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Posted: Nov 8th 2016 By: Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Goldberg tweeted about having ring rust during his appearance on RAW last week. WWE edited Goldberg slipping during his altercation with Rusev out of the YouTube clip they posted online.

Goldberg appeared on ESPN’s First Take. You can view the video by clicking here.

Bill Goldberg will be on the season premiere of "Jay Leno’s Garage" this Wednesday night at 10pm Eastern (9pm Central) on CNBC.

More announcements for the RAW vs. SmackDown traditional Survivor Series elimination tag matches were made on "WWE SmackDown Live" last Tuesday night. The SmackDown men’s team will consist of A. J. Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, and Baron Corbin. The women’s team will be Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, and Naomi and the team will be coached by Natalya. American Alpha and The Usos also won qualifying matches and will be part of the SmackDown tag division’s team.

RIck Steiner did an audio interview about his time in WWE, WCW, AWA, TNA, and his Great North Wrestling match in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada vs. Hannibal on November 5th. You can lsiten by clicking here.

A show called "Relive the Rivalry" with Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat that was scheduled for December 17th at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, PA has been canceled. Ticket sales weren't strong for the event.

Kari Williams of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Rick Steiner: From wrestling to real estate" which you can read by clicking here.

Greg Oliver of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "Finishing Piper's book offered therapy for his son, daughter' which you can read by clicking here.

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RECENT RESULTS
November 1st
Dean Ambrose defeated WWE World Champion A. J. Styles in a non-title match at the "WWE SmackDown Live" live telecast in Newark, NJ. In a match taped for "WWE Main Event", Jack Swagger defeated Simon Gotch.

November 2nd
Rebel [2nd] defeated OVW Women's Champion Maria James for the title in a match officiated by special referee Randy Royal at the Ohio Valley Wrestling event in Louisville, KY

November 3rd
The Briscoes (Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe) defeated War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe) and Keith Lee & Shane Taylor in a 3-Way Tag Team Match at Ring of Honor's "Survival Of The Fittest 2016 - Night 1" event in Arlington, TX

November 4th
Keith Lee & Shane Taylor defeated War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe) at Ring of Honor's "Survival Of The Fittest 2016 - Night 2" event in San Antonio, TX. In other matches, Will Ferrara & Cheeseburger defeated Andy Dalton & Scorpio Sky.

Team IOU (Kerry Awful & Nick Iggy) defeated The Full Blooded Italians (Tracy Smothers & Little Guido) in a Double Dare Tag Team Tournament 2016 First Round Match at Absolute Intense Wrestling's "Double Dare 2016 - Night 1" event in Cleveland, OH

November 5th
WWE World Champion A. J. Styles defeated Dean Ambrose at the WWE house show in Manchester, England. In other matches, Jack Swagger defeated Curt Hawkins.

OVW Women's Champion Rebel [2nd] defeated Callie at the Ohio Valley Wrestling event in Louisville, KY

Brody King defeated The Super Beast, Ju Dizz, and Styker in a 4-Way Elimination Match to win the 2016 Young Lions Cup at All Pro Wrestling/Gold Rush Pro Wrestling's "Young Lions Cup" event in Pacifica, CA. Earlier in the card, The Super Beast won a 13 Man Last Chance Battle Royal to be entered in the tournament, tagged with Shotzi Blackheart and defeated Andre Laveaux & Papo Esco in the 1st round, and defeated Blackheart in the semifinal round.

Ricky Cruz defeated Brian Breaker at the Gateway Elite Wrestling event in Camdenton, MO. In other matches, Jack Gamble defeated Matt Kenway, and Mike Sydal & Kiyoshi Shizuka defeated The Bite Club (Rocket Mapache & The Jackal).

Kongo Kong & Scott D'Amore defeated Jeff Jarrett & Tyson Dux at the Border City Wrestling event in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In other matches, CMLL-Reina International Champion Heidi Katrina defeated Rosemary in a match officiated by special referee Gail Kim.

GNW Canadian Heavyweight Champion Hannibal defeated Rick Steiner at the Great North Wrestling event in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada

November 6th
WWE World Champion A. J. Styles defeated Dean Ambrose at the WWE house show in Newcastle, England. In other matches, Jack Swagger defeated Curt Hawkins.

November 7th
WWE World Champion A. J. Styles defeated Dean Ambrose at the WWE house show in Aberdeen, Scotland. In other matches, Jack Swagger defeated Curt Hawkins.

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Compound Pro Wrestling
Saturday, November 12th
Perfect Practice Athletic Center
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Mid South Wrestling Alliance
Sunday, November 13th
Plaza Mayor
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 3pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
November 9th
BBOW Heavyweight Champion Angel Medina defends the title against Chaos in a No Rules/No DQ/Falls Count Anywhere Match at the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Casper, WY. In other matches, Shane Sanders & Cody Jones take on The Midwest Marvels (K. C. Kyng & Chris Wyco), and Starr takes on Paula Fate.

November 10th
Paloma Starr is among the stars scheduled for the RISE event in Berwyn, IL

November 11th
VIP Heavyweight Champion Keith Lee defends the title against Sammy Guevara, Willie Mack, and A. R. Fox in a 4-Way Match at VIP Wrestling's "Limitless" event in Arlington, TX. In other matches, VIP Tag Team Champions The Vet Club (Tim Storm & Adam Asher) defend the titles against War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe), Andy Dalton takes on Donovan Dijak, and Graham Bell vs. Kenny Steele vs. Zero the Anti-Hero. Also scheduled to appear is Jerome Daniels, Jaxon Stone, and many more.

APW Universal Heavyweight Champion MVP defends the title against Jeff Cobb at All Pro Wrestling's "11:11" event in Pacifica, CA. In other matches, APW Tag Team Champions The Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) defend the titles against Marcus Lewis & Will Hobbs.

November 12th
Terry Funk, Pittbull, and Mikey are among the stars scheduled for Old School Wrestling's "The Good, The Bad, and The Funk" event in Odessa, TX

Bobby V is among the stars scheduled for the Max Lucha Libre event in San Vicente, Chile

SWWA Heavyweight Champion Mike Foxx defends the title against Moonshine Mantell at Southwest Wrestling Alliance's Resurrection" event in Granbury, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Jaxon Stone, Kevin Kross, and many more.

PCW Tag Team Champions The Keepers of the Faith (Dom Vitalli & Gabriel Gallo) defend the titles against The Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) at Pacific Coast Wrestling's "Clear the Way" event in Torrance, CA

Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Gregory James is scheduled for North American Wrestling Allegiance's "Broken Allegiance" event in Ennis, TX. In other matches, The Oklahoma-Mexico Connection (Doberman [1st] & Pablo Chuco) take on The Hardliners (Connelly & Montgomery). Also scheduled to appear is Tim Brooks and many more.

November 14th
Bill Goldberg is among the stars scheduled for the "WWE Monday Night RAW" live telecast in Buffalo, NY

November 18th
Brian Breaker & Leland Race take on Manabu Nakanishi & Henare in a World Tag League 2016 Block A Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 1" event in Tokyo, Japan. In other tournament matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) take on The Bullet Club (Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi).

Dalton Bragg is among the stars scheduled for the ABC Pro Wrestling event in Thailand

NWA World Champion Tim Storm, NWA World Tag Team Champions The Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera), NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas, NWA Texoma Tag Team Champions Revolution (Seth Allen & Dane Griffin), and NWA Texoma Texas Champion Adam Asher are among the stars scheduled for NWA Texoma's "Perfect Storm" event in Sherman, TX

The Honky Tonk Man takes on Joey Hayes at Preston City Wrestling/Combat Zone Wrestling's "Warzone - Night 1" event in Liverpool, England

November 19th
NXT Women's Champion Asuka defends the title against Mickie James at the "NXT Takeover: Toronto" event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brian Breaker, Leland Race, David Finlay, & Ryusuke Taguchi take on Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, & War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 2" event in Fujisawa, Japan

Dalton Bragg is among the stars scheduled for the ABC Pro Wrestling event in Thailand

Jerry Lawler is among the stars scheduled for Northeast Wrestling's "Autumn Rumble" event in North Plainfield, NJ

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) is among the stars scheduled for Global Force Wrestling/Tried-N-True Wrestling's "Road to the Gold" event in Clarksville, TN

The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for Preston City Wrestling/Combat Zone Wrestling's "Warzone - Night 2" event in Manchester, England

Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, and Jazz are among the stars scheduled for Warriors of Wrestling's "Road to Solution" event in New York, NY

November 20th
Team SmackDown Live (Baron Corbin, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton & WWE World Champion A. J. Styles) take on Team RAW (Braun Stroman, Chris Jericho, WWE United States Champion Roman Reigns, WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, and a mystery partner) in a Survivor Series 10-Man Tag Team Match at WWE's "Survivor Series" pay-per-view event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In other matches, Goldberg takes on Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman).

Brian Breaker & Leland Race take on The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) in a World Tag League 2016 Block A Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 3" event in Takasaki, Japan. In other tournament matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) take on Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson.

Jack Jameson is among the 12 entrants in Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Lone Star Classic Tournament" event in Austin, TX. In non-tournament matches, ACW American Joshi Champion Angel Blue defends the title against Dulce Star, and Gregory James vs. Johnny Swole, vs. Scotty Santiago vs. JoJo Bravo in a 4-Way Match with the winner getting a future title match.

November 22nd
Brian Breaker, Leland Race, & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) take on The Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi & The Guerrillas of Destiny [Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa]) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 4" event in Ishikawa, Japan. In other matches, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) take on Henare, Jushin Liger, Manbu Nakanishi, & Tiger Mask in an 8-Man Tag Team Match.

Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the Big Time Wrestling event in Raleigh, NC

November 23rd
Brian Breaker & Leland Race take on Manabu Nakanishi & Henare in a World Tag League 2016 Block A Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 5" event in Aichi, Japan. In other tournament matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) take on The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa).

Ric Flair is among the stars scheduled for the Big Time Wrestling event in Spartanburg, SC

November 25th
Brian Breaker, Leland Race, & War Machine *Hanson & Raymond Rowe) take on The Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi, & The Guerrillas of Destiny [Tama Tonga & Tanag Loa]) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 6" event in Hiroshima, Japan

America's Most Like Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Geordie Bulldogs (Mark Denny & Sean Denny) defend the titles against Ryan Davidson & Abel Jackson and Matt Lancie & Socorro in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match at WrestleCade Entertainment's "2nd Annual Showcase of Champions" event in Winston-Salem, NC

November 26th
Brian Breaker & Leland Race take on Tetsuya Naito & X in a World Tag League 2016 Block A Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 7" event in Kochi, Japan. In other tournament matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) takes on TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima).

AWS Heavyweight Champion Tyler Bateman defends the title against Ray Rosas at Alternative Wrestling Show's "Just Another Damn Turkey" event in South Gate, CA. In other matches, The Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) take on B-Boy & Lil Cholo.

Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling Eclipse event in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

November 27th
Brian Breaker & Leland Race takes on Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 8" event in Imabari, Japan. In other matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) take on The Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi, & The Guerrillas of Destiny [Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa]) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match.


XWA Frontier Sports Champion Doug Williams defends the title against MVP at X Wrestling Alliance's "XWA 44: Go Big" event in Colchester, England

November 29th
Brian Breaker & Leland Race take on Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson in a World Tag League 2016 Block A Match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 9" event in Sasebo, Japan. In non-tournament matches, War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) take on The Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi, & The Guerrillas of Destiny [Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa]) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match.

November 30th
Brian Breaker, Leland Race, & Teruaki Kanemitsu take on War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) and a mystery partner at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "World Tag League 2016 - Night 10" event in Satsuma-Sendai, Japan

December 3rd
Mark Sterling takes on Devin Thomas, and Mike Sydal takes on Jake Dirden in separate semifinal matches of the Metro Pro Heavyweight Championship Tournament at Metro Pro Wrestling's "The End?" event in Kansas City, KS. Also scheduled to appear is The Honky Tonk Man and many more.

NWA Texoma Heavyweight Champion Charlie Haas, NWA Texoma Texas Champion Adam Asher, Andy Dalton, Jerome Daniels, J. D. Richardson, Nikki Knight, and Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields) are among the stars scheduled for the NWA Texoma event in Blossom, TX

December 4th
WWE World Champion A. J. Styles defends the title against Dean Ambrose in a TLC Match at WWE's "TLC" pay-per-view event in Dallas, TX

December 9th
MWA Heavyweight Champion Brian Blade defends the title against Devin Thomas at the Midwest Wrestling Alliance event in Lincoln, NE. In other matches, MWA Tag Team Champion Generation Concept (Shane Sanders & Logan Rixx) defend the titles against Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields), and MWA Mid-States Champion Eric Fantabulous defends the title against Angel de la Muerte. Also scheduled to appear is Phoebe and many more.

December 10th
Ricky Morton and Jimmy Valiant are among the stars scheduled for Classic Pro Wrestling's "Holiday Havoc" event in Aylett, VA

December 16th
VIP Tag Team Champions The Vet Club (Apoc & Tim Storm), War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe), and Sammy Guevara are among the stars scheduled for VIP Wrestling's "Holiday Havoc in 3D" event in Dallas, TX

December 17th
Hernandez & Chris Colen take on Tom LaRuffa & a mystery partner at European Wrestling Promotion's "Christmas Wrestling" event in Hannover, Germany

Bellatrix Champion Lady Lory defend the title against Mickie James at the Bellatrix Female Warriors event in Norwich, England

December 19th
Jaxon Stone is among the stars scheduled for the Westside Xtreme Wrestling event in Essen, Germany

2017
January 6th
Dustin Bozworth and Chris Crotte are among the stars scheduled for WWA Superstars of Wrestling's "Wrestle Mayhem the 25th Anniversary" event in Milwaukee, WI

January 7th
Brandon Groom and The Canadian Red Devil are among the stars scheduled for Impact Championship Wrestling's "Night of Champions" event in Junction City, KS

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 9th
Jim Ross will be performing his one-man show at Zanies in Nashville, TN. For more info, go to Nashville.Zanies.com.

November 10th
There will be a roast of Booker T at 7:30pm at the Houston Improv. Among those roasting him will be Stevie Ray, Sharmell, Bruce Prichard, The Dudleys, and MVP. For more info, go to ImprovHouston.com.

November 11th
Gail Kim, Billy Gunn, Candice Michelle, Charles Wright, Christy Hemme, Aron Rex (AKA Damien Sandow), Swoggle, Jake Roberts, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), Melina Perez, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Rhode Island Comic Con" at the Rhode Island Convention Center & Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI. For more info, go to RIComicCon.com.

November 12th
Gail Kim, Billy Gunn, Candice Michelle, Charles Wright, Christy Hemme, Aron Rex (AKA Damien Sandow), Swoggle, Jake Roberts, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), Melina Perez, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Rhode Island Comic Con" at the Rhode Island Convention Center & Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI. For more info, go to RIComicCon.com.

November 13th
Gail Kim, Billy Gunn, Candice Michelle, Charles Wright, Christy Hemme, Aron Rex (AKA Damien Sandow), Swoggle, Jake Roberts, Barbie Blank (AKA Kelly Kelly), Melina Perez, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Rhode Island Comic Con" at the Rhode Island Convention Center & Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI. For more info, go to RIComicCon.com.

November 19th
Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino, Mark Henry, Ryback, Ariane (AKA Cameron), Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Bushwacker Luke, Larry Zbyszko, Dutch Mantell (AKA Zeb Colter), Ivan Koloff, Baron Von Raschke, Paul Diamond, Pat Tanaka, The Patriot (Del Wilkes), Perry Saturn, Jon Heidenreich, Santino Marella, Shannon Moore, Jim Duggan, Debra Marshall, Maria Kanellis, Demolition (Ax & Smash), Road Warrior Animal, Paul Ellering, John Morrison, Jeanne Basone, MVP, Adam Rose, Jimmy Hart, Fred Ottman (AKA Tugboat), Raquel, Madusa, Swoggle, Aron Rex (AKA Damien Sandow), Buff Bagwell, Vader, Vickie Guerrero, Bobby Heenan, Lita, Leilani Kai, Judy Martin, David Schultz, O. D. B., Jazz, Saraya Knight, Allie, Nyla Rose, Afa, Manu, Gene Snitsky, Tony Mamaluke, Little Guido, Rick Steiner, Disco Inferno, Raven, Jake Roberts, Jonathan Coachman, Jesse Neal, Earl Hebner, Dave Hebner, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Big Event 11" at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in East Elmhurst, NY. For more info, go to BigEventNY.com/BigEvent.htm.

Jerry Lawler, Booker T, Swoggle, Matt Taven, Robbie E, Mandy Leon, Deonna Purrazzo, and many more will be signing autographs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Plainfield High School in North Plainfield, NJ prior to the Northeast Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to NortheastWrestling.com.

November 20th
Tito Santana will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at the "New Haven Comic & Collectible Spectacular" at the Annex YMA Hall in New haven, CT. For more info, go to Facebook.com/NewHavenSpectacular.

Jake Roberts, O. D. B., Ted DiBiase, Jazz, Tony Atlas, Ivan Koloff, and Jim Duggan will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at Pro Wrestling World in Allentown, PA. For more info, call (610) 798-9900.

Jim Ross will performing his one-man "Ringside with Ross" show at 2pm at Second City Comedy Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


2017
January 28th
Road Warrior Animal will be signing autographs at Ector County Coliseum in Odessa, TX at the Odessa Jackalopes hockey game. For more info, go to WestTexasTix.com.

February 18th
Paul Orndorff, Howard Finkel, and many more will be signing autographs at "Canadian Wrestling's Elite's Fanfest" at Holy Cross Gymnasium Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. For more info, go to CWETickets.com.

March 17th
Ric Flair will be the official starter of the "First Ever 14th Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade" in Hot Springs, AR

April 1st
Jim Ross will be performing in "Ringside with Jim Ross and Friends" at 2pm at Plaza Live in Orlando, FL. For tickets, go to TicketFly.com.

April 2nd
Jim Ross will be performing in "Ringside with Jim Ross and Friends" at 2pm at Plaza Live in Orlando, FL. For tickets, go to TicketFly.com.

June 4th
Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman will be signing autographs at "Niagara Falls Comic Con" at Scotia Bank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
November 8th - Treach Phillips, Jr.
November 9th - Lance Osburn, Menace 2 Society, Nick Patrick
November 10th - Bob Orton, Jr.
November 11th - Brandon Moxley, Little Cloud
November 12th - Austin Tacious, Brett Taylor, Gary Tool, Spyder, Ty Thunder
November 13th - Big Smooth, L. J. McDaniels
November 14th - Kyle Kelly, Shane Scott, Tiny Bell

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