Date: 01/11	3:00 PM
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Tues. #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 Tuesday's latest wrestling news.

New Japan has announced a Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito match for one of their upcoming "golden series" events. The current cards are below. (NJPW)

January 20 (Korakuen Hall - Tokyo):
* Yuto Nakashima vs. Great-O-Khan
* Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
* Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe vs. Taiji Ishimori & Jado
* Toru Yano, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku)
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado)
* YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. House of Torture (SHO, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo)
* Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Shingo Takagi)

February 19 (Hokkai Kitayell - Sapporo):
* IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. SANADA
* IWGP Tag Team Championships Match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships Match: Flying Eagles (c) (Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles) vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo

February 20 (Hokkai Kitayell - Sapporo):
* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: House of Torture (c) (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH)
* KOPW 2022 Trophy: Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Toru Yano

New WWE related videos are available below.

PWG has announced Speedball Mike Bailey is the final entrant in the 2022 Battle of Los Angeles. Tickets for BOLA are completely sold out.

Here's the lineup for New Japan Strong this week. (NJPW)

* JONAH vs. David Finlay
* Brody King vs. Dave Dutra
* LA Dojo (Karl Fredericks & Kevin Knight) vs. Stray Dog Army (Bateman & Misterioso)

And here's the lineup for NXT 2.0 tonight. (WWE)

* Bron Breakker kicks off his reign as WWE NXT Champion tonight
* Crowbar on a Pole Match: Pete Dunne vs. Tony D'Angelo
* AJ Styles vs. Grayson Waller
* Xyon Quinn vs. Santos Escobar (Elektra Lopez says she'll leave with the winner)
* Solo Sikoa vs. Boa
* Kayden Carter, Kacy Catanzaro, & Amari Miller vs. Persia Pirotta, Indi Hartwell, & Wendy Chu

Mark Henry has pegged Austin Theory as a future WWE star: "I was torn and I ended up with Austin Theory because he's doing something that very few wrestlers get to do, i.e. play Robin to Batman, which is playing Robin to Vince McMahon. Austin did it, The Rock did it, Mankind did it, and you go down the list of guys that had serious interactions with Vince, those storylines with Vince: who did they become? The face of the company, 'The Guy.' Austin Theory is on that trajectory. He's young, he can be groomed, he listens, he wants to be great, and he realizes the position is that he is in, and he's doing what he's told and he'll be a star."

A new vlog from the Good Brothers is below.

New AEW related videos are available below.

Here are the upcoming episodes of Impact in 60. (AXS)

* January 13 - The Best of the Hardys
* January 14 - The Best of Deonna Purrazzo
* January 20 - The Best of the Super X Cup

The AEW Battle of the Belts on TNT last Saturday did 704,000 viewers and a 0.27 18-49 demo. (Wrestlenomics)

WWE has filed a new trademark for "As Close As It Gets." (PWI)

TERMINUS has announced "directives" i.e. "rules" for their inaugural show.

* All matches must be won by pin, submission, knockout, or DQ unless a substitute stipulation is agreed upon by the grapplers
* Time limits are strictly enforced: Singles (15 minutes); Tag-Multiman Matches (15 minutes); Championship bouts (20 minutes)
* Overtime: A 90 second overtime period occurs if there is no winner after the time limit expires. Grapplers will start OT period in a neutral position, if there is no decision when OT expires, the result is a draw.
* Disqualification Criteria: Two technical fouls; foreign object usage; or outside interference.
* Technical fouls include: throwing an opponent over the top rope; a 10 second top rope count; a 5 count on the ropes; intentional physical contact with the referee; intentional low blow; intentional eye gouge; fish-hooking; hair pulling spitting; or closed fist punches to the face.
* Technical fouls will be given at referee's discretion.
* Count outs are five seconds.
* Any weapon usage will result in immediate disqualification and expulsion from TERMINUS.

Taya Valkyrie talks about her run as Franky Monet in NXT: "It was great, but I wish that I had gotten more of an opportunity to show what I could do, I'll be honest. I didn't feel like I was given the opportunity that I needed and I don't even think I scratched the surface of what you all know La Guera Loca and Taya Valkyrie bring to the table. With that said, I did gain a lot of knowledge, I learned a lot about myself and I'm super excited to bring all of that and remind all of you who I am, starting next week. You can't stop learning."

2:00 PM ET. Dustin Rhodes talks about building AEW's women's division: "It is a big part, they have been denied, and they are getting these opportunities now. That's important. I want to get them to where they have two matches on Dynamite or Rampage. It's not fair, but we're getting there and making leaps and bounds. The female talent coming in are very athletic and in some cases they are just as good, if not better, than some of the guys, and that's awesome. I love that. That's the challenge for me that I really like to take on. Not just for the ladies, but I specifically like working with the ladies because they are coachable and understanding and want and are passionate about what we're doing here and who we are growing to be. It's really cool to see them light up and succeed in a way that the guys already do."

Eddie Kingston talks about his issues with Chris Jericho: "If I had my way... there are a lot of things going on with Garcia and 2point0 and now Jericho is sticking his nose in my business. I love PNP, those are my boys for years, I love them both to death. I don't like it that they are with Jericho and never did. Whatever, we all have to make money. I have my own opinion on Jericho. I don't want his help, I don't need his help. He's helping out PNP, but are they world tag team champions? No because they are busy dealing with Jericho's beef. You can put this on clickbait, clickbait the fuck out of this, if it wasn't for Chris Jericho and his beef with random people, Proud N Powerful would be world tag team champions. I'm saying it now. If Jericho don't like it, come see me in Raleigh, I'll be there. Jericho is not the guy from Smokey Mountain, he's not the guy from New Japan. Don't come at me and try to help me. I don't want your help. Go help PNP get a world tag title shot instead of worrying about yourself. Clickbait it."

Here's a new Bron Breakker interview for those interested.

NXT's creative team reports to Bruce Prichard and Christine Lubrano from this point on, with Johnny Russo serving as the head of that team. (PWI)

AAA Lucha Libre will also be having a live event at WrestleCon 2022.

Here's a transcription of Tom Hannifan's interview with Renee Paquette.

Killer Kross on if he should have gone to AEW instead of WWE after Impact: "I'd probably still be wrestling. I'm sure I would have been happy and creatively fulfilled. All of my friends work for AEW. I had only a couple of friends work in WWE. I would have been in good company, not that I wasn't in NXT, the locker room is awesome there. I think I would have loved it."

Janai Kai talks about her AEW Rampage match with Jage Cargill: "When you know you're not gonna get a lot of time, make the most of it and so, the way that I handled myself and did everything in the ring for that little time, that was all Santana in my head telling me, 'Okay, make sure you pose well. Make sure you circle the ring how you usually circle the ring. At least circle your style in one way and that will get some sort of attention' so that's what I did and it honestly worked because if I had not did the pose or circled the ring like how I usually do then I just would have been another random person to be honest, because when I go on Twitter, everyone was saying how cool I was. I was like, 'I have like three seconds in the ring' but they were just talking about everything else detail-wise. I was like, 'Okay. So this is what Santana meant and this is how it actually does work out' so, yeah. I think with that overall experience, you know, it is what it is but I'm so thankful that I knew how to handle it."

3:00 PM ET. Kenny Omega tried to apologize to Jim Cornette on Twitter and Cornette wasn't having it: "Piss off with your phony apology bullshit, turdblossom. I've never had COVID, I don't want to have ANY interaction with you and your phony wrestling, and I don't have any breathing issues except when you're on the air I refuse to breathe it."

Tasha Steelz talks about how she and Jordynne Grace pushed for a Knockouts Ultimate X match: "This is something that a lot of people weren't expecting us women to do. I believe since last year, Jordynne Grace and I were bugging the hell out of Scott. We were backstage like, 'we can do it, we can do it, we can do it.' Slammiversary, we saw the structure go up for the guys and we climbed up there ourselves. 'Scott, we can do this, you have to give us this match.' It's not like he immediately said 'no,' but I knew just looking at his face and watching us climb up there, the wheels were turning, we just didn't know when. When it did get announced, for me, the butterflies went. 'I have to be in this. This is my time and my moment.' If we keep talking about it and want this match, it's something that I needed to do and wanted to prove we are out here and can do just as much as the guys can do, if not better. This was at the top of the list. Anything else, hell yeah we can do it. If we can do the Ultimate X, we can do anything the guys can do."

4:00 PM ET. This year's Chris Jericho Cruise has been postponed until 2023 due to "the current environment and the quick turnaround between cruises" i.e. COVID-19.

Jay White will take part in the upcoming Impact Wrestling tapings.

Here's a Zicky Dice interview for those interested.

Mark Henry and Mikey Rukus say AEW is releasing a hip-hop compilation album for Black History Month. Rukus: "Some context~This has been in the works for a while. To give a better understanding. I assembled many familiar producers, musicians, rappers/artists within our pro wrestling space to come together and make amazing music that tells the stories of our black talent. This is a celebration of black excellence. It is pure, authentic storytelling. Each star getting an original song written about their come up. We will press a limited commemorative CD for purchase with 100% of the proceeds going to charity."