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Posted: Jun 2nd 2019 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Flex Zerba, Niles Plonk, Skylar Slice, Erica, Prince Mahalli, Violet Payne, Urn Stokes, Michael Wolf & The Iceman were all featured in the cookout segment on the Memorial Day edition of RAW.

Jordynne Grace, Petey Williams and Scott Steiner have been announced as a team for the upcoming CHIKARA King of Trios event this October.

WWE Network News reported that three matches from Texas in the 1950s will be added to the Network’s Hidden Gems section tomorrow morning. They are: The Sheik vs. Juan Humberto (1954), Danny Savich vs. Wild Bill Curry (1955), Maurice Vachon vs. The Amazing Zuma (1957).

Following a night in which Raw had its second lowest non-holiday audience in history, SmackDown, which emanated from Tulsa, was actually up five percent this week, averaging 2.072 million viewers for Tuesday's show. This matched the April 23 episode for SmackDown's highest number since April's Superstar Shake-up. The main reason for this week's increase would be the lack of competition, as both the NBA and NHL playoffs had the night off. SmackDown finished seventh overall for the night on cable, trailing only news programming, and topped the 18-49 demo with a 0.69 rating. In fact, in that demo, SmackDown beat everything on television with the exception of NBC, which was the only network to have first-run shows on Tuesday night. SmackDown retained 95 percent of Raw's audience from the night before, which is much higher than usual and one of the highest percentages since the 2016 brand split. The only other times the retention number has been this high has been if it was a special episode of SmackDown, a big return had been announced, or if Raw fell on a bad night. Raw did take place on Memorial Day, but that has historically not hurt Raw that badly. Last year's SmackDown following Memorial Day did 88 percent of the Raw audience. In 2017, the number was 89 percent. Year-over-year, SmackDown was only down six percent, the second straight week the year-over-year decline was in the single digits. In fact, it was the best retention from the previous year that SmackDown has done since going back to October 30 of last year, when the decline was 0.4 percent.

Mick Foley has been announced for Starrcast III.

At Thursday night’s Bar Wrestling show, Joey Ryan announced that he’s staying in independent wrestling and isn’t signing with a major company. Ryan said that as he got offers and negotiated with promotions, he came to the realization that the current iteration of himself would go away forever if he signed an exclusive deal.

Ric Flair posted part one and part two of a “Back in Action” video, with Flair cutting a promo about his hospital stay from earlier this month.

Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, Randy Orton and Seth Rollins all cut localized promos for Super Showdown. Unlike other advertising, most of the promos mentioned Saudi Arabia.

Oklafan congratulates Dean Lambert, whose nephew Avery was born May 26th.

Damon Windsor & AnnaLynn’s child was born May 30th. Oklafan extends congratulations to their family and friends.

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

June 8th
Native American Wrestling
Community Building
Chewey, OK
Bell Time: 6:30

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RECENT RESULTS

June 1st
Mike Sydal def. Rahim de la Suede at the World League Wrestling event in Troy, MO

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UPCOMING MATCHES
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], Jermaine Johnson, Kyle King and 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

Bushwacker Luke is scheduled for the Empire State Wrestling event in Cuba, NY

#DexStar Hardaway and Doberman [1st] are scheduled for the South West Wresting Alliance event in Granbury, TX

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

Chandler Hopkins, Adam Asher & Malico are scheduled for the Texoma Pro Wrestling event in Sherman, TX

June 22nd
Ethan Page vs. Franco Page is scheduled for the Next Evolution Wrestling event in Elizabeth City, NC

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
Joey Ryan vs. Angel Camacho and Barrett Brown vs. A. R. Fox are scheduled for the VIP Wrestling event in Haltom City, TX. Also appearing on the card: Chandler Hopkins and VIP Bull of the Woods Champion Gino!

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

July 28th
El Fuego del Sol vs. Killbane is scheduled for the Kansas Wrestling Revolution event in Salina, KS. Also appearing on the card: Jerry Bostic!

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
June 2 - Brandon Groom, Leo Voss, A. J. Styles
June 3 - Thomas Knight, Jeff Knight
June 5 - Danny Miller, Igor Putski, Shawn Shields
June 6 - Travis 12 Gauge, O. D. B., That Handsome Devil, Rick Sweetan, Rip Hawk, Larry Booker
June 7 - Stevie Caballero, Damon Windsor, Steve Hartley, Mick Foley
June 8 - Michelle Leone, Rick Vyper, Mustafa bin Akbar

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