Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Impact, Genesis, Mike Santana, Kazarian, Madison Rayne, ROH, Colby Corino, EC3, NWA, Hiroshi Tanahashi, J. Hayter, Naito, BUSHI, MJF – News for Jan. 2nd

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Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre headlined a WWE house show in Syracuse, NY. (WBS)

  • IYO SKY def. Raquel Rodriguez
  • Fraxiom def. The New Day
  • WWE Women’s Championship Match: Jade Cargill def. B-Fab
  • The Wyatt Sicks def. The MFTs
  • WWE United States Championship Match: Carmelo Hayes def. The Miz
  • Gunther def. Sami Zayn
  • Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed def. The War Raiders
  • Undisputed WWE Championship Street Fight: Cody Rhodes (c) def. Drew McIntyre

An early card for Impact next week is below. (TNA)

  • TNA International Championship Match: Stacks vs. Steve Maclin
  • The System vs. Cedric Alexander, Leon Slater & The Hardys
  • Dani Luna vs. Harley Hudson

The updated card for Genesis on January 17th is below. (TNA)

  • TNA X Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Moose vs. Cedric Alexander
  • Retirement match for JDC: JDC vs. Eddie Edwards
  • Mustafa Ali vs. Elijah

Mike Santana will get his chance to get the TNA World Title back from Frankie Kazarian two days earlier when Impact debuts on AMC. (TNA)

Yota Tsuji’s comments that NJPW should sever its relationship with AEW were not “in character” and were entirely his own long held opinion. (FF)

Madison Rayne announced her in-ring retirement last night on Honor Club. (ROH) Additional results from that episode are below. (WO)

  • Bandido & Jay Lethal fought The Swirl to a no contest
  • Bryan Keith def. Serpentico
  • Billie Starkz & Diamante def. Deonna Purrazzo & Madison Rayne
  • Lance Archer def. Steve Gibki
  • Top Flight & Komander def. Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean
  • Hechicero def. Aaron Solo
  • Fight Without Honor: Dalton Castle & The Outrunners def. MxMxTV

Colby Corino is no longer under contract with NWA. (FF)

EC3 also announced he’s no longer with NWA on social media.

Hiroshi Tanahashi talks about his health leading into Wrestle Kingdom 20: “My knees are the weak point for sure. Running the ropes you really want to put all you have into that first step to clear the ring side to side right, but I never quite have the pace on my knees, I try to make up with it with my upper body. I’ve really been giving it 100% every single day. I was glad to be able to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight even if I couldn’t win it, and although I said I would wrestle every NJPW wrestler by the end of the year. I didn’t get to everyone but I wrestled more this year than any other. Heh heh, I beat the Young Lions. But I love singles matches! Having that singular focus, having to think in that frame and out think my opponent. It’s a lot of fun. And having to adapt when things don’t go how you might expect, I think I was able to keep evolving through the year.”

Jamie Hayter has been announced for Pro Wrestling EVE’s Queendom 8.

Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI are the new GHC Tag Team Champions, defeating Naomichi Marufuji and KENOH at The New Year 2026. Naito also introduced a new member of Los Tranquilos de Japon in the form of RYUSEI.

Tony Deppen is stepping away from pro wrestling for the first half of 2026. Best wishes to him!

Tessa Blanchard and CMLL wrestler Esfinge are engaged. Diamante and Kiera Hogan are also engaged. Congratulations to them both!

MJF says he’ll defend his AEW World Title against Alec Price for Limitless on January 16th.