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 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 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 Wrestling
Pro Wrestling NOAH - Event TypePay Per View
- Year2023
- Event DateJanuary 4, 2023
- End DateJanuary 21, 2023
- Country
Japan - LocationTokyo, Japan - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- ArenaTokyo Dome - Yokohama Arena
- Event SeriesNJPW Wrestle Kingdom
- NetworkNJPW World
- Attendance 31,618
- Running Time4 hours per episode
- Main EventJay White vs. Kazuchika Okada - Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom: Event History
NJPW 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]