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Posted: Nov 22nd 2020 By: Compiled by Oklafan Staff

NEWS
Tuesday's throwback interview segment for Wednesday's AEW show featuring Ricky Starks, which will be for all of you into 80s Mid Atlantic nostalgia.

AEW held a contactless and physically distanced Meet and Greet with Cody Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Lance Archer, and Jake “The Snake” Roberts last week. The meet and greet was only open to Dynamite ticket holders.

Bruce Prichard, Lana, and WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) will be the guests on a special Sunday edition of "The Bump" prior to "Survivor Series".

WWE's YouTube channel uploaded Goldberg vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Title from "Survivor Series 2003" and A. J. Styles vs. Rey Mysterio from the November 25, 2019 episode of RAW.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced that FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) ranked #1 in their inaugural Tag Team 50 rankings. Kenny Omega & Adam Page, Sasha Banks & Bayley, The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander), and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) round out the top 5.

On "Week By Week" with guest host Ian Riccaboni, hear EC3's response to Jay Briscoe's challenge and the latest news on "Final Battle 2020" by clicking [URL=https://www.rohwrestling.com/top-videos/week-week-episode-26]here[/url].

Marti Belle is now a free agent as her contract with NWA has expired.

John Crow appeared on Ron Fuller’s "Super Stud Cast" to discuss the Knoxville War of ‘79. The episode will drop on November 25th.

Tuesday night's episode of "Pawn Stars" featured a WWF Kamala Hasbro toy that was eventually found out to be a fake.

Barry Windham is reportedly in a hospital ICU having suffered either a stroke or a heart attack. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Tego has been diagnosed with COVID-19 for a second time. He is the first person in Carter County, OK to be diagnosed twice. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Kevin James Sanchez was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Miss Venom was hospitalized for an operation last week. Oklafan wishes her speedy recovery.

Richard Pierce recently had an undisclosed medical procedure on November 13th. Oklafan wishes him a speedy recovery.

Oklafan is saddened to report the death of Michael Faith, who passed away from complications due to COVID-19 on November 17, 2020 at the age of 46. Faith, whose real name was Hyrum Matthew Hansen, graduated from Yukon HIgh school and eventually made his way into wrestling by training with Tom Jones in Oklahoma City and Rocco Valentino in Tulsa. Though a large man (and he would get larger as his career progressed), Faith was exceptionally athletic and could move like a Cruiserweight, earning one of many nicknames to follow him in his career, “The Largedore”. Faith debuted March 23, 1999 and apparently used the name Kid Extreme early in his career. But by December 31, 1999, which is the earliest officially documented match of his, he was going by Michael Faith. That match was a loss to Bryan Cruize in NMS in Oklahoma City. March 18th would see Faith debut in OPW in Tulsa and he would spend much of his formative years splitting time between OPW and NMS (which later became MSWA). Those early years also saw trips to Kansas where he became Midwest Wrestling Federation Kansas Champion. Faith’s OPW debut was on Hardcore Night, where he lost a Hardcore Match to Cole Crittenden. He would not return for 4 months where he would begin an on again/off again rivalry with Splash Jackson that would carry over into OCW. Faith would continue to make periodic appearances in OPW. On March 24, 2001, he lost an Indian Strap Match to Renegade. After that, he teamed briefly with Dark Angel, but that team stopped after a loss to The VIP Crew. In fact, the losses continued to mount as he again lost to Splash Jackson as well as Luc Lapointe. But on September 8, 2001, he teamed with Dynamite Extreme and this successful trio faced off against other trios such as The VIP Crew and The Texas Outlaws. Faith’s final appearance in OPW was a loss in a Triple Threat Match to Splash Jackson that also included The Great Bolo. In 2002, Faith debuted in OCW, losing to OCW Oklahoma Champion Vinnie Valentino. Several opponents that he had never gotten the opportunity to face in OPW now found their way across the ring from him in OCW, but perhaps most interestingly was a tag team loss where he teamed with Terry Montana and lost to The Great Bolo & Smash Hansen, who was Faith’s brother (though that was not known in Tulsa). Faith and Hansen would eventually face off one-on-one, with Hansen picking up the victory. Faith also reformed his partnership with Dynamite Extreme and took on ICF & Brandon Groom, which led to a singles match with Groom. But it was a singles loss to Big Daddy Moore which would prove to lead him ultimately to his first gold in Tulsa. By this point, Faith & Hansen were recognized as brothers and on October 26, 2002, they would defeat Big Daddy Moore & Karl Davis for the OCW Oklahoma Tag Team Titles. Much of their time as champions would end them facing combinations of The Casulaties of War. They held the titles until they were stripped of them for non-defense on January 5, 2003. However, in an odd note, they entered the tournament which began that day to crown new OCW Tag Team Champions. Those champions were never crowned as OCW closed in March of 2003. But Faith and Hansen, now known as Halo were not bereft of gold as they exchanged the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Titles on at least one occasion with Northern Threat. Faith would make a handful of appearances in SRPW, debuting against SRPW Champion Vinnie Valeninto in a loss. He also teamed with Perry Saturn and lost to Slater Vain (the renamed Valentino) & SRPW Champion Beau Dalton. And he defeated Brandon Bishop twice. But SRPW did not seem to be for him and by the end of 2003, he debuted in TPW, teaming with Angel and defeating TPW Champion The Outcast and TPW Women’s Champion Kitty. Faith would become a regular in TPW, facing many stars that he had in OPW and OCW, as well as new ones. He introduced Draven Cross as his new partner, though that partnership was was brief. Faith also defeated Striker for the MSWA Mid-South Title around this time. In TPW, he began a rivalry with AWOL, which seemed to be leading him the #1 contendership to the TPW Oklahoma Title, but instead, found himself as TPW Champion by beating Butch Dalton in a Triple Threat Match that also involved Karl Davis on May 21, 2004. He would hold that title until August 6, 2004, when he lost it to Beau Dalton. He then reformed his partnership with Halo and they began to cut a path to the TPW Tag Team Titles through teams like The Violence Alliance and New Canada. While pushing towards success in TPW, Faith and Halo were also making waves in MSWA. The Forsaken were just as unstoppable there and on May 28, 2005, they teamed with their manager, Tommy D, to defeat MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Oklahoma Bad Boys and MSWA Mid-South Champion Angel Williams with the stipulation that those titles were on the line. In Tulsa, Faith found himself with another opportunity to win the TPW Oklahoma Title on July 29, 2005. Again, this was a loss to Anthony Jackson for the vacant title, but 2 weeks later, on August 13, 2005, he and Halo defeated New Canada for the vacant TPW Tag Team Titles. Though not known by the general public at the time, Faith had purchased TPW during the hiatus. One week later, The Forsaken would lose the MSWA Titles to The Red Dirt Outlaws, who would be the first to challenge them for the TPW Tag Team Titles. And Faith added even more gold when he defeated Outlaw on October 22, 2005 for the MSWA Mid-South Title. A month later, a possible setback occurred and Halo suffered a head injury that forced him to retire for a time, but Faith chose a replacement partner in the form of Justin Lee. Their championship reign would continue until December 17, 2005, when they were defeated by Sexy Bologna. Faith seemed virtually unstoppable in 2006. Though he was stripped of the MSWA Title in early 2006, the rest of the year saw him essentially undefeated in MSWA, facing challenges like Cody Jones and Draven Cross and teaming with Bad Boy & Vader against The Real Impact Players & Angel Williams for a victory. On April 8th, he achieved a lifelong dream and defeated Romero Contreras for the TPW Oklahoma Title. He would be the last to hold that title as the company would close May 13, 2006. But Faith maintained the title, turning it into the MSWA Oklahoma Title and wanting to make it a true title representing all of Oklahoma and defended in multiple companies. Faith would enter IZW in July 15, 2006, but his tenure there was nothing of note. He competed against most of their top stars including John O’Malley (who was his opponent in his IZW debut), Ryan Davidson, Michael Barry, and Brad Michaels. He won none of those matches and was gone by January of 2007. Before he left IZW, Faith got another bit opportunity, but not in that company. On October 26, 2006, he debuted in UWF06 against Buff Bagwell. After time off, Faith would return to UWF06 and continuing on when it became 3DW. He was undefeated in 3DW, eventually defeating 3DW Champion Shane Rawls for the title on July 5, 2008. By this point, Faith had also returned to MSWA and plowed through competition as a singles star. But he would shock everyone on July 20, 2008 when Halo returned and they defeated Limited Edition for the MSWA Tag Team Titles. Meanwhile, another name change occurred in the Ardmore area as 3DW became TCBW. Faith made two defenses of the (now) TCBW Title, a win over Dane Griffin and a loss by DQ to Thug Nasty, but was stripped of the title for unknown reasons before May 6, 2009. He and Halo also lost the MSWA Tag Team Titles when they teamed with Crisstopher Crow against TMS. Another year away from Oklahoma wrestling saw him return to NWA-OK. He had made a couple of appearances in late 2008, but returned in 2010 and won a 4-Way Match over Brad Michaels, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kevin Douglas, and NWA-OK Oklahoma Champion Dane Griffin for the NWA-OK Title. He held it until June 6, 2011 when he lost it to Tim Storm. Faith made one more venture into IZW, but that was known by no one except those backstage. On May 19, 2012, Faith debuted the character of Convict. He would only portray Convict on a few occasions before again leaving IZW due to creative differences and the role passed on to someone else. By this point, Faith was competing more and more regularly in Texas, making inroads to Reality of Wrestling and River City Wrestling, where he was a 4-Time Champion (once as a co-champion with Brandon Groom) as well as an RCW Tag Team Champion with Hernandez. He also captured the NWA Texas Title. Faith’s final documented Oklahoma appearance was on April 13, 2013, where he lost to NWA-TXO Champion Tim Storm by DQ at an NWA-TXO event in Ardmore. In total, Faith competed in over 150 documented matches in Oklahoma. But when most people, especially those who were priveleged to share a locker room with him or to know him well outside wrestling, think of him, they remember a devoted father, grandfather, brother and friend. A man who always had time for people, who enjoyed good conversations and who brought joy to those around him. Oklafan extends its condolences to Faith’s family, especially his brother Halo and his ex-wife Darling Nikki, at this time.

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RECENT RESULTS
November 14th
Ariel Dominguez defeated Joey O'Riley at American Combat Wrestling & World Wrestling Network's "Proving Ground" event in Tampa, FL

November 17th
Ricky Starks defeated Travis Titan at the "AEW Dark" event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, The Gunn Club (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, & Billy) defeated Joey O'Riley, Bshp King, & Sean Maluta in a 6-Man Tag Team Match.

Hernandez defeated Fallah Bahh at the Impact Wrestling event in Nashville, TN

November 18th
Team Taz (Ricky Starks & FTW Champion Brian Cage, w/ Taz) defeated AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin & Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) at the "AEW Dynamite" event in Jacksonville, FL

November 20th
TPW Tag Team Champion Zackzilla & TPW Red River Champion Jerome Daniel Griffey defeated Cam Cole & Johnny Bedlam at Texoma Pro Wrestling's "November Rain" event in Sherman, TX. In other matches, Dexter Hardaway defeated Adam Asher, The Foundation (Dane Griffin & Ky-Ote) defeated The Bible Club (Malik Champion & Eric Miller), and Edge Stone (w/ Nigel Rabid) defeated Tim Storm in a Bullrope Match.

November 21st
EC3 defeated Jay Briscoe at the Ring of Honor event in Baltimore, MD. In other matches, Matt Taven defeated Bateman.

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
All Star Pro
Sunday, November 22nd
Venue 23
Bethany, OK
Bell Time 3:30pm

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UPCOMING EVENTS
November 22nd
AIWF Heavyweight Champion Kevin Phoenix defends the title against Drake Gallows at AIWF Southwest's "Southwest Showcase" event in Fort Worth, TX

Team RAW (A. J. Styles, Braun Strowman, Keith Lee, Sheamus, & Riddle) takes on Team SmackDown (Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, King Corbin, & Otis) in an Elimination Tag Team Match at WWE's "Survivor Series 2020" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL

November 24th
Fuego del Sol takes on Peter Avalon at the "AEW Dark" event in Jacksonville, FL. In other matches, Sammy Guevara takes on Marko Stunt

Ethan Page takes on a mystery opponent at the Impact Wrestling event in Nashville, TN

November 25th
Kai Fayden & Hawlee Cromwell take on Jack Griffin & Billie Starkz at the Girl Fight Wrestling even tin Jeffersonville, IN

November 28th
HPW Heavyweight Champion Ryan Davidson defends the title against Steve Anthony at the Hurricane Pro Wrestling event in Beaumont, TX

SCW Heavyweight Champion Leo Kegan defends the title against Anthony Colletti at South Central Wrestling's "Wrestlefest" event in Pine, AR. In other matches, SCW Cruiserweight Champion Troy Twain defends the title against Spyder.

December 4th
GCWA Heavyweight Champion Gino defends the title against Zickey Dice at Gulf Coast Wrestling Alliance's "Holiday Hangover" event in Corpus Christi, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Fuego del Sol and many more.

TPW Rose Champion Miranda Gordy, Niles Plonk, and Dexter Hardaway are among the stars scheduled for the Texoma Pro Wrestling event in Sherman, TX

December 5th
Angel Camacho & Nastico take on T-Ray & Greenback at the America's Academy of Pro Wrestling event in Austin, TX

December 12th
ACH is among the entrants in New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Super J-Cup Tournament" in Tokyo, Japan

Dexter Hardaway and Chris Morrison are among the stars scheduled for the Kamisama Wrestling event in Houston, TX

NBW Heavyweight Champion The Iceman defends the title against Curtis Wylde (w/ Wildfyre) at the New Breed Wrestling event in Eldon, MO

Garrisaon Creed takes on Kyzyle at the POWW event in Twin Lakes, WI

Charlie Haas, Tim Storm, Brent McKenzie, Rodney Mack, Niles Plonk, and Miranda Gordy are among the stars scheduled for the Southwest Wrestling Entertainment event in Greenville, TX

December 17th
Graham Bell takes on Mickie Knuckles at Fight Underground Hardcore's "Big Lee's Birthday Bash" event in Anna, IL

December 18th
Miranda Gordy, Niles Plonk, and Moonshine Mantell are among the stars scheduled for the Pony Xpress Wrestling event in Maysville, MO

Tim Storm takes on Edge Stone in a Lumberjack Strap Match in which Stone's manager, Nigel Rabid" is handcuffed to TPW Red River Champion Jerome Daniel Griffey at the Texoma Pro Wrestling event in Sherman, TX


2021
January 14th
Malico takes on Husk at Pale Pro Wrestling's "Brawl at the Brew" event in Arlington, TX

January 15th
Drake Gallows, Blade [2nd], and Chelsea Stackhouse is among the stars scheduled at UWO's "Parade of Champions" event in Hutchinson, KS

January 16th
Malico is among the stars scheduled for Texas All-Star Wrestling's "Cypress Rumble" event in Cypress, TX

January 23rd
BIW Heavyweight Champion Steve Anthony defends the title against Apoc in a Career vs. Title & Hair Match at the Bayou Independent Wrestling event in Brookhaven, MS. In other matches, Barrett Brown takes on Danny Chance, Ryan Davidson takes on Rey Furioso, and Angel Camacho & Jeremiah Jackson take on Vordell Walker & T-Ray Watford.

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
November 22nd
Koko B. Ware and Haku will be signing autographs from 10am to 1pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

Ken Patera and Sam Houston will be signing autographs from 1pm to 3pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

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

November 28th
Dory Funk, Jr. is scheduled for the WrestleCade FanFest Weekend in Winston-Salem, NC

Gerald Brisco and Mike Chioda will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

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

December 12th
Sgt. Slaughter and Enzo will be signing autographs from 10am to 1pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

Greg Valentine will be signing autographs from 1pm to 4pm at Jimmy's World Order in East Los Angeles, CA. For more info, go to JimmysWorldOrder.shop.

Mick Foley will be signing autographs from 4pm to 8pm at The Wrestling Universe in Commack, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

Angelina Love will be signing autographs from 6pm to 8pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

December 19th
Ted DiBiase and Mike Rotunda will be signing autographs from 10am to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.

Marti Belle and Allysin Kay will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 2pm at The Wrestling Universe in Flushing, NY. For more info, call 718-460-2777.


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.

June 12th
The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) and Kurt Angle will be signing autographs at "River City Wrestling Con" at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, FL. For more info, go to RiverCityWrestlingCon.com/.

June 13th
The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner), Mick Foley, and Kane will be signing autographs at "River City Wrestling Con" at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, FL. For more info, go to RiverCityWrestlingCon.com/.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
November 22nd - Crazy Horse, Ed Ferrara, Kooter Daniels
November 23rd - Farmer Jones, Grunt, Kyle King, Sgt. Hartman, Selena
November 24th - Angel Williams, Beth Phoenix, Cardinal Sin, Jack Donovan, Javi Hernandez, Wade Argento
November 26th - Brian Lee, Dominator, Jeff Jackson
November 27th - Devlin Blanchard, Jimmy Youngblood, Johnny Mantell, Mr. B
November 28th - Brent Albright, Dane Griffin, Ernie Ladd, Urn Stokes


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