Cena, Athena, AAA, TNA Impact, CMLL, LA Knight, Usos, New Day, Classic, Eddie Kingston, Collision, Breakker, Double Tapings, Dynamite – Thursday’s News (Updated)

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

Bron Breakker is now viewed internally as “the next big star” of WWE. (BSN)

Both next week’s Raw in Hershey, PA and next week’s SmackDown in Grand Rapids, MI are now listed as double tapings. (WWE)

Here’s what’s been announced for Dynamite next week. (AEW)

  • Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royale: Competitors TBA
  • $1 Million Match: The Elite vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada & Hechicero
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR vs. Austin Gunn & Juice Robinson