TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian was originally scheduled to defend his title against Mike Santana at the 2026 TNA Genesis pay-per-view event. However, Santana will now have his championship match a few days earlier, as the bout has been moved from Genesis to the AMC premiere of iMPACT.
This announcement was made following Kazarian's successful title defense against Bear Bronson on last night's episode of iMPACT on AXS TV. During the event, Santana appeared in the crowd and mentioned that Santino Marella had agreed to the change in schedule for the match.
BREAKING: @FrankieKazarian defends the TNA World Championship against @Santana_Proud LIVE on the @AMC_TV premiere of Thursday Night iMPACT Thursday, January 15 at 9pm ET!
WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/EkIqqcuYSK pic.twitter.com/HdB2Cve2nL— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 2, 2026
