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Oklahoma Scoop

Posted: Jan 1st 2007 By: CMBurnham

News:

There are reports that WWE developmental talents Oleg Prudius, Daniel Rodimer, G-Rilla, and Jake Hager are scheduled to switch from Deep South to OVW in the next few weeks.

Despite reports to the contrary, it appears Jim Cornette is not involved with NWA-TNA creative, but has been civil with writer Vince Russo. Cornette has been helping with interview segments and attends the production meetings. Cornette and Russo were seen working together and getting along at the last set of iMPACT! tapings. Cornette who had originally requested to never work with Russo helped run the tapings, including the production of some of the pre-taped segments and some minor booking.

There are reports that Andy Douglas appears to be done with TNA now that creative has decided to break up The Naturals.

Kenny Dykstra vs. Ric Flair is still penciled in for the 1/7 New Year's Revolution PPV, although WWE has yet to officially announce it

The TBS sitcom "My Boys" has a newspaper sportswriter character named Jack Brisco, although there were no inside references like he was a former wrestler or anything

Dutch Mantel was scheduled to wrestle on the United States Wrestling Organization show in Nashville on Christmas night, but couldn't as he reportedly needs surgery.

Steve Williams & Robert Gibson have both been hired as trainers, not as producers/agents as reported elsewhere.

The internal betting line is that Tazz will be gone when his current contract expires in March 2007. Originally, it was believed that Brad Armstrong was used on ECW on Sci Fi as a try out should Tazz leave the company. Now, it's reported that his use was a jab at the Voodoo Kin Mafia, as Brad Armstrong & B. G. James are brothers.

Michael Hayes booked last Monday's Tribute to the Troops edition of Raw. The show was attended by aprox. 2,000 troops.

Charlie Haas now has his hair done in corn rows to further he and Benjamin's current angle with Cryme Tyme.

Roddy Piper was a guest on Mark Madden's radio show in Pittburgh a few weeks ago. Piper said his cancer is in the early stages and expects to beat it, and then take on Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania in a retirement match. Didn't Piper already have a retirement match at Wrestlemania? Piper said he didn't want to be voted as Ric Flair partner's at Cyber Sunday in the tag team title match, nor was in shape to wrestle at the event. Piper also said he is doing five days a week of chemotherapy.

Recent Results:

December 25th
Beau James def. Tracy Smothers and Ricky Morton def. Bobby Eaton in a Bullwire Match with special referee Jimmy Valiant for Southern States Wrestling in Kingsport, TN

Bill Dundee & L. T. Falk (w/ Dutch Mantel) def. Faron Fox & Tim Renesto and Chase Stevens def. USWO Champion Chris Michaels for the title in United States Wrestling Organization in Nashville, TN

December 26th
Charlie Haas & Viscera def. The Highlanders (Rory & Robbie McAllister), Jim Duggan def. Eugene, and Ric Flair and D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H) def. Kenny Dykstra & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Edge at a WWE RAW house show in Albany, NY

December 27th
Cryme Tyme (J. T. G. & Shad) def. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, Jim Duggan def. Viscera, and Ric Flair & D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H) def. Kenny Dykstra & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Edge at a WWE RAW house show in Rochester, NY

December 28th
Cryme Tyme (J. T. G. & Shad) def. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, Jim Duggan def. Viscera, and Ric Flair & D-Generation X def. Kenny Dykstra & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Edge at a WWE RAW house show in East Rutherford, NJ

December 29th
Cryme Tyme (J. T. G. & Shad) def. Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas, Jim Duggan def. Eugene, and Ric Flair & D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H) def. Kenny Dykstra & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Edge in a NO DQ Match at a WWE Raw house show in Fayetteville, NC

December 30th
Cryme Tyme (J. T. G. & Shad) def. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, and Ric Flair & D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H) def. Kenny Dykstra & WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Edge at a WWE RAW house show in Greensboro, NC

J. T. LaMotta def. Kevin Douglas, Steve DeMarco & Action Jackson wrestled to a No-Contest, and Brandon Collins def. Ryan Davidson for Professional Championship Wrestling in Arlington, TX

A. J. Styles def. Jeremy Vain for NWA Anarchy in Helen, GA

Upcoming Matches & Appearances:

January 4th
Koko B. Ware vs. Tracy Smothers is scheduled for Mid-South Wrestling in West Memphis, AR

January 5th & 6th
Kurt Angle faces the winner of a poll decided by votes of the fans in Portugal: A. J. Styles, Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels. Rhino faces the second placed. The third and fourth placed face each other.

January 7th
ICW Junior Heavyweight Champion Anthony Wayne defends against Randall Shane for Independent Championship Wrestling in Bowling Green, KY

January 12th
Erick Stevens vs. Brent Albright is scheduled for Full Impact Pro in Inverness, FL

January 13th
SPW Champion Fuel defends against SPW Tag Team Champion Running Wolf and The Trench Coat Mafia vs. Terry Cage and Anarchy 2nd are signed for Sooner Pro Wrestling in Lincoln, AR. Also appearing on the card: Matt Emerald & SPW Tag Team Champion Bobby Burns

Spoiler 2000 vs Khan is scheduled for American Championship Wrestling in Marshall, TX

Brent Albright is scheduled for Full Impact Pro in Crystal River, FL

January 14th
CAPW Champion Tracy Smothers defends his title against Bane for Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling in Cleveland, OH.

January 14th
NWA World Champion Abyss will defend his title against Christian Cage and Sting in a Triple Threat Elimination Match at the NWA-TNA PPV "Final Resolution". Also on the card, A. J. Styles will take on Rhino.

January 18th
Kishi is scheduled for New Wrestling Nation in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

January 19th
IWC Champion Ricky Reyes defends against Brent Albright for International Wrestling Cartel in Elizabeth, PA

Tracy Smothers & Baby Doll are amongst the talent scheduled for the debut of Feature Championship Wrestling in Hazard, KY

January 20th
A. J. Styles is scheduled for NWA-TNA in Birmingham, AL

January 25th
The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas) vs. La Resistance (Rob Conway & Rene Dupree) for Pro Wrestling Alliance in Pasadena, TX

January 26th
Brent Albright is scheduled for Ring of Honor in Braintree, MA

January 27th
Brent Albright is scheduled for Ring of Honor in Edison, NJ

February 10th
King Kong Bundy is scheduled for Stars & Stripes Wrestling returns in Clifton, NJ.

February 17th
Asylum Championship Wrestling will present its first card in their new home in Colorado Springs, CO. Matches set so far include: J. T. LaMotta vs. Matt Garza vs. Rob Ryzin vs. Cade Sydal in a 4-Way Elimination Match for the newly reinstated ACW Cruiserweight Title, ACW Hardcore Champion Rexx Reed vs. Carnage with the Pike's Peak Roller Derby Dames serving as Lumberjacks and a 10-man New Blood Asylum Royale where the winner gets a shot at ACW Champion John O'Malley.

February 24th
All-Star Wrestling & Mid-States Wrestling Unified Heavyweight Champion Kevin Lovejones will defend the title against Michael Barry in the main event of MSW's first show of the new year in Harrison, AR. Also on the card Jack Dalton teams with Lexington Starr to take on Bubba Hall & Sassy Merlot in an Intergender Tag Team Match. Also scheduled to appear are Jason Jones, Jake Boulder, Cast-Iron Cothern (w/ Boss Campbell), Gary Gram, Kenny Campbell, Mike Iles, and many more!

March 10th
A. J. Styles, Dusty Rhodes & Jerry Lawler are among the stars scheduled for Northeast Wrestling in Columbus, OH

March 16th
A. J. Styles vs. Samoa Joe is scheduled for North East Wrestling in Danbury, CT.

March 24th
NWA World Champion Abyss vs. A. J. Styles and Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana with special referee Ivan Putski are scheduled for International Wrestling Cartel in Franklin, PA

March 31st
A. J. Styles is scheduled for 1PW in Doncaster, England

April 13th through 15th
All American Pro Wrestling Fanfare & Supershow in Waynesboro, NC. Signed so far: Jim Cornette & The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton), Bill Watts, Ricky Morton, Missy Hyatt, Barry Darsow, Ted DiBiase, Phil Hickerson, Buddy Roberts, John Tatum, Lanny Poffo, The Missing Link, Skandar Akbar, Steve Williams, Koko B. Ware, & Hector Guerrero. More names to be announced later.

World Impact Wrestling & XXXChurch.com are teaming together for a professional wrestling event in April 2007 at the legendary Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA. The event will feature porn star Ron Jeremy along with "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, "The Agenda" Johnny Ova and Bobby Riedel, and many more. Tickets will be on sale via Ticketmaster in early February. Need more info? Visit www.Unscripted2007.com

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Autographs & Appearances:

January 6th
Sgt. Slaughter at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, NM during the New Mexico Scorpions hockey game

January 26th through 29th
Terry Taylor will be one of the stars hosting a training seminar for Federation X Entertainment in Orlando, FL. The cost of this training seminar is only $500 and applicants will need to send a $250 deposit to secure their position. Limited space is available for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Availability will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. For your training seminar information on how to get signed up, contact aj@fxewrestling.com or matt@fxewrestling.com or call the FXE office at (407) 816-1045

February 3rd
Sgt. Slaughter at the RICOH Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the Toronto Marlies hockey game

Ted DiBiase is doing a wrestling clinic in Tempe, AR. For more information, you can e-mail info@impactzonewrestling.com

February 10th
Ted DiBiase will be conducting a camp on 2/10 in Henrietta, NY before the NWA Upstate show at Minnett Hall. It will be 3-4 hours and you can sign up at hellcat@kayfabedojo.com

February 17th
Mick Foley at the RICOH Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the Toronto Marlies hockey game

Sgt. Slaughter will be signing autographs at Lee & Woo Optometry in San Francisco, CA. from 2 to 4 PM. Call 415-452-8320..

February 24th & 25th
Johnny Lee Clary (AKA Johnny Angel) will be preaching at Erindale Christian Centre in Canberra, Australia

March 23rd through 25th
Roddy Piper will be signing autographs and will be on a panel for his new movie "Sin-Jin Smyth" at the "Texas Fear-Fest 2007" (Texas Largest Horror Convention) to be held at Mesquite Hampton Inn in Mesquite, TX.

May 18th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs at Nutley High School in Nutley, NJ at an evening appearance. It is a charity event for the Senior Class.

May 19th
Sgt. Slaughter will be signing autographs on Armed Forces Day at Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson Dealership in Harrisburg, PA. from 12 Noon to 2 PM. Call 717-810-1993.

April 28th
"Legends of the Ring IV" Pro Wrestling Fanfest, Autograph, and Merchandise show. Co-promoted by 3 Count Promotions, Legends of the ring returns on April 28th 2007 at 9:00 am to The Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Carteret, NJ Just off NJ Turnpike Exit 12. A Star-Studded lineup of wrestlers and wrestling merchandise dealers featuring many Jakks Classic Superstar figures to get signed that day! Confirmed Guests Include: Steve Lombardi (aka The Brooklyn Brawler), Harvey Wippleman, Ernie Ladd, Bad News Brown, Corporal Kirchner, Bill Eadie (aka Demolition Ax), Barry Darsow, Big Bully Busick and many more to be announced in the weeks and months ahead. General Admission Tickets 10.00 each (Polaroid's and autographs additional.) Limited number of All Inclusive Supertickets available but are going quick on a first come first served numbered basis. For More Info please visit www.LEGENDSOFTHERING.com

June 16th
Sgt. Slaughter will be signing autographs at Military Appreciation Night at the Arkansas Twisters Arena Football game in North Little Rock, AR. Call 501-975-5425.

July 4th through 8th
Sting will be one of the guest speakers on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Sovereign of the Seas during the "Cruise With a Cause" Bahamas Missions Cruise sponsored by PraiseFest Ministries

July 7th
Mick Foley will be signing autographs at the Binghamton Mets baseball game in Binghamton, NY. Call 607-723-6387

October 5th through 7th
Chavo Guerrero, Sr. and Koko B. Ware are amongst the talent scheduled for a Dream Reunion: Return of the Legends #2 in Kokomo, IN

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Upcoming Birthdays:

January 2 - Tommy D
January 3 - Art Crews, Jim Ross
January 6 - Alberto Torres
January 7 - Chavo Guerro, Sr.