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Posted: Jan 4th 2011 By: mikeiles

NEWS
NWA Southwest commissioner Ken Taylor announced that Charlie Haas has been stripped of the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title due to failure to defend the title in the past 30 days. The vacant title will be up for grabs at the NWA Southwest event in Robstown, TX on January 7th in a match between former TNA and WWE star Lance Hoyt (AKA Vance Archer) and former WWE developmental wrestler Sicodelico, Jr.

Bryan Alvarez of F4Wonline.com is reporting that as of this week that a Fatal 4 Way is planned for the WWE Title match at Royal Rumble with The Miz defending his title vs. Jerry Lawler, Randy Orton, and John Morrison. Morrison vs. Miz in a singles match was originally scheduled for Rumble but those plans were changed and that match took place last night. There has also been talk of possibly giving Jerry Lawler a short run with the WWE Title but nothing is set in stone at this point.

Jim Ross posted about Jerry Lawler's travels on Twitter last Tuesday: "King had 2 fly into Rochester 2day & drive 2 Albany in big time snow. Flt 2 Albany cancelled."

Jim Ross posted on Twitter last week: "Updated the Q&A section of http://www.jrsbarbq.com. Lesnar to WWE rumor unfounded. However if it happens for WM27 it would be huge 4 WWE."

John Cena's injury was reported Wednesday by Jim Ross to have been a hip pointer. He's on a day-to-day deal as far as coming back, but it is not as serious as feared Tuesday night.

Beth Phoenix discusses her ACL injury in a video you can watch by clicking here.

The return of "Tough Enough" will mark the first time the show will be on the air since WWE canned the original format in 2003. A year later the show was renamed to "$1,000,000 Tough Enough" and aired as part of the Smackdown broadcast. The show originally aired on MTV for three seasons. Maven Huffman and Nidia Guenard won the first season, Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda won the second, John Hennigan and Matt Cappotelli got the third one and Daniel Puder won the fourth. Only John Hennigan ? who now wrestles as John Morrison ? remains with the company and the runner up of season four, The Miz, is now the WWE champion. A total of eight trainers appeared during the four seasons, with only one still employed by WWE. These are Al Snow, Jacqueline, Tori, Tazz, Hardcore Holly, Chavo Guerrero, Ivory, and Bill DeMott. Several contestants ended up on WWE television in later years including Matt Morgan, Nick Mitchell of the Spirit Squad, Ryan Reeves resurfaced as Skip Sheffield of Nexus, Chris Nowinski, and commentator Josh Mathews among others.

WWEUniverse.com, WWE's version of Facebook and MySpace, was officially shut down on January 1, 2011, according to a letter posted by WWE Online Community Leader Corey Clayton. "We've had a great run WWE Universe...but all good things must come to an end," Clayton wrote. Content such as blogs from The Fink and Jim Ross as well as live chats and other services will be moving to different places on WWE.COM or integrated with the company's Facebook and Twitter, which are far more popular than WWE's in-house double. "In parting, I just want to say thank you to all the dedicated long-time members of this site that participated, contributed photos, blog posts, and comments in the Forums. WWE appreciates your support over the past two years, and I hope you enjoyed your time on the site," the letter stated.

Dutch Mantell commented via Twitter: ?Congrats to Awesome Kong for her WWE signing. She was always one of my favorites..glad to see her in a position to make some real money. ?

Time Warner onDemand has Kurt Angle vs. A. J. Styles from last year's "Genesis" show in their Events Free Preview section.

Mick Foley posted on Twitter: "WWE announcer Scott Stanford and I were part of the same college radio station in the 80″s. It?s true, it?s damn true."

Dwayne Johnson's appearance on "Lopez Tonight" was replayed Wednesday night with him telling the Billy Robinson/Peter Maivia story he grew up with.

TMZ.com reported the following last week:
It?s been one year since former WWE star Umaga shockingly passed away at the age of 36 ? and to honor his memory ? several of the wrestler?s former ring-mates and family members got together to celebrate his life earlier this month. Among the star-studded crew who gathered in Texas ? wrestlers MVP, Shad, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. We?re told the gang shared their favorite stories about their friend ? and even honored Umaga?s eating habits with a buffet of his favorite foods.

Rikishi reacted to the TMZ article via Twitter: ?ekis (Umaga) memorial was both personal private and not for public display so its really pisses me off to see a trust betrayed. Let my brother R I P @TMZ and who ever sent them those pics .. No class Muthaf***kers?. He followed that up with a second Twitter post: "?Its the scumbag that send them TMZ the story n pictures of a so called ?PRIVACY? family and friends gathering. Stop tryin to make $ off of? Shelton Benjamin also lashed out via Twitter: ?you know its a real damn shame when you allow someone into your home as a friend and they turn out to be a snake in the grass. ekkies memorial was both personal private and not for public display so its really pisses me off to see a trust betrayed. but i will root out this piece of sh*t who did this.?

Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, once the baddest man on the Philadelphia Flyers and in the NHL (and still the current NHL record holder for penalty minutes in a season), just did a new interview where he talks about his time refereeing a match in WCW that featured the Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan at "Slamboree 1994". You can hear the interview by clicking here.

Oklafan extends a belated congratulations to Justin Sane on the birth of his son Titus approximately 2 weeks ago.

Oklafan would like to wish Jake Boulder a speedy recovery from neck surgery he had last week.

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RECENT RESULTS
December 28th
Beth Phoenix & WWE Divas Champion Natalya defeated LayCool (Layla & Michelle McCool) at the "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" television taping in Rochester, NY. In other matches, WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler defeated Jack Swagger and Kofi Kingston in a Triple Threat Match.

December 29th
Chris Masters defeated Jack Swagger at the WWE house show in Cleveland, OH. In other matches, Beth Phoenix & WWE Divas Champion Natalya defeated Layla & Naomi in a Santa's Little Helper Match.

Tito Santana, Justin Corino, & Chachi defeated Travis Blake, Aaron Stride, & IWF Heavyweight Champion Franciz at the Independent Wrestling Federation event in West Paterson, NJ. As a result, Blake must leave IWF for 60 days.

December 30th
Beth Phoenix & WWE Divas Champion Natalya defeated Layla & Naomi at the WWE house show in East Rutherford, NJ. In other matches, Chris Masters defeated Jack Swagger.

January 1st
NAWA Texas Heavyweight Champion Pablo Chuco defeated Doberman and Max Muscles in a Triple Threat Match at the North American Wrestling Allegience event in Waxahachie, TX

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UPCOMING OKLAHOMA EVENTS
Maximum Wrestling Alliance
Friday, January 7th
Spavinaw School Gym
Spavinaw, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Compound Pro Wrestling
Saturday, January 8th
Oakhurst Fire Department
Tulsa, OK
Bell Time 8pm

Impact Zone Wrestling
Saturday, January 8th
The Impact Arena
Lawton, OK
Bell Time 7pm

Sooner World Class Wrestling
Saturday, January 8th
The Underground Arena
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 7:30pm

Mid-South Wrestling Alliance
Sunday, January 9th
Club Raw
Oklahoma City, OK
Bell Time 2:30pm

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UPCOMING MATCHES
January 6th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA show in Wallingford, CT

Ricky Morton is among the stars scheduled for the Championship Wrestling Alliance event in Morristown, TN

January 7th
Mark Sterling takes on Jeremy Wyatt in a 60 minute Iron Man Match at 3XWrestling's "Divide & Conquer" event in Des Moines, IA

The Honky Tonk Man & IWE Heavyweight Champion Jay Jaillet take on Jimmy Capone & IWE Tag Team Champion Sonny Roselli at the Independent Wrestling Entertainment event in Fairfield, ME

Cody Jones is among the stars scheduled for the NWA Southwest event in Robstown, TX

January 8th
Paul Bearer and Matt Borne are among the stars scheduled for the Millennium Wrestling Federation event in Melrose, MA

Jack Legacy is among the stars scheduled for the Gold Rush Pro Wrestling event in Eureka, CA

The Honky Tonk Man takes on Vince Beach at the Independent Wrestling Entertainment event in Brewer, ME

Tyler Bateman (w/ Raze) is among the stars scheduled for the West Coast Wrestling Company event in Lake Elsinore, CA

January 9th
TNA World Television Champion Douglas Williams defends the title against A. J. Styles at TNA's "Genesis" pay-per-view event in Orlando, FL. In other matches, Jeff Jarrett takes on Kurt Angle in an MMA exhibition.

January 14th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA show in Reading, PA

January 15th
Jerry Lawler and Sgt. Slaughter are among the stars scheduled for the Northeast Wrestling event in Poughkeepsie, NY

Shane Douglas is among the stars scheduled for the Classic Championship Wrestling event in Marysville, PA

Tracy Smothers takes on Jerry Lawler at the Main Event Championship Wrestling event in Monroe City, IN

Tyler Bateman (w/ Raze) is among the stars scheduled for the Magnum Pro Wrestling event in Newhall, CA

Gene Valdez is among the stars scheduled for the Hillbilly Wrestling Association event in Springdale, AR

Michael Faith takes on Chris Richter at the New Generation of Wrestling event in Kennedale, TX

January 16th
Jeff Jarrett and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA show in Hagerstown, MD

January 21st
Ric Flair and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Lyon, France

January 22nd
Ric Flair and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Paris, France

Michael H, Mr. Big, J. R. Orullian, & Gene Valdez are among the stars scheduled for the one night tournament to crown the new NCW Heavyweight Champion at the NoArk Championship Wrestling event in Siloam Springs, AR

January 27th
Jeff Jarrett, Ric Flair and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Glasgow, Scotland

January 28th
Jeff Jarrett, Ric Flair and A. J. Styles are among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Manchester, England

ROH Tag Team Champions The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) take on The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) in a non-title match at Ring of Honor's "WrestleReunion 2011" event in Los Angeles, CA

January 29th
Jeff Jarrett takes on Johnny Moss at the TNA house show in London, England. Also scheduled to appear is Ric Flair, A. J. Styles, and many more.

Doink the Clown (no word on which Doink) is among the stars scheduled for the Texas Championship Wrestling event in Tyler, TX

Jerry Lawler takes on Bill Dundee (w/ Dutch Mantell) at the Showtime All-Star Wrestling event in Nasville, TN. Also scheduled to appear is Tracy Smothers and many more.

Chase Stevens is among the stars scheduled for the New School Federation Pro Wrestling event in Temple, TX

January 31
Dory Funk, Johnny Magnum & Arachna Man take on Karl Madetzke, Luke Spencer & Fushicho Masuku at the !BANG! event in Ocala, FL

February 3rd
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in New Orleans, LA

February 4th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Hattiesburg, MS

February 5th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Pensacola, FL

Alissa Flash takes on Taryn Terrell at the Pro Wrestling Revolution event in San Francisco, CA

February 17th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Beckley, WV

February 18th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Huntington, WV

Jim Duggan and Tony Atlas are among the stars scheduled for the Top Rope Wrestling event in Fall River, MA

February 19th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Gassaway, WV

Jim Duggan and Tony Atlas are among the stars scheduled for the Top Rope Wrestling event in Brockton, MA

February 20th
Tony Atlas is among the stars scheduled for the Top Rope Wrestling event in Franklin, MA

February 24th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Wilson, NC

February 25th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Norfolk, VA

The Honky Tonk Man is among the stars scheduled for an independent pro wrestling event in Odessa, TX. Also scheduled to appear is Doink the Clown, but no word as to who is portraying Doink at this event.

February 26th
Jeff Jarrett is among the stars scheduled for the TNA house show in Richmond, VA

The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) take on The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) at Ring of Honor's 9th anniversary show in Chicago Ridge, IL

MCW Heavyweight Champion Brian Blade defends the title against Jack Norton in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match at the Modern Championship Wrestling event in Marceline, MO. Also scheduled to appear is J. B. Payne, Vash Heartly, and many more.

Jerry Lawler takes on Matt Riviera at New Millennium Wrestling's "Altered Realities" event in Balch Springs, TX

Michael H, Mr. Big, & J. R. Orullian are among the stars scheduled for the NoArk Championship Wrestling event in Siloam Springs, AR

February 27th
The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) are one of the teams entered in the 4th Annual Pez Whatley Memorial Tag Team Tournament at the AIWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling event in Lexington, NC

March 5th
Demolition (Ax & Smash) are among the stars scheduled for the Dreamwave Wrestling event in LaSalle, IL

March 26th
The Iron Sheik is among the stars scheduled for New Millennium Wrestling's "Revolutions" event in Balch Springs, TX

Michael H, Mr. Big, & J. R. Orullian are among the stars scheduled for the NoArk Championship Wrestling event in Siloam Springs, AR

April 30th
Michael H, Mr. Big, & J. R. Orullian are among the stars scheduled for the NoArk Championship Wrestling event in Siloam Springs, AR

Larry Zbyszko is among the stars scheduled for the All Out Mayhem event in Portland, ME

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AUTOGRAPHS & APPEARANCES
January 7th
Mick Foley, Ted DiBiase, and Virgil will be signing autographs at the "World of Wheels" at the Chattanooga Convention center in Chattanooga, TN. For more info, go to WorldOfWheels.info.

January 8th
Paul Bearer, Daniel Bryan, Abyss, Jay Lethal, Homicide, Awesome Kong, Matt Borne, Eddie Edwards, John Cena, Sr., and many more will be signing autographs starting at 5pm at Memorial Hall in Melrose, MA prior to the Millennium Wrestling Federation event held later in the evening. For more info, go to BostonWrestling.com.

January 8th & 9th
Ted DiBiase and Virgil will be signing autographs at the "World of Wheels" at the Chattanooga Convention center in Chattanooga, TN. For more info, go to WorldOfWheels.info.

January 15th
Jerry Lawler, Matt Hardy, Carlito, Tommy Dreamer, Shannon Moore, Sabu, Sgt. Slaughter and many more will be signing autographs from 5pm to 7:30pm at the Mid Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY prior to the Northeast Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, call (845) 451-7620.

January 28th through 30th
Roddy Piper, Paul Orndorff, Bob Orton, Jr., Tito Santana, Mr. Fuji, Mr. Saito, SoCal Val, Traci Brooks, Ryan Shamrock, Ken Patera, Mike Graham, Terry Funk, Tatanka, Savio Vega, Val Venis, Gene Okerlund, Barry Orton, Shane Douglas, The Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian), Jim Neidhart, Shane Helms (AKA The Hurricane), Danny Davis, Mr. Aguila, Jimmy Hart, Christy Hemme, Bret Hart, Billy Graham, Torrie Wilson, Nick Mitchell, Bill Anderson, Amber O'Neal, Sassy Stephanie, Rhaka Khan, Allison Danger, Serena, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), and many more will be appearing at "Wrestle Reunion" at the LAX Hilton in Los Angeles, CA. For more info, go to WrestleReunion.com.

January 29th
Terry Taylor will be conducting a pro wrestling seminar for Texas Championship Wrestling in Tyler, TX. For more info, call (210) 689-1784.

February 12th
Terry Funk, Axl Rotten, Balls Mahoney, Nunzio, Joel Gertner, Chastity, Danny Doring, Mikey Whipwreck, The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher), Gillberg, Jeff Jones, Baby Doll, Samantha Starr, Manny Fernandez, Shane Douglas, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), Nikolai Volkoff, and many more will be signing autographs at the "Baltimore Celebrity fest 2011" at the Best Western BWI in Elkridge, MD. For more info, go to BMoreCelebFest.com.

February 20th
Sgt. Slaughter and George Steele will be signing autographs before the Milwaukee Admirals hockey game at Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. For more info, go to MilwaukeeAdmirals.com.

February 25th
Jerry Lawler will be signing autographs before the Dayton gems hockey game at the hara Arena in Dayton, OH. For more info, go to DaytonGems.com.

March 5th
Demolition (Ax & Smash) will be signing autographs at the LaSalle Knights of Columbus in LaSalle, IL prior to the Dreamwave Wrestling event held later in the evening. For more info, go to DreamwaveWrestling.com.

April 30th
Larry Zbyszko, Zach Gowen, Mini Boogeyman, Palmer Canon, and John Cena, Sr. will be signing autographs starting at 6pm at the Strive Center in Portland, ME prior to the All Out Mayhem event held later in the evening. For more info, go to AllOutMayhem.com.

May 7th
Terry Taylor, Ken Shamrock, Dallas Page, Mike Tenay, Dan Severn, Mark Canterbury (AKA Henry O. Godwinn), Dennis Knight (AKA Phinneas I. Godwinn), The Masked Superstar, Barry Darsow (AKA Krusher Khrushchev), Bob Armstrong, Brad Armstrong, and many more will be appearing at "Legends of the Ring 12" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe, NJ. For more info, go to LegendsOfTheRing.com.

May 21st
Tito Santana, Howard Finkel, Rick Martel, Samu, Jameson, Antonio Thomas, Amy Zidian, Armando Estrada, John Cena, Sr., Jay Strongbow, Tammy Sytch (AKA Sunny), Axl Rotten, Duane Gill (AKA Gillberg), Brutus Beefcake, Danny Davis, The Iron Sheik, Ox Baker, Short Sleeve Sampson, Amber, Latasha, Alexxis, The Now, Kevin Chesney, Ivy, Shockwave the Robot, and many more are scheduled to appear at the "New England Pro Wrestling Fanfest" in East Providence, RI. For more info, e-mail hwfforever@yahoo.com.

July 1st through 3rd
Roddy Piper, Dallas Page, and many more will be signing autographs at "Days of the Dead 2011" at the Wyndham Indianapolis in Indianapolis, IN. For more info, go to DaysOfTheDead.net.

August 4th through 7th
The Assassin, Ole Anderson, Mr. Wrestling II, Steve Olsonoski, Karl Kox, Ted DiBiase, David Shultz, Tony Atlas, Tim Brooks, The Masked Superstar, Dory Funk, Jr., Terry Funk, Eddie Mansfield, and many more are scheduled to appear at the "2011 Georgia Wrestling Legends Fanfest Weekend" at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, GA. For more info, go to NWALegends.com.

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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
January 4th - Dustin McGowan
January 6th - Alberto Torres, Bobby V, Dan Johnson, Larry Booker
January 7th - Chavo Guerrero, Sr.
January 8th - Bobby Jaggers, Bushwacker Luke
January 9th - Doberman, Judge
January 10th - Col. DeBeers, Vash Heartly, Pez Whatley


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