John Cena, Athena, AAA, TNA Impact, CMLL, LA Knight, The Usos, The New Day, AEW Continental Classic, Eddie Kingston, Collision – Thursday’s Pro Wrestling News

John Cena

According to Bryan Alvarez, John Cena vs. Gunther will open Saturday Night’s Main Event, and the match will not have a time limit. In fact he reports that the entire show will get “as much time as needed” which sounds like all parties are planning for and anticipating a possible overrun. (WO)

Today’s Ring of Honor episode for Honor Club will feature a celebration of Athena’s three year reign as the ROH Women’s World Champion. (ROH)

  • Athena three-year ROH Women’s World Championship Celebration
  • ROH Women’s World TV Championship – Proving Ground Match: Red Velvet vs. Lacey Lane
  • Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) vs. The Frat House (Preston Vance, Cole Karter & Griff Garrison
  • Hechicero vs. Josh Woods
  • Zayda Steel vs. Rachael Ellering
  • Dalton Castle, The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum), Adam Priest & Tommy Billington vs. Tony Nese, Ari Daivari, Mansoor, Mason Madden, and Johnny TV
  • Inaugural ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo in action
  • Jay Lethal in action
  • The Spanish Announce Project (Serpentico & Angelico) in action

AAA Lucha Libre has confirmed their first show to air on FOX Mexico will be January 17th, 2026.

Here’s the announced card for Impact tonight. (TNA)

  • Dog Collar Match: Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell
  • X-Division Championship Top Contenders Match: Cedric Alexander vs. BDE vs. Jason Hotch vs. Ryan Nemeth vs. Dezmond Xavier vs. Jake Something
  • Lexis King vs. Matt Cardona (Winner gets the advantage for their team in the upcoming Steel Cage Match)
  • The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) vs. Sinner & Saint
  • We hear from TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys

Here’s the card for Viernes Espectacular on Friday. (CMLL)

  • CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship Match: Mistico vs. Soberano Jr.
  • Gran Alternativa Battle Royal: Atlantis Jr. & Xelhua vs El Elemental & Volador Jr. and Hijo del Pantera & Templario and Averno & Barboza and Explosivo & Titán and Euforia & Gallero and TBA & Futuro and Ángel de Oro & Yutani
  • Gran Alternativa Quarterfinals and Semifinals: Competitors TBA
  • Lighting Match: Tessa Blanchard vs. Zeuxis
  • Lightning Match: Fury Boy vs. Kamelot
  • El Audaz, Fugaz, Valiente Jr. vs. Hijo de Stuka Jr., Infarto, Okumura

LA Knight has “a number” of years left on his current WWE deal. (FF)

The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) will face The New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) on next week’s edition of Raw. (WWE)

Here are the updated Continental Classic standings. (AEW)

Blue League:

  • Konosuke Takeshita (2-0, 6 points)
  • Claudio Castagnoli (2-1, 6 points)
  • Roderick Strong (0-2, 0 points)
  • Máscara Dorada (1-1, 3 points)
  • Orange Cassidy (1-1, 3 points)
  • Jon Moxley (1-2, 3 points)

Gold League:

  • Kyle Fletcher (2-1, 6 points)
  • Kazuchika Okada (2-1, 6 points)
  • Mike Bailey (1-1, 0 points)
  • Kevin Knight (1-1, 3 points)
  • PAC (1-1, 3 points)
  • Jack Perry (0-2, 0 points)

In an interview with Gabby LaSpisa, Eddie Kingston said he has six more years on his AEW deal.

Here’s the updated card for Collision on Saturday. (AEW)

  • TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Daniel Garcia
  • Continental Classic Blue League Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  • Josh Alexander vs. Swerve Strickland
  • Jamie Hayter & Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue & Julia Hart