NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH, which took place from January 4, 2023 to January 21, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome - Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
It's the 32° edition of the Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show event series, after NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16.
The event had an attendance of 31,618 fans. The main event of the show was Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada - Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
- Promotion New Japan Pro WrestlingPro Wrestling NOAH
- Event Type Pay Per View
- Start Date January 4, 2023
- Event Date January 21, 2023
- Year 2023
- Event Series Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Arena Tokyo Dome - Yokohama Arena
- Network NJPW World
- Attendance 31,618
- Running Time 4 hours per episode
- Main Event Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada - Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh
JapanNJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Results
TOKYO DOME (01/04)- [PPV Kickoff]
Three Minute Exhibition Match
Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg ends in a Draw via Time Limit - [PPV Kickoff]
19-Man New Japan Ranbo
"Final 4 will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship on New Year Dash!!"
Winners: Great-O-Khan, Shingo Takagi, SHO, Toru Yano
Participants: SHO, Hikuleo, EVIL, Tomohiro Ishii, Great O-Khan, DOUKI, Rocky Romero, KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Aaron Henare, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jeff Cobb, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yujiro Takahashi, Toru Yano, El Phantasmo, Taichi, Shingo Takagi - [Antonio Inoki Special Celebration]
"Antonio Inoki Memorial Match"
Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe defeat Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) (c) defeat CHAOS (YOH & Lio Rush) to retain the titles -
IWGP Women's Championship
KAIRI (c) defeats Tam Nakano to retain the title -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeat FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) to win the titles -
NJPW World Television Championship Tournament - Final
Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Ren Narita to win the new title -
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tama Tonga defeats Karl Anderson (c) to win the title - "Keiji Muto’s Last NJPW Match"
Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI) -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 4-Way Match
Hiromu Takahashi defeats Taiji Ishimori (c), El Desperado and Master Wato to win the title - "LEC presents Double Main event I"
IWGP United States Championship
Kenny Omega defeats Will Ospreay (c) to win the title - "Double Main event II"
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada defeats Jay White (c) to win the title
YOKOHAMA ARENA (01/21) - NJPW vs. NOAH
- [PPV Kickoff]
"NJPW vs. NOAH"
Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa [NJPW] defeat Yasutaka Yano & Taishi Ozawa [NOAH] - [PPV Kickoff]
"NJPW vs. NOAH"
Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya [NOAH] defeat Tomohiro Ishii & Oskar Leube [NJPW] - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Takashi Sugiura defeat Bullet Club (KENTA, El Phantasmo & Gedo) & Naomichi Marufuji
- "NJPW vs. NOAH"
El Desperado [NJPW] defeats YO-HEY [NOAH] - "NJPW vs. NOAH"
Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & AMAKUSA [NOAH] defeat Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato [NJPW] - "NJPW vs. NOAH"
Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe [NJPW] vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura [NOAH] ends in a No Contest - "Kongo vs. LIJ Best of 5 Series - Match #1"
Tadasuke [Kongo] defeats BUSHI [LIJ] [1-0] - "Kongo vs. LIJ Best of 5 Series - Match #2"
Hiromu Takahashi [LIJ] defeats Hajime Ohara [Kongo] [1-1] - "Kongo vs. LIJ Best of 5 Series - Match #3"
Manabu Soya [Kongo] defeats SANADA [LIJ] [2-1] - "Kongo vs. LIJ Best of 5 Series - Match #4"
Shingo Takagi [LIJ] defeats Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] [2-2] - "Kongo vs. LIJ Best of 5 Series - Match #5"
Tetsuya Naito [LIJ] defeats Kenoh [Kongo] [3-2]