knoxville, TN

Matt Riviera def. MStW Champion Gary Gram in a Title-vs-Hair match at the Mid-States Wrestling event in Harrison, AR. In other matches, MStW Southern Tag Team Champion Luke Langley def. MStW Southern Tag Team Champion Graham Bell and Dr. Isin def. Dustin Heritage. Both men advanced to the semi-finals of the MStW Independent Cup Tournament. Luke Langley def. Dr. Isin to advance to the finals. Damon Windsor (w/ AnnaLynn Storm) def. Luke Langley to win the Independent Cup Tournament. In non-tournament matches, Michael Barry def. Prince Mahalli by DQ and Jason Jones, Miranda Gordy, Bennett James and The Headsman def. Niles Plonk, Joey Corman, Johnny Lightning and Nate Winchester.

December 15th
WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions The Viking Experience (Erik & Ivar) vs. The O. C. (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) went to a Double Countout at the WWE “TLC” PPV event in Minneapolis, MN

Bateman def. Tracy Williams at the Ring of Honor event in Philadelphia, PA

NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock-N-Roll Express defeated Zach Mosley & Sean Sims at the NWA “Powerrr” tapings in Atlanta, GA. In other matches, Ricky Starks def. Eddie Kingston, Melina, Thunder Rosa & Marti Belle def. ODB, Ashley Vox & Allisyn Kay, Trevor Murdoch def. NWA National Champion Aron Stevens, Tasha Steelz def. Marti Belle and Tim Storm def. Royce Isaacs to advance in the NWA World Television Title Tournament.

December 16th
The O.C. (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) def. WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) at the WWE “RAW” broadcast in Des Moines, IA. In other matches, Randy Orton def. A. J. Styles. In a match taped for the December 23rd RAW broadcast, The O. C. (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & A. J. Styles) def. Randy Orton & WWE World Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar)

Thunder Rosa def. ODB at the NWA “Powerrr” tapings in Atlanta, GA. In other matches, Ricky Starks vs. NWA World Champion Nick Aldis went to a draw, Eli Drake, Tim Storm & NWA World Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson def. The Wild Cards (Thomas Latimer & Royce Isaacs) & Scott Steiner, earning Ricky Morton an NWA World Title opportunity in the future, Trevor Murdoch def. Thomas Latimer to advance in the NWA World Television Title Tournament, Allisyn Kay def. Marti Belle in a No DQ Match and NWA World Champion Nick Aldis def. NWA World Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton

December 21 - Danny Adams, Barackus & Kody Lane def. Steve Manders, Eddy Only & Billy Brash in a Bunkhouse Match at the Glory Pro Wrestling event in Sauget, IL.

December 21 - Paloma Starr defeated SCW Women’s Champion Kaci Dillon for the title at the Southland Championship Wrestling event in Clifton, IL

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UPCOMING EVENTS
December 22nd
PWX Champion Brian Blade is scheduled for the AWA/PWX event in Ottowa, IL

Michael Faith & Aski vs. Byron Anthos & Peter Chavas is scheduled for the Dallas Texas Lucha Libre event in Dallas, TX

December 26th
A. J. Styles vs. Randy Orton is scheduled for the WWE event in New York, NY

December 27th
The Rock-N-Roll Express are scheduled for the Maryland Championship Wrestling event in Baltimore, MD

PWR Champion Killer Kross, J. T. Dunn, Ace Romero & Jessica Havok vs. oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Madman Fulton & IMPACT World Champion Sami Callihan) is scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Revolver event in Des Moines, IA. Also on the card, PWR Tag Team Champions The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) defend the titles against Rich Swann & Jason Cade, The Besties in the World (Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega), Tyler Matrix & Logan James and The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Xachary Wentz) in a Gauntlet Match and The Revolt vs. Andy Dalton & Moonshine Mantell in a Texas Tornado Tag Team Match. Plus: ACH and Arik Cannon!

December 28th
Graham Bell vs. Thomas Shie is scheduled for the WARHORSE event in Hilsborough, NJ

December 29th
Andy Dalton is scheduled for the Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment event in Atlanta, GA

2020

January 3rd
Matt Sydal is scheduled for the DEFY Wrestling event in Seattle, WA

January 4th
IWGP United States Champion Lance Archer defends his title against Jon Moxley in a Texas Death Match at the New Japan Pro Wrestling “Wrestle Kingdom” event in Tokyo, Japan. Also on the card, Jushin Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask take on Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryusuke Taguchi

ACW Champion Brandon Groom defends his title against Luke Langley at the Arkansas Championship Wrestling event in Gravette, AR

Nytronis A’Teo is scheduled for the Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment event in Pittsburgh, KS


January 10th
Double D & Angel Camacho are scheduled for the Dallas Ft Worth Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX

January 11th
Fuel is scheduled for the Kansas Wrestling Revolution event in Hoisington, KS

MLW World Tag Team Champion Marshall Von Erich vs. Maxwell J. Friedman is scheduled for the Major League Wrestling event in Dallas, TX

January 16th
El Fuego del Sol, MVP, Al Farat, Rodney Mack, Wesley Crane, Gino Medina, Andy Dalton, Damon Windsor & Tego are scheduled for the World Class Revolution event in Dallas, TX

January 18th
Jerry Lawler vs. CWA Arkansas Champion Matt Riviera in a Title-vs-Career Match, Tim Storm vs. Davey-Boy Smith, Jr., Genetic Perfection (Alan Steel & Michael Barry) vs. Mike Carter & Gary Gram and Matt Boyce vs. Niles Plonk are scheduled for the Championship Wrestling from Arkansas event in North Little Rock, AR. Also appearing on the card: Barrett Brown & Bill Dundee!

Michael Faith is scheduled for the Advanced Pro Wrestling event in Cleburne, TX

January 24th
Brian Blade is scheduled for the Midwest Wrestling Alliance event in Janice, WI

February 12th
Killer Kross is scheduled for the NHPW event in Perth, Australia

February 20th
Matt Sydal is scheduled for the Qatar Pro Wrestling event in Doha, Qatar

February 21st
Matt Sydal is scheduled for the Qatar Pro Wrestling event in Doha, Qatar

February 22nd
Sammy Guevara is scheduled for the Adrenaline Pro Wrestling event in Melbourne, Australia

April 4th
The Rascalz (Dez, Wentz & Trey) vs. The Super Besties (ACH, Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) is scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Revolver event in Ybor City, FL

April 26th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada

KWR Champion Joey Ryan defends the title against Prince Mahalli at the Kansas Wrestling Revolution event in Salina, KS

April 27th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada

April 28th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

April 29th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

April 30th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

May 1st
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Saskatoon, Alberta, Canada

May 2nd
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

May 3rd
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

May 5th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Grand Prarie, Alberta, Canada

May 9th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

May 10th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

May 11th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

May 12th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

May 13th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Kaloomps, British Columbia, Canada

May 14th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Golden, British Columbia, Canada

May 15th - Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

May 16th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

May 17th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

May 18th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Regina Saskatchewan, Canada

May 19th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

May 20th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

May 21st
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Morden, Manitoba, Canada

May 22nd
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada

May 23rd
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

May 24th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

May 25th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Blind River, Ontario, Canada

May 26th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada

May 27th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

May 28th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

May 29th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

May 30th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES


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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
December 22 - Clint Cox, Josef Von Schmidt
December 23 - Arik Cannon, Brad Briggs
December 24 - Aaron Neil, Mike DiBiase
December 25 - Andre Williams, Bronko Lubich
December 26 - Johnny Heidemann
December 27 - Bill Goldberg, Masked Superstar
December 28 - Brad Sanders, Firpo Wilcox, Lanny Poffo, Tatsumi Fujinami


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