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Posted: Aug 23rd 2020 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Jinder Mahal, Xavier Woods, Matt Riddle, Elias, Renee Young, JBL, The Hurricane, The Singh Brothers (Sunil Singh & Samir Singh), Kacy Catanzaro, Kayden Carter, and Malcolm Bivens have been announced for the "SummerSlam" edition of "WWE Watch Along". The Watch Along will stream on WWE’s social media channels during Sunday’s pay-per-view.

WWE has released the latest edition of their “Canvas 2 Canvas” series, this time featuring artist Rob Schamberger’s incredible work on Karrion Kross and Scarlett.

WWE Shop may have made a mistake and unintentionally posted a spoiler last week concerning what happened at NXT Takeover last night.They posted a picture of Karrion Cross holding the NXT Championship over his shoulder promoting a 20% off all championship belts sale.

2K Sports has released a roster list of playable characters for "WWE Battle Grounds". The base roster will include A. J. Styles, Andre the Giant, Beth Phoenix, Jake Roberts, Mankind, Mickie James, Sgt. Slaughter, among others. The characters that will be available post-launch are Big Bossman, Cactus Jack, Doinbk the Clown, Goldberg, Jim Neidhart, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Sting, Ultimate Warrior, and Vader, among others. To see a full list, click here.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Hart Foundation (Jim Neidhart & Bret Hart) vs. Demolition (Smash & Crush) WWF World Tag Team Title Match at "SummerSlam 1990", Bret Hart, Ax, and Smash will be participating in a live online event to tell stories about that match and other big matches the two popular tag teams had over the years. The event will take place on August 27th at 8pm Eastern via Zoom and will last 90 minutes. All three former champs will be taking questions from viewers as well.

During a conference call, Randy Orton spoke about his segment with Ric Flair from the August 10th episode of "WWE Monday Night RAW". He said “That segment, that was hard to do. There were so many things I could’ve said that would’ve been nasty and would’ve even made that segment better. It was hard to look him in the eye, no matter how much we wanted it to come across that way, it was hard to be mean to that man after how he’s treated me for the past twenty years especially. But ya know, business is business. Ric knows that and I know that and I’ll tell you what he was never supposed to grab the microphone from me that night. He was just supposed to say a few things under his breath that the handheld camera in the ring may or may not pick up. You were supposed to see our facial expressions and get an idea that he was bringing me back in and eventually we had the hug and I turned on him but when he grabbed the mic I was thinkin ‘Ah, come on Ric you’re not supposed to grab the mic’ but then he went on to cut that promo and it was very touching. The thing is he meant everything he said. That’s why he’s so special to this business, he’s always left his heart out there in the ring and every emotion you get out there from Ric Flair, it’s real and that’s one of the reasons he’s the best.”

Content is now on the NBC Peacock streaming service including Best of compilations for Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Randy Savage, HHH, Brock Lesnar, and Best WrestleMania matches, plus Austin interviews with The Undertaker, Bill Goldberg, Kane, The Big Show, Bret Hart and Ric Flair. They also have the Monday Night Wars series episodes of "WWE Untold", "WWE Ruthless Aggression" series and "WrestleMania Rewind".

During a recent episode of "Grilling JR", Jim Ross discussed Brian “Crush” Adams getting fired from the WWE in 1995 due to his arrest on gun and drug charges. Here’s what he had to say: “It was embarrassing for the company because the charges were very sensational. Not only the anabolic steroids, 500 units of anabolic steroids makes you believe that he was going to sell them, or could he use all 500 units for himself? I don’t know enough about that world to tell you if that’s even feasible. Probably isn’t. So then the suspicion would be that he is obtaining these to sell. Ties back to the Gold’s Gym, well it could be that people in the gym want to get bigger and stronger.Why do you need several unregistered semiautomatic handguns? Is one or two not enough? You gotta have a whole plethora of them? So it was very embarrassing charges. The company had no idea. That’s when J. J. Dillon, I think, was in charge of talent relations. The decision wasn’t J. J.’s decision, this is a Vince call, and it was kind of indefensible. The anabolic steroids were mailed to his house, so that was that, and when the authorities got to the home of Brian Adams, that’s when they found all these weapons. I discount the marijuana thing because, after all, you’re in Hawaii. A lot of people that live in Hawaii smoke weed".

Ring of Honor will be holding a tournament to crown a Pure Wrestling Champion. The title was last recognized in 2006, when it was unified with the ROH World Title by Bryan Danielson (AKA Daniel Bryan). Seven of the 16 competitors for the Pure Title tournament have officially been announced: Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Matt Sydal, David Finlay, Tracy Williams, Josh Woods, and Wheeler Yuta, who will be making his ROH debut.

EC3 is expected to debut with Ring of Honor as soon as they get rolling on their TV tapings

Bill Apter talked to Ricky Morton about AEW, Cody, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, what he thinks of current WWE product, his School of Morton, FTR, The Young Bucks, and much more. You can watch the interview by clicking here.

Shaul Guerrero, the daughter of Eddie and Vickie Guerrero and niece of Chavo Guerrero, Sr., appeared on her mother’s podcast over the weekend where she spoke about the pressure of having famous parents. You can listen to the podcast by clicking here.

A trailer for a new horror movie that features Mick Foley can be seen by clicking here.

Authorities are attempting to seize the home of Ted DiBiase, Jr. as part of the State of Mississippi’s welfare scandal. Dibiase’s brother, Brett DiBiase, was charged with stealing $48,000 in welfare money. A media investigation found that Ted DiBiase, Sr.’s Christian wrestling ministry received $2 million in welfare funds from Mississippi’s Department of Human Services, which Brett worked for.

Dave Hillhouse of SLAM! Wrestling wrote a story entitled "'The Adrian Street Story' chronicles one of wrestling's most exotic characters" which you can read by clicking here.

Oklafan congratulates Hurricane Ross & Manico who recently surpassed one year as NAW Tag Team Champions. They defeated Running Wolf for the titles in a Handicap Match at an event in Chewey on August 10, 2019.

Karrion Kross suffered a shoulder injury in his NXT Title victory over Keith Lee on Saturday. The extent of the injury will be revealed on Monday when Kross is scheduled for an MRI. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Brawler Morrison suffered a split lip in the Real Dirty Brawlers successful WFC Tag Team Title defense against The Space Age Heroes (Paul Puertorico & Aeronaut) on Saturday. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Oklafan congratulates Fuel on his marriage to his fiancée Katie on Saturday.

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RECENT RESULTS
August 12th
Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza, & NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar) defeated Isaiah Scott & Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match at the NXT event in Winter Park, FL

August 13th
Natalya defeated Mickie James by Countout at the "WWE Monday Night RAW" event in Orlando, FL. In other matches, The Hurt Business (MVP, Bobby Lashley, & Shelton Benjamin) defeated Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, & WWE United States Champion Apollo Crews in a 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match. In matches held under "RAW Underground Rules", Erik, defeated an unknown opponent, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Erik.

August 14th
The Beer City Bruiser & Pauly Thomaselli defeated Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (James Vincent Brown & Max Holliday) by DQ at Brew City Wrestling's "Summer Sizzler 2020" event in Waukesha, WI

August 15th
Garrisaon Creed, Ben Everson, Ben McCoy, & Justin Dredd defeated Aaron Arsenal, Brock Hall, Koda Jacobs, & J. P. in an 8-Man Tag Team Match at Wisconsin Pro Wrestling's "Ignite" event in Two Rivers, WI

August 18th
Ricky Starks defeated Lee Johnson at the "AEW Dark" event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, Lance Archer (w/ Jake Roberts) defeated Jessy Sorensen & Jon Cruz in a Handicap Match

Impact World Tag Team Champions The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) at the Impact Wresting event in Nashville, TN

August 21st
Jeff Hardy defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion A. J. Styles for the title at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown" event in Orlando, FL

Caleb Crush defeated Baylum Lynx and Chango Bronson in a 3-Way Match at Lucha Libre and Laughs' "Good News Everyone - Night 1 (Show 1)" event in Denver, CO

TPW Tag Team Champions Fly Def (Zack Mason & Warren Johnson) defeated Cam Newton & Edgrin Stone at Texoma Pro Wrestling's "Hot August Nights" event in Sherman, TX. In other matches, Chandler Hopkins & Malico defeated Dane Griffin & Ky-Ote, TPW Red River Champion Niles Plonk defeated Tim Storm by DQ, and Marty Martinez defeated Jerome Daniels and Adam Asher in a Triple Threat Match.

August 22nd
Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett) defeated NXT Champion Keith Lee for the title at NXT's "TakeOver: XXX" pay-per-view event in Winter Park, FL. In the pre-show, Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) defeated Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) and Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match to become the #1 contenders to the NXT Tag Team Titles.

Heidi Howitzer defeated Kikutaro at Lucha Libre and Laughs' "Good News Everyone - Night 2 (Show 1)" event in Denver, CO

Kikutaro defeated Chango Bronson at Lucha Libre and Laughs' "Good News Everyone - Night 2 (Show 2)" event in Denver, CO. In other matches, Bruce Wayans defeated Caleb Crush and Damon Ace in a 3-Way Match

The Besties In the World (Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega) defeated BLP Tag Team Champions Ethan {age *& Danhausen for the titles at Black Label Pro's "We're Back! A Wrestler's Story" event in Crown Point, IN

J. D. X. defeated ACH at the " Black Wrestlers Matter" event in Des Moines, IA

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
All Star Pro
Sunday, August 23rd
Venue 23
Bethany, OK
Bell Time 3:30pm

Body Progression Wrestling
Saturday, August 29th
The Wrestle Center
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

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UPCOMING EVENTS
August 23rd
WWE United States Champion Apollo Crews defends the title against MVP at WWE's "Summerslam" pay-per-event in Orlando, FL

Brian Blade is scheduled for the Midwest Wrestling Association event in Chicago, IL

GCW Tag Team Champions The Metro Brothers (Chris Metro & J. C. Metro) defend the titles against Super Beast & Funnybone at the Generation Championship Wrestling event in Avon, IN

Tim Storm, Brent McKenzie, Moonshine Mantell, Chandler Hopkins, Barrett Brown, Niles Plonk, Road Warrior Animal, Ryan Davidson, Malico, Adam Asher, Action Jackson, and Angel Camacho are among the stars scheduled for Southwest Wrestling Entertainment's "SWE Fury" event in Canton, TX

August 27th
Sammy Guevara takes on Matt Hardy in a Tables Match at the "AEW Dynamite" event in Jacksonville, FL

Fuego del Sol vs. Jay Davis is scheduled for the Loko Wrestling event in Houston,TX

August 28th
Chandler Hopkins takes on Lance Archer at the Fighting Words Promotions event in Richland Hills, TX. Also scheduled to appear are Matt Sydal, Erica Torres, Moonshine Mantell, Barrett Brown, EC3, Jake Roberts, Malico, and many more.

August 29th
Chandler Hopkins, Lance Archer, Matt Sydal, Erica Torres, Moonshine Mantell, Barrett Brown, EC3, Jake Roberts, and Malico are among the stars scheduled for the Fighting Words Promotions event in Richland Hills, TX

September 5th
Mr. Wobble & Barrett Brown vs. The Self-Made Men vs. Beer 30 vs. Danny Brown., Sr. & Danny Brown, Jr. for the vacant SOAR Tag Team Titles is scheduled for SOAR Championship Wrestling's "Facing the Bullet" event in Dallas, TX

September 12th
Ryan Davidson, Zack Mason, Gino, and Cam Cole are among the stars scheduled for Reaity of Wrestling's "Back to the Drive In" event in Texas City, TX

September 19th
Barrett Brown, Brent McKenzie, Malico, Road Warrior Animal, Niles Plonk, Chandler Hopkins, Tim Storm, Adam Asher, and Moonshine Mantell are among the stars scheduled for Southwest Wrestling Entertainment's "SWE Fury" event in Irving, TX

September 25th
The Devil's Doormen (Super Beast & Funnybone) take on The GNB (White Mike & Timmy Lou) for the #1 contendership to the GCW Tag Team Titles at the Generation Championship Wrestling event in Indianapolis, IN

September 26th
USACW Women's Champion Miranda Gordy defends the title against Camron Bra'Nae at USA Championship Wrestling's "Jerry Lawler's 50th Anniversary Celebration" event in Jackson, TN. Also scheduled to appear are Jerry Lawler, Dory Funk, Jr., The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Bill Dundee, Sgt. Slaughter, Tony Atlas, Scott Steiner, Tony Falk, Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, Niles Plonk, Jason Jones, and many more.

October 3rd
EWE Cyberspace Champion Kai Fayden defends against Manny Cortez at the Epic Wrestling Entertainment event in Jeffersonville, IN

October 15th
Graham Bell takes on John Wayne Murdoch at the Fight Underground event in Anna, IL

October 17th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada

October 18th
Shane Douglas takes on Marcellus Prime at the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

October 19th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Yorktown, Saskatchewan, Canada

October 20th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

October 21st
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

October 22nd
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

October 23rd
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) take on The Revolt (Caleb Konley & Zane Riley) at Kross Fire Wrestling's "Black Harvest" event in Sevierville, TN

October 24th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

October 25th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada

October 26th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

October 27th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

October 28th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

October 29th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

October 30th
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Golden, British Columbia, Canada

October 31st
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

November 1st
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

November 2nd
Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

November 3rd
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

November 4th
Shane Douglas vs. Tommy Lee Curtis is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada

November 5th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Morden, Manitoba, Canada

November 6th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

November 7th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Dusty Gold is one of the participants in the Pro Wrestling EGO Southern 8 Tournament at the Battle Zone Wrestling event in Raleigh, MS

November 8th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

November 9th
Shane Douglas is scheduled for the Canadian Wrestling Elite event in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
August 28th & 29th
Lance Archer, Matt Sydal, Erica Torres, Chandler Hopkins, Moonshine Mantell, Malico, & Jake Roberts are scheduled at the Independent Wrestling Expo in North Richland Hills, TX

August 29th
Al Snow, Doink the Clown (AKA Ray Apollo), and Dink the Clown (AKA Tiger Jackson) will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

September 6th
Sgt. Slaughter will be signing autographs at the "80's Toy Expo" at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

September 12th
Jake Roberts will be signing autographs from 1pm to 4pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

September 19th
Greg Valentine, Kevin Sullivan, and Savio Vega will be signing autpgraphs from 2pm to 5pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

September 20th
Bob Orton, Jr. and Molly Holly will be signing autographs from 11am to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

September 26th
Dory Funk, Jr., Kane, The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Moerton & Robert Gibson), Bill Dundee, Sgt. Slaughter, Lex Luger, Tommy Rich, Harvey Wippleman, Tom Prichard, Tony Atlas, Scott Steiner, D'Lo Brown, Candi Divine, Thunder Rosa, Tony Falk, Reggie B. Fine, George Gulas, Miranda Gordy, Bobby Eaton, Wolfie D, Koko B. Ware, and many more will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at Jackson Generals Stadium prior to the USA Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, call 731-234-5883.

October 3rd
The Full Blooded Italians (Tracy Smothers, Little Guido, & Tommy Rich) and Justin Credible will be signing autographs from 1pm to 4pm on "ECW Day" at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, go to TheWrestlingUniverse.com.

October 14th
Mick Foley is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Springfield, MO

October 15th
Mick Foley is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Little Rock, AR

October 16th
Mick Foley is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Cape Girardeau, MO

October 24th
Sting, Barry Windham, Tony Atlas, One Man Gang, Missy Hyatt, and many more will be appearing at "Superstar Fan Fest" in Rome, GA

November 14th
Barry Windham, J. J. Dillon, The Boogeyman, Cat Zingano, Tiny Lister (AKA Zeus), Celeste Bonis (AKA Kaitlyn), Nidia, Matt Morgan, Amy Weber, Mantaur, Bob Holly, Stephan Bonnar, King Mo, The Colons (Primo & Epico), Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis, Billy Silverman, Koko B. Ware, Trevor Murdoch, Taylor Wilde, EC3, Mike Chioda, Mark Jindrak, Gary Wolfe, La Rosa Negra, Mil Muertes, James Storm, Lei'd Tapa, Gene Snitsky, Jenn Decker, Dale Torborg (AKA The Demon), Christi Torborg (AKA Asya), Mike McGuirk, Priscilla Kelly, David Otunga, Alex Gracia, Thunder Rosa, Heath Slater, Brooke Adams, Taryn Terrell, The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda, Rick Steiner, & Kevin Sullivan), Vampiro, Kylie Rae, Michael Tarver, Candice Michelle, Jim Duggan, and many more will be appearing at "The Big Event 19" at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in East Elmhurst, NY. For tickets and more info, go to http://www.BigEventNY.com/BigEvent.htm.

November 18th
Mick Foley is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Tampa, FL

November 27th - 29th
Dory Funk, Jr. is scheduled for the WrestleCade FanFest Weekend in Winston-Salem, NC

2021
January 3rd
Robert Gibson and Manny Fernandez will be conducting a seminar for Gulf-States Wrestling Alliance. To register, email GulfStateWrestlingAlliance@gmail.com.

February 7th
Ricky Morton and Manny Fernandez will be conducting a seminar for Gulf-States Wrestling Alliance. To register, email GulfStateWrestlingAlliance@gmail.com.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
August 23rd - Alex Royal, Corey Olis, Matt Garza, Jack Legacy, Trey Christian
August 24th - Randy Price
August 25th - Ben Kelly, Bobby Shane, D. A., El Greengo Loco, The Grappler
August 26th - Gary Young, J. C., K. C., Moonshine Mantell
August 27th - Jeremy Evans, The Matrix, Michael Faith, Samuel Savage, Sgt. Slaughter
August 28th - Aerokid, The Assassin, Brittany Foxx, Jack Jameson
August 29th - Joey Steiner, Stan Hansen


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