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Posted: Jan 27th 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Abyss and Sonjay Dutt have apparently departed Impact Wrestling for backstage roles in WWE. Impact announced that Tommy Dreamer and Konnan are joining the promotion's creative team, spots held by Dutt and Abyss.

Triple H confirmed on a conference call prior to NXT's "TakeOver: Phoenix" event that Abyss and Sonjay Dutt will be joining WWE. He was quoted as saying "We are always on the lookout for talented people that can contribute to the product and to the WWE as a whole. It doesn't matter where they are from. The quality people that are talented that have a passion for this and want to go to the next level and succeed, I'm always looking for those people. Sonjay coming in here, Abyss coming in here for behind the scenes roles. We are going to see where the best fit is for them. I've heard of them. I know of them. So many people speak highly of them and their jobs over the years from a talent standpoint and from another standpoint. I'm looking forward to working with them and seeing where they best fit. Everyone here will determine where they fit, what they want to do and how they can help contribute in the best way to the product going forward."

Jake Hager won his MMA debut fight last night at Bellator 214, submitting his opponent J. W. Kiser in the first round with a triangle submission.. Hager, formerly known as Jack Swagger, came out with R-Truth who rapped for his entrance theme and used the “We The People” catchphrase throughout. His video on the big screen also included shots from his time in WWE and he was sporting the “We The People” t-shirt as well. The ending came at 2:09 after Hager controlled Kiser on the ground and then locked a head and arm chokehold to make him tap. Hager is the latest WWE Superstar to make the transition to mixed martial arts. Several of his former colleagues tweeted their good lucks to Hager last night before the show.

Speaking to The Sporting News before his fight, Jake Hager said that he hopes that by the second fight comes around, he will be using his old wrestling name of Jack Swagger rather than his real name. Hager explained that WWE doesn’t have a trademark on it and he’s in the process of owning the name through the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He did say that there’s another Jack Swagger name registered for musical performances but feels confident that since he’s not in the music business, he will get it. Hager also said that he still has a good relationship with WWE which is why they allowed R-Truth to perform his entrance last night. “I thought that was a very good sign from them. It’s a little bit of writing on the wall from them,” he added. Swagger spent 11 years with WWE, from developmental in 2006 through his exit in 2017. He won the ECW World Title, the WWE United States Title, and the WWE World Heavyweight Title during his time there as well as being Mr. Money In The Bank in 2010. And just to show you how much Hager is personally liked by his peers, several WWE Superstars posted photos and videos on Twitter last night showing their support, including recording themselves watching the fight backstage and messages from The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Big E, Rusev, and others congratulating him for the win.

After Jake Hager (Jack Swagger) said last week that CM Punk and Brock Lesnar didn’t want to get punched in the face in MMA and called it something he’s had to learn how to do in camp, Punk responded to Hager via Twitter: “You shouldn’t either. Good skill this weekend, pulling for you.”

Impact Wrestling uploaded Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A. J. Styles from "Final Resolution 2006" to their YouTube page. To view the match, click here.

After 20 weeks of running their show, Lanny Poffo is calling it quits on his podcast he does with JP Zarka, "The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo".

Bill Dundee was a recent guest of the "Shootin The Shiznit" podcast. To listen to the interview, click here.

There's a Kickstarter campaign for Brute Power: The Autobiography of Bugsy McGraw[/]. You can view the campaign by clicking here.

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RECENT RESULTS
January 18th
Spike defeated Texas Championship Wrestling Television Champion Ethan Daniels for the title at the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Belton, TX. In other matches, BBOW Heavyweight Champion Chuey Martinez vs. Paul Titan was declared a No Contest.

January 19th
Cassidy Riley & BIW Deep South Heritage Champion Barrett Brown defeated Jered Wayne & Frankie Thomas at the Bayou Independent Wrestling event in Deridder, LA. Earlier in the card, Wayne defeated Brown by DQ. In other matches Reiza Clarke defeated Michelle Good.

Ethan Daniels defeated Texas Championship Wrestling Television Champion Spike at the Bad Boys of Wrestling event in Belton, TX. In other matches, Mr. B defeated T-Ray.

January 20th
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defeated A. J. Styles at the WWE house show in Omaha, NE

Bayley, Ember Moon, Natalya, & Sasha Banks defeated Mickie James & The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, & Sarah Logan) in an 8-Woman Tag Team Match at the WWE house show in Wichita Falls, TX

Steve Manders defeated Graham Bell, Danny Adams, Gary Jay, Jaden Newman, and Joshua Bishop in a Scramble Match at Southern Underground Pro's "I Am King" event in Nashville, TN

Channing Decker defeated ACH, Ethan Page, Kobe Durst, Randy Reign, and Ryan Wright at Destiny World Wrestling's "Carnage" event in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

ACW Heavyweight Champion Gregory James defeated SteveO Reno at Anarchy Championship Wrestling's "Guilty By Association 13" event in Austin, TX. In other matches, Mr. B defeated Damarkus Rashad, ACW Television Champion Ethan Price defeated Satu Jinn, Zac Taylor defeated Matt Vandagriff and Sledge in a 3-Way Elimination Match, MASADA defeated Rodney Mack, and ACW Hardcore Champion Sky de Lacrimosa defeated Dimitri Alexandrov.

A1 Tag Team Champions Space Pirates (Space Monkey & Shane Sabre) defeated ACH & Ethan Page at Alpha-1 Wrestling's "Buck Wild 2" event in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. In other matches, Kody Lane defeated Ricky Starks.

January 21st
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defeated A. J. Styles at the WWE house show in Topeka, KS

January 22nd
Kaci Lennox defeated KiLynn King and Janai Kai (w/ Salem & PW2.0 Women' sChampion Robyn Reid) in a 3-Way Match at Pro Wrestling 2.0's "Reloaded 2019" event in Winter Park, FL

January 24th
War Raiders (Rowe & Hanson) defeated NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) by DQ at the NXT house show in San Diego, CA

January 25th
NXT North American Champion Ricochet & War Raiders (Rowe & Hanson) defeated The Undisputed ERA (Bobby Fish & NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) at the NXT house show in Riverside, CA

The Bouncers (The Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) defeated The Boys (Brandon & Brent) in a 1st round match of Tag Wars 2019 Tournament at Ring of Honor's "Road To G1 Supercard - Night 2" event in Houston, TX. In other 1st round matches, MVP & Kenny King defeated Colt Cabana & Willie Mack.

Jay Bradley defeated Arik Cannon, Air Wolf, A. J. LaRock, Brandon Gore, Craven Knyte, Garrisaon Creed, Kal Creed, Kyle Pro, Mentallo, and Mitch Paradise in an 11 Man No Disqualification Boulevard Brawl Match to become the #1 contender to the SDW Heavyweight Title at Steel Domain Wrestling's "New Year Bash!" event in Bloomington, MN. Earlier in the card, Cannon & LaRock defeated Bradley & Gore.

Mecha Mercenary defeated Abyss in a No Disqualification/No CountOut Match at the "Bruiser Brody Cup" pay-per-view event in Philadelphia, PA. In other matches, Zane Dawson defeated Jaxon Stone, Brandon Scott, Colby Corino, John Skyler, and Ricky Reyes in a 6-Way Match.

January 26th
War Raiders (Rowe & Hanson) defeated NXT Tag Team Champikons The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) for the titles at NXT's "TakeOver: Phoenix" event in Phoenix, AZ

Villain Enterprises (Brody King & PCO) defeated MVP & Kenny King and The Bouncers (The Beer City Bruiser & Brian Milonas) in a 3-Way Tag Team Match in the semi finals of the Tag Wars 2019 Tournament at Ring of Honor's "Road To G1 Supercard - Night 3" event in San Antonio, TX

The Snitch defeated The Mathmagician at the Dynamo Pro Wrestling event in St. Louis, MO. In other matches, Jaden Roller defeated Mike Sydal.

Mercedes Martinez defeated AWS Heavyweight Champion Tyler Bateman for the title at Alternative Wrestling Show's "Break Time Is Over - All New Rules" event in outh Gate, CA. In other matches, Jake Atlas defeated Matt Cross, and AWS Women's Champion Cheerleader Melissa defeated Shotzi Blackheart.

AAW Heritage Champion DJ Z defeated Myron Reed at All American Wrestling's "The Final Stand" event in Chicago, IL. In other matches, A. R. Fox defeated ACH.

Bruce Rogers defeated Doc Black, Jimbo Lucas, and Animal Sam in a 3-Way Match at the Colorado Springs Wrestling event in Colorado Springs, CO

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
United Wrestling Entertainment
Saturday, February 6th
Cherokee Nation Markoma Gym
Tahlequah, OK
Bell Time 6pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
January 28th
Big Daddy Yum Yum is among the stars scheduled for Texas All-Star Wrestling's "Best of the Best" event in Cypress, TX

January 31st
O. D. B. takes on Penelope Ford at the Ultimate Bar Brawl event in Atlanta, GA

Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Bar Wrestling event in Baldwin Park, CA

February 1st
Joey Ryan, Kikutaro, Effy, & Kris Wolf take on SteveO' Reno, Andy Dalton, Spryda, & Allie Kat in an 8-Person Tag Team Match at McAloon Productions' "Come Hell of High Water" event in Atlanta, GA

Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the Freelance Wrestling event in Chicago, IL

February 2nd
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the Vanguard Championship Wrestling event in Norfolk, VA

Lance Hoyt, Brent McKenzie, and Moonshine Mantell are among the stars scheduled for Lions Pride Sports' "Full Throttle" event in Killeen, TX

Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Disruptor Pro event in Cornelia, GA

Graham Bell is among the stars scheduled for the Black Label Pro event in Crown Point, IL

DJ Z takes on Myron Reed at the Major League Wrestling event in Philadelphia, PA

February 8th
Ryan Davidson, Ricky Starks, Andy Dalton, and Kody Lane are among the stars scheduled for the Luchqa City Limits event in Austin, TX

Joey Ryan is among the stars scheduled for the Pro Wrestling After Dark event in Vineland, NJ

AAA Cruiserweight Champion Sammy Guevara defends his title against Flamita and El Hijo del Vikingo in a Triple Threat Match at the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración event in Mazatlan, Mexico. In other matches, Killer Kross & Rey Escorpion take on La Parks & Psycho Clown.

February 9th
BIW Deep South Heritage Champion Barrett Brown defends the title against Frankie Thomas (w/ Brittany) at Bayou Independent Wrestling's "The Calm Before the Storm" event in Brookhaven, MS. In other matches, Apoc takes on Alan Steele.

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.

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

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 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

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 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 2nd
Jeff Jarrett will be conducting a pro wrestling seminar at the Norfolk Masonic Temple in Norfolk, VA for Vanguard Championship Wrestling. Cost is $50 in advance and $60 the day of the seminar. You can apply by emailing vcwtravis@yahoo.com. You must include your legal name, your wrestling name, your trainer(s) name(s), and your in-ring experience (length of time).

February 3rd
Ric Flair will be hosting a Super Bowl party from 1pm to 5pm at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta, GA

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
January 27th - 8-Ball
January 28th - Bayn
January 29th - Chris Clay, Krull Danzig, Trey Cole
January 30th - Bree Ann, Ivan Putski
January 31st - Jimmy Lott, Paul Bozzell, Thunder Cloud
February 1st - Dennis Condrey, Herb Welch, Nathan Cruz
February 2nd - Goldeneye


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