Date: 01/07	3:00 PM
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Fri. #1 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Friday's latest wrestling news.

Roman Reigns is reportedly not at higher risk for COVID-19 because the treatment he got for CML leukemia did not involve the specific chemotherapy that destroys your immune system, and his immune system is "fairly normal" as a result. As long as he got vaccinated and had a booster, he would have had a healthy immune response, which is why he was able to recover so quickly and return for SmackDown tonight. (WO)

GCW has announced Matt Cardona vs. Rhino for Jan. 14th in Detroit. Cardona wasn't pleased with this news because he wanted to face Joey Janela instead.

The updated Hard to Kill lineup for January 8th is below. (IW)

* Impact World Championship Match: Moose vs. Matt Cardona vs. W. Morrissey
* Impact Knockouts Championship Match: Mickie James vs. Deonna Purrazzo
* ROH World Championship: Jonathan Gresham vs. Chris Sabin
* Impact X-Division Championship Match: Trey Miguel vs. Steve Maclin (and if he doesn't win, Maclin is barred from challenging for the title while Miguel is champion)
* Knockouts Ultimate X Match: Lady Frost vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Alisha vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Rosemary vs. Chelsea Green
* Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match: The IInspiration vs. The Influence -- scratched due to IInspiration testing positive for COVID
* Hardcore War: The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) & Violent By Design (Eric Young, Deaner, & Joe Doering) vs. Willie Mack, Rich Swann, Eddie Edwards, Rhino, & Heath (The Good Brothers and Violent By Design have the advantage)
* JONAH vs. Josh Alexander
* Pre-Show Match: Jake Something vs. Chris Bey vs. Ace Austin vs. Laredo Kid

LuFisto has been announced for the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Road Dogg is already teasing the idea of going to AEW: "This light bill ain't gonna pay itself!"

AEW has filed a new trademark for the term "Paragon" used by Kyle O'Reilly when talking about himself, Adam Cole and Bobby Fish. (FF)

Brock Lesnar set a new WWE record at Day 1 by going 20 years between the first time he won a world title and his current reign. The previous record was 18 years and was set by Hulk Hogan. (WO)

Katsuyori Shibata "went into business for himself" in the match with Ren Narita, but Narita was still careful to avoid hitting him in the head, and there's no heat on Shibata and he won't be punished since he didn't get hurt. (WO)

4:00 PM ET. AEW may have a problem trademarking "Paragon" for a new faction as there's already a wrestler by that name with his own merchandise who is a regular for Chicagoland Championship Wrestling. Thanks to Koriander Bullard for the tip!

New WWE related videos are available below.

The National Wrestling Alliance has announced they are expanding to six pay per view events per year and revealed new deals to go along with it.

The Deals:

Monthly NWA All Access Pass – $4.99

Annual NWA All Access Pass – $49.99 – includes two months free + all PPV events

Pay-Per-View events – $24.99 individually or part of the Annual NWA Access Pass

The Run Down:

NWA POWERRR: Tuesday nights at 6:05pm ET first run on NWA All Access Pass; Available on NWA and FITE's YouTube on Fridays at 6:05pm ET.

NWA USA: Saturday mornings at 12:05am ET; Available on NWA and FITE's YouTube first for 48 hours and then available on NWA All Access Pass on Sundays at 6:05pm ET.

NWA Monthly Specials: Exclusively on NWA All Access Pass; Date each month to be determined; Never available on YouTube

NWA Pay-Per-View events; Live as standalone PPV event or on the Annual NWA All Access Pass; Never available on YouTube

Suge D and Faye Jackson will host the TERMINUS "Tip Off" show.

Tru TV's new series Fast Foodies will feature Chris Jericho: "Previously announced guests included Jesse Tyler Ferguson ('Modern Family'), Baron Davis, Nikki Glaser ('FBOY ISLAND'), Chris Jericho ('AEW'), Reggie Watts ('The Late Late Show with James Corden'), Natasha Leggero ('The Honeymoon Stand Up Special'), Bobby Moynihan ('Saturday Night Live') and more."

Highlights from Impact Wrestling last night are below.

Kairi Sane (Hojo) is still under a WWE contract but that deal will expire in February. (WO)

WWE apparently decided Becky Lynch would be "Big Time Becks" because they no longer own the rights to "The Man" and it reverted back to Ric Flair. (WO)

Alex Hammerstone will defend his MLW World Title against Pagano at Blood & Thunder in a Falls Count Anywhere match. (MLW)

Here's a new Bron Breakker interview.

Macaulay Culkin says what we're all thinking about WWE these days: "How many times can they show us the same match?"

WWE will reporter their 4th quarter 2021 earnings on Feb. 3rd. (WWE)

Here's a new Cody Rhodes interview.