Hiroshi Tanahashi on His In-Ring Wrestling Career Retirement & Plans to Cut His Hair Short
Wednesday’s 2025 Tokyo Sports Awards event in Japan featured NJPW President and former wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi as one of the guests. One of the topics discussed included Tanahashi’s thoughts about his retirement from his in-ring wrestling career following this past Sunday’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 event.
“Yes, I do [feel a sense of relief]. Until I retired as a professional wrestler, every morning I would wake up and think, ‘Oh, where’s my match today?’ and I always had that feeling of tension. But when I woke up this morning and thought, ‘Oh, I won’t be having any more matches,’ I felt a little sad, but I also felt like I’ve moved on to a different stage.”
Tanahashi also gave his thoughts about his current plans to get a haircut soon to cut off his long hair he wore throughout his wrestling career.
“I’m getting a little break next week, so I’ll get my hair cut around the weekend. Yes, I’ll be cutting off all the hair at the back.
Well, I’m going to become a handsome older man. Just a handsome older man, just a cool guy.”
AEW National Title, ROH Pure Title, and ROH World Title Matches Announced for CMLL International Weekend
Wednesday’s episode of CMLL Informa featured four new matches announced for the card of CMLL’s International Weekend events, which takes place on January 16-18 at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.
The first new match announced was an AEW National Championship match of Titan vs. Ricochet (c).
The second new match announced was a ROH Pure Championship match of Xelhua vs. Lee Moriarty (c).
The third new match announced was a Trios match of The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona) vs. mystery opponents.
The fourth new match announced was a ROH World Championship match of Templario vs. Bandido (c).
It was not specified which shows these new matches will be taking place on.
#CMLLInforma || 🌎⏳😱
— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) January 8, 2026
16/01/2026 – Arena México: https://t.co/hVEPPnxpJy
17/01/2026 – Arena Coliseo: https://t.co/QJOWzvLiR9
18/01/2026 – Arena México: https://t.co/9Mu0SQ7aa5
😮💨 Los duelos que nos esperan en el próximo Fin de Semana Internacional del CMLL… pic.twitter.com/EkZQEUFYH8
Current Card for Thursday’s TNA Impact! Show
TNA Wrestling announced the card for tonight’s TNA Impact! show on AXS TV and Sportsnet 360.
This will be the final Impact! show of the AXS TV era.
Current card for January 8th TNA Impact! show:
- TNA International Championship – Steve Maclin vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo (c)
- Eight-Man Tag Team match – The System (JDC, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, & Moose) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy), Cedric Alexander, & Leon Slater
- Dani Luna vs. Harley Hudson
- Mustafa Ali & Order 4 to address TNA Genesis 2026
- TNA World Championship contract signing segment with Mike Santana and Frankie Kazarian
- TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) to kick off the show
Current Card for Thursday’s ROH TV Show
Ring of Honor announced the card for tonight’s ROH TV show on HonorClub.
Current card for January 8th ROH TV show:
- Mixed 6-Person Tag Team match – Rachael Ellering, Demo Diamond, & Delynn Cavens vs. Premier Athletes (Stori Denali, Ari Daivari, & Tony Nese)
- Six-Person Tag Team match – The Frat House (Preston Vance, Cole Karter, & Griff Garrison) vs. Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
- The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. ‘Dynamite Kid’ Tommy Billington & Adam Priest
- MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. The Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross Von Erich)
- Billie Starkz & Diamanté vs. mystery opponents
- Cru (Lio Rush & Action Andretti) vs. mystery opponents
- Aaron Solo vs. Ace Austin
- Kiran Grey vs. Sammy Guevara
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