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Posted: Dec 24th 2013 By: mikeiles

NEWS
Jeff Jarrett announced on his Twitter today that he is gone from TNA effective immediately. ?On December 22nd, 2013 I officially resigned from TNA Entertainment. Thanks to everyone involved for all the fantastic memories! #grateful,? Jarrett wrote in a simple tweet announcing his departure. Jarrett, along with his father Jerry, founded the company in 2002 and served as the President until Panda Energy International bought a controlling stake in the company. He served as Vice President of the company ever since the Carter family took 71% ownership of the company, with Dixie Carter taking over the President role. The Jarretts formed TNA after WCW was sold to WWE and then put its first pay-per-view in June 2002. Jeff?s time in TNA had some rocky moments too as a romance with Karen Angle, the ex-wife of Kurt Angle, led to Dixie Carter placing Jeff on an extended leave of absence to avoid backstage heat with Angle. The two eventually got married the next year. While as an active wrestler in TNA, Jarrett won the NWA World title six times and won the King of the Mountain twice and last wrestled for the company in 2011.

TNA posted a statement about Jeff Jarrett's resignation on ImpactWrestling.com "TNA Entertainment, LLC announced today that it has accepted Mr. Jeff Jarrett?s resignation from the company effective January 6th, 2014. Dixie Carter, President, commented 'On behalf of TNA, we would like to thank Jeff for his contributions to the Company. We wish him the very best and look forward to his continued participation as an investor in TNA Wrestling.'"

Several TNA stars posted on Twitter about Jeff Jarrett's resignation:

-Eric Young: "@JeffJarrettTNA is one of the smartest men I have ever been around. Above all else he is a amazing man father and husband. Huge loss for TNA. Thanks to @JeffJarrettTNA for everything wouldn?t be where I am without him."

-Velvet Sky: "IMHO @JeffJarrettTNA deserves more credit than ever. He started up tna & gave all of us a place 2 do what we love. Forever thankful to Jeff. @JeffJarrettTNA thank u 4 everything you?ve done for tna. Thank u 4 the opportunities & giving me a chance. So grateful. U will be missed."

-Matt Morgan: "Sad news @JeffJarrettTNA resigning from @IMPACTWRESTLING. Thank u Jeff for giving me a real opportunity&always believing in me!"

-Gail Kim: "@JeffJarrettTNA I'm VERY disappointed to hear this news. You make a difference to any company you are a part of. Thanks for everything jeff"

-Frankie Kazarian: "@JeffJarrettTNA was largely responsible for bringing me into TNA in 2003. I can't thank him enough after all these years. #thankyoujeff"

-Samoa Joe: "@JeffJarrettTNA my best to you and yours Jeff see you down the road."

-Jeremy Borash: "To a man who always taught me there is no substitute for hard work. Wishing nothing but continued success to @JeffJarrettTNA #ThankyouJeff".

-Chris Sabin: "@JeffJarrettTNA Thank you for the opportunity that has allowed me to make a living off of what I love to do."

According to a source very close to the A. J. Styles-TNA situation, no deal has been signed or agreed to as of last Thursday morning, but in recent days things have gotten a lot closer.

A misunderstanding seems to be what happened with Samoa Joe and Ring of Honor. Jim Cornette had done an interview and said how he once talked to Delirious (ROH booker) and talked about how screwed up TNA has made all of its wrestlers, and pointed to Joe in particular, how with what TNA had done to screw up his character, that even though he was one of ROH's biggest stars ever, if they could get him, they weren't sure they'd want him. He also noted how badly TNA had hurt the star power of A. J. Styles and Jeff Hardy. Joe responded saying that he was told he would not be welcome back in ROH but still wished them well. ROH then posted on its own Twitter account that if anyone says Joe wouldn't be welcome back in ROH, that don't know what they are talking about, saying Joe, C. M. Punk, Bryan Danielson (AKA Daniel Bryan), and Nigel McGuinness built the foundation of the company.

Jerry Lawler's high school yearbook picture has been posted on Twitter. You can see the picture by clicking here.

On the year end "Real Sports" with Bryant Gumbel on HBO, they talked about their most memorable stories of the year. One of those they brought up was Frank Deford's story on Dallas Page helping Scott Hall and Jake Roberts and showed two or three minutes of it.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Ric Flair will film a role for an unknown movie in Hollywood, CA in the next two weeks.

Gabe Sapolsky made 2 posts on Twitter about Jim Cornette. He posted "Hey thanks for the nice shout out @TheJimCornette about @SamoaJoe. I appreciate it. Merry Christmas!" and "Also want to reiterate what @TheJimCornette wrote that it's not that hard to book an elite talent like @SamoaJoe and have him draw $$$".

Ryan Dilbert of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "WWE Royal Rumble 2014: Greatest Title Matches in PPV's History" and coming in at #1 was 2003-Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle. Others on the list include 1999-The Rock vs. Mankind at #4, Royal Rumble 1992 (won by Ric Flair) at #3, and 2000-Triple H vs. Cactus Jack at #2. Listed as Honorable Mention was Bob Holly & The 1-2-3 Kid vs. Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka (1995). To read the entire story, click here.

Ryan Dilbert has also wrote a story entitled "Ranking the Greatest WWE Superstars to Never Win the Royal Rumble" and coming in at #1 was Kurt Angle. Others on the list include Sgt. Slaughter at #10, Ted DiBiase at #7, Mick Foley at #6, Roddy Piper at #5, and Andre the Giant at #3. Among those listed in Honorable Mention was The Ultimate Warrior. To read the entire story, click here.

Aaaron Bower of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "WWE Royal Rumble 2014: 10 Most Memorable Moments in Event's History" and coming in at #1 was Michaels and the Bulldog Go the Distance (1995). Others on the list include The Demolition Square Off (9189) at #10, Piper's Greatest Moment (1992) at #6, and Flair's Rumble (1992) at #2. To read the entire story, click here.

Aaron Bower also wrote "WWE Royal Rumble 2014: Power Ranking Most Likely Surprise Entrants" and coming in at #1 was Sheamus. Others on the list include Goldberg at #5 and Jake Roberts at #3. To read the entire story, click here.

Sharon Glencross of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "Predictions for WWE's 2014 Hall of Fame Class" and coming in at #1 was The Ultimate Warrior. Others on the list include Bill Goldberg at #5. To read the entire story, click here.

Erik Beaston of BleacherReport.com wrote a story entitled "WWE Royal Rumble 2014: 5 Worst Booking Decisions in Event History" and coming in at #1 was Commentators Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Booker T Enter the Rumble (2012). To read the entire story, click here.

PWInsider.com reports that tag team legend Bobby Eaton was hospitalized on Monday due to complications from diabetes, which was causing issues with his legs. Eaton was hospitalized in Jonesboro, AR and will be held a few days for observation. The former member of The Midnight Express has had a history of heart issues as well, but has been doing better on that front since he had a Pacemaker installed. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Oklafan extends its condolences to the family and friends of Vivian St. John, who passed away December 20. Vivian, whose real name was Suzanne Miller, was trained by The Fabulous Moolah and competed everywhere from 1974 until 1986. After wrestling, St. John became obsessed with the occult, studying at the New York School for Occult Sciences and practicing fortune telling as Lady Suzanne Miller. She also co-authored a book on the subject. St. John had 6 documented matches in Oklahoma; the earliest being against Lelani Kai on August 27, 1975 in Lawton for TSW and the last being a win over Judy Martin on July 18, 1982 in Tulsa for MSW.

Greg Oliver of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Vivian St. John was woman wrestler and psychic". You read the story by clicking here.

Tatevik the Gamer posted on Facebook "The world of Wrestling has lost another gem. I?m so sad to announce the passing of a true legend and my dear friend Vivian St. John. A bold, strong vibrant spirit. Vivian my dear, I know we?ve only part so that we can meet again. I?m so grateful to have had you in my life. Our bond was so strong that I can still feel you in my presence. I will miss you in so many ways?thank you for sharing your home, your memories and for the way you loved and cared for me. You were truly one of a kind with a heart of a gold. I love you and I will miss you, keep in touch. Until we meet again..rest in peace beautiful."

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RECENT RESULTS
December 17th
Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando, w/ El Torito) defeated The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro, w/ Zeb Colter) at the "WWE Monday Night RAW" television taping in Austin, TX. In a match taped for "WWE Main Event", The Miz (w/ Mick Foley) defeated Curtis Axel.

December 19th
WWE World Tag Team Champion Goldust defeated Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter) in a match taped for "WWE Main Event" at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" event in Corpus Christi, TX

December 20th
WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston defeated Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter) at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" television taping in San Antonio, TX

The Dark Circle (Tim Storm & Apoc) defeated The Rabid Empire (Al Farat & Akbar Farat, w/ Nigel Rabid) at NWA Texoma's "Christmas Chaos" event in Sherman, TX. Earlier in the card, Apoc vs. Akbar Farat and Storm vs. Al Farat both ended in a No Contest due to interference. In other matches, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champion Armani (w/ Nikki Knight) defeated Gregory James, and NWA Texoma Rose Champion Miss Diss Lexia defeated Bree Ann.

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, December 28th
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Steel Rage Pro Wrestling
Saturday, December 28th
Oakhurst Fire Department
Oakhurst, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Mid-South Wrestling Alliance
Sunday, December 29th
East County Swap Meet
Midwest City, OK
Bell Time 3pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
December 25th
SSW Tag Team Champions Frank Parker & Scott Sterling (w/ Stan Lee) defend the titles against Ricky Morton & Jay Booth (w/ Jimmy Valiant) at the Southern States Wrestling event in Mount Carmel, TN

December 27th
Tracy Smothers takes on Colt Cabana at the Absolute Intense Wrestling event in Cleveland, OH

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

EPW Tag Team Champions Tim Storm & Matt Riviera defend the titles against Olympus & Purple Haze (not the one with an Oklafan bio) at the Elite Pro Wrestling event in Houma, LA

Vader takes on Drolix at Maryland Championship Wrestling's "Tribute to the Legends" event in Dundalk, MD

A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Anarchy Wrestling event in Cornelia, GA

December 29th
El Latino takes on Gregory James for the vacant THW Light Heavyweight Title at the Texas Heat Wrestling in San Antonio, TX


2014
January 4th
Roddy Piper is among the stars scheduled for the Ring of honor event in Nashville, TN

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Chase Owens defends the title against Ricky Morton at NWA Smoky Mountain's "House Party 2014" event in Kingsport, TN. Also scheduled to appear are The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) and many more.

January 10th
Sting is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Bristol, TN

Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) take on Irongodz, YSA (Jax Dane & NWA World Champion Rob Conway) at NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling's "New Year's Revolution II" event in San Antonio, TX

January 11th
Sting is among the stars scheduled for tne TNA house show in McMinnville, TN

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).

Ryan Davidson is among the stars scheduled for the Reality of Wrestling event in Houston, TX

January 17th
Ricky Morton takes on Tarek the Great at the Heartland Wrestling Association event in Middletown, OH

January 18th
Team APW (Oliver John & Timothy Thatcher) takes on The Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) for the vacant Golden State Tag Team Titles at the Wrestling Cares Association event in Culver City, CA. In other matches, Cheerleader Melissa takes on Katarina Leigh.

Bushwacker Luke is among the stars scheduled for the Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling event in East Carondelet, IL

January 19th
A. J. Styles takes on Cedric Alexander at the Premier Wrestling Xperience event in Winston-Salem, NC

ACW Tag Team Champions Jack Jameson & Paul London defend the titles against The Business (JoJo Bravo & ACW Television Champion Angel Blue) at Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Guilt By Association 8" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Barrett Brown takes on Carson.

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

January 26th
A. J. Styles takes on Chris Hero at the Smash Wrestling event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

February 1st
A. J. Styles takes on Christian Rose at the Dreamwave Wrestling event in LaSalle, IL

February 7th
A. J. Styles & Cody Roberts take on Corey Hollis & Shaun Tempers at the Deep Southern Championship Wrestling event in Blue Ridge, GA

February 8th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Combat Zone Wrestling 15th anniversary event in Voorhees, NJ

February 15th
The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) vs. The Midwest 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 Gauntlet 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.

HOG Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defend the titles against A. J. Styles & The Amazing Red at the House of Glory event in Ridgewood, NY

February 28th
A. J. Styles is among the stars scheduled for the Preston City Wrestling event in Preston, England

March 1st
A. J. Styles takes on Adrian McCallum at the Preston City Wrestling event in Preston, England

March 8th
WWX United States Champion Hassan Payne is among the stars scheduled for the World Wrestling Xpress event in Garden City, KS

March 14th
A. J. Styles takes on Eddie Edwards at the Squared Circle Wrestling event in Binghamton, NY

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

A. J. Styles takes on A. R. Fox at the Ultimate Wrestling Experience event in Harrisburg, PA

April 4th
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) take on Genetic Perfection (Michael Barry & Alan Steel, w/ Rich Rude) at Mid-South Legends Fanfest's "Battle Lines" event in Chalmette, LA. In other matches, Sigmon & Kincaid (w/ Boyd Bradford) take on John Saxon & Vordell Walker. Also scheduled to appear is Matt Riviera, Roosevelt, and many more.

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

April 26th
A. J. Styles takes on Facade at the Remix Pro Wrestling event in Marietta, OH

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
December 28th
Greg Valentine will be signing autographs at the Kentucky Flea Market at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, KY. For more info, go to StewartPromotions.com/Louisville.asp.

Vader and Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny) will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at The New Green Room in Dundalk, MD prior to the Maryland Championship Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to MarylandWrestling.com.


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.

January 25th
Jake Roberts will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

Jake Roberts will be signing autographs from 3pm to 5pm at Euro Pizza in Staten Island, NY. For more info, go to Facebook.com/events/174901649376391/.

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 [url=http://www.realmickfoley.com/events].

February 18th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Comedy Store in Manchester, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 19th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Glee Club in Birmingham, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 21st
The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

February 22nd
Jim Cornette will be the guest of honor at the "Jim Cornette Fan Dinner" starting at 6:30pm at Restaurant 88 in Nottingham, England. The dinner is limited to 50 people. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.com.

The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

February 23rd
Jim Cornette will be conducting a Booking and Managing Seminar from 11:45am to 2:45pm at the Wrestle Talk TV Studios in Dagenham, England. The seminar is limited to 30 people. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.com.

The Honky Tonk Man will be signing autographs at the "PensaCon" at the Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel and Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL. For more info, go to PensaCon.com.

Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

February 25th
Jim Cornette will be performing live at 7:30pm at The Glee Club in Cardiff, Wales. For more info, go to JimCornetteLive.co.uk.

March 1st
Jim Ross will be performing "An Evening with Jim Ross" with shows at 5pm and 9pm at the Gramercy Theater in New York, NY. For more info, go to LiveNation.com.

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, Jim Cornette, The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey), 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
December 24th - The Bronze Bull, Mike DiBiase
December 25th - Bronko Lubich, J. B.
December 26th - Johnny Heidemann
December 27th - Bill Goldberg, Masked Superstar
December 28th - Lanny Poffo, Tatsumi Fujinami
December 29th - Billy Ray, Donny Brooks, J. T. LaMotta, Jake O'Brien
December 30th - Lynx

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