Fight Size Update: Fred Ottman Reportedly Ill, Kofi Kingston To Hit Milestone, Match Between Impact Champion And WWE Champion Set, More!

It's the end of the week, you made it! Here is your Fight Size Update for January 12:

- Above, you can see a preview for next week's Impact, which will feature a Barbed Wire Massacre match.

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- Fred Ottman, best known as the Shockmaster, appears to be ill according to several people within the industry on social media, including Lisa Marie Varon:

- Atsushi Onita, who has held political office in Japan in the past, is planning on running for mayor in the city of Kansai this April.

- Kenta Kobashi has his own Pro Wrestling Tees store, which you can check out here.

- Impact Wrestling's application for a trademark on "Impact Grand Champion" has been denied. It was denied because the application doesn't show that the mark is used in commerce in connection with any of the goods they specified. No word on what the next step would be.

- Some interesting facts on Kofi Kingston, who will mark his ten year anniversary on the main roster on January 22:

- MLW's next event will be Road to the Championship on February 8.

- In another historic first, Destiny World Wrestling will make history as WWE United Kingdom champion Pete Dunne and new Impact Global champion Austin Aries will battle on January 21 in Toronto, Canada:

 

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