Title Change, Ring of Honor Stars On Impact Wrestling

Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 5 a.m.

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I\\u2019m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, January 14, 2022.

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This update is brought to you by IndyWrestling.us.

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(STINGER: Impact)

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Deonna Purrazzo is the NEW Ring Of Honor Women\\u2019s World Champion. She took the gold from Rok-C on Thursday\\u2019s Impact Wrestling.

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After the match, Maria Kanellis got in Purrazzo\\u2019s face\\u2026and Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent, and PCO laid out Matthew Rehwoldt, Willie Mack, and Rich Swann.

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The old ROH crew was all over this show. They took out D\\u2019Lo Brown at the start of the show.

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We learned earlier in the day that PCO has signed with Impact.

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Also on Thursday\\u2019s show, Impact World Champion Moose had a quick title defense Zicky Dice.

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SPEEDBALL Mike Bailey beat Jake Something\\u2026Laredo Kid beat Chris Bey\\u2026Masha Slamovich beat VertVixen\\u2026Jonah beat Raj Singh\\u2026and Charlie Haas made a surprise appearance to confront Josh Alexander.

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New Japan\\u2019s Guerrillas Of Destiny will make their Impact Wrestling debut at the tapings next weekend in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

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(STINGER: WWE)

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The SmackDown roster has been hit by another injury. King Woods revealed on G4\\u2019s Attack Of The Show that he tore a muscle in his leg.

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It happened during a match on the January 7th episode of SmackDown. Woods said he\\u2019ll be out of action for about 4-to-6 weeks.

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As of Thursday night, we have nothing being promoted for Friday night\\u2019s SmackDown.

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WALTER\\u2019s last match on NXT UK was a win over Nathan Frazer.

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Also on Thursday\\u2019s episode\\u2026Dave Mastiff & Jack Starz beat Teoman & Rohan Raja to advance in the NXT UK Tag Title #1 Contenders Tournament\\u2026thanks to a little help from Gallus.

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Plus, Amele beat Stevie Turner.

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(STINGER: AEW)

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The AEW Tag Titles are on the line on tonight\\u2019s Rampage. Jurassic Express defend against Dark Order\\u2019s John Silver & Alex Reynolds.

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Also tonight\\u2026Adam Cole vs. Trent Beretta\\u2026Kris Statlander, Red Velvet, & LEGIT Leyla Hirsch vs. Nyla Rose, Penelope Ford, & The Bunny\\u2026PLUS, Shawn Spears vs. Andrew Everett.

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GCW announced a big match its big show at New York\\u2019s Hammerstein Ballroom on January 23rd. It\\u2019ll be Matt Cardona vs. Joey Janela.

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GCW is in Detroit Friday night for its \\u201cMost Notorious\\u201d show. Matt Cardona faces Rhino. Plus, Rich Swann vs. Leon Ruff\\u2026and Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs.

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GCW is in Chicago Saturday night for \\u201cSay You Will\\u201d...where Jonathan Gresham will defend the ROH World Championship against 2 Cold Scorpio.

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Gresham\\u2019s upstart promotion Terminus has its debut show on Sunday. Gresham is scheduled to defend his ROH Title against Josh Alexander. Plus, Bandido will defend HIS version of the ROH World Championship against Baron Black.

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Over in Japan, Pro-Wrestling NOAH has a big show on Sunday\\u2026with Katsuhiko Nakajima defending the GHC Championship against Masa Kitamiya.

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Plus, Kenoh & Manabu Soya challenge Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Tag Titles.

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Title changes in Dragon Gate!

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The freshly unmasked Dragon Dia is the new Open The Brave Gate Champion. He took the title from SB Kento in a quick, surprise main event on Wednesday\\u2019s show.

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Earlier, Eita, HYO & Kaito Ishida took the Open The Triangle Gate Championship from Jason Lee, Kota Minoura & Shun Skywalker\\u2026after Skywalker\\u2019s own partners turned on him. There\\u2019s a lot of backstory at play, and it\\u2019s hard, to sum up.

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Anyway, on Thursday we got another title change! Dragon Dia & his former longtime rival Yuki Yoshioka - the former Dia Inferno - won the Open The Twin Gate Titles from SB Kento & HYO.

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Dragon Gate\\u2026is wild. Seek out an expert like Case Lowe from Voices Of Wrestling if you want all of this drama explained in detail.

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This weekend\\u2019s Ring Of Honor TV will feature a behind-the-scenes documentary on last summer\\u2019s ROH Women\\u2019s World Title Tournament.

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That\\u2019s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, January 14, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to this feed so you don\\u2019t miss our next update. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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