NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 - January 4, 2023

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Chris]

....Tanahashi vs Naito straight up isn't something I'd considered but would make a great special singles match wow

 

[Comrade Khan]

....Tanahashi vs Naito straight up isn't something I'd considered but would make a great special singles match wow

That or mb smth w muto im guessin? 1 v 1 would rule the most though yeh

 

[Chris]

That or mb smth w muto im guessin? 1 v 1 would rule the most though yeh

Possibly, I think his whole retirement schedule has been set tho but who knows

What would be funniest is if they were in the KOPW shit tho

 

[Comrade Khan]

Huston we have a problem

 

[Apoho Creed]

Muta's Last Match in New Japan! Shooter

 

[Comrade Khan]

Also ya i kind of called naito tana muto in a multiman. Its cool but no singles naito match is a bit of a kick in the pants

 

[Comrade Khan]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 (1/4)

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
• IWGP United States Championship: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kenny Omega
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
• Keiji Muto’s Last NJPW Match: Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI)
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Karl Anderson (c) vs. Tama Tonga
• NJPW World TV Championship: Ren Narita vs Zack Sabre Jr.
• IWGP Tag Team Championships: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
• IWGP Women’s Championship: KAIRI (c) vs. Tam Nakano
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) vs. CHAOS (Lio Rush & YOH)
• Antonio Inoki Memorial Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask
• KOPW 2023 Qualifier: New Japan Rambo
• Exhibition Match: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa

 

[Chris]

Solid card, not great but still good for WK I'd say and I'm sure the top matches deliver

 

[Comrade Khan]

Solid card, not great but still good for WK I'd say and I'm sure the top matches deliver

it feels light on big singles match yes? That's my immediate critique

 

[Chris]

it feels light on big singles match yes? That's my immediate critique

Probably a side effect of only one day this time and trying to fit everyone on the card

 

[Comrade Khan]

or I guess big single matches with melodrama and high stakes is a better way to put it. even Kenny/Ospreay will deliver but it's odd there's not a peep of it on AEW tv for example.

 

[Chris]

@Gedo

 

[CakeWalker]

hold up - is the show in Yokohama an actual Nigh 2 - or just using the same location as NOAHvsNJPW on n3 last year

 

[Chris]

AXS announced on Wednesday that matches from January's NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 will be coming to their airwaves in tape delay fashion to kick off a new 45-episode order for the coming year.

For five weeks starting on Thursday, January 12th at 10 PM Eastern after Impact Wrestling, NJPW will present hour-long episodes featuring matches from its biggest show of the year with both Kevin Kelley and Chris Charlton on commentary.

The first two episodes are already set as the January 12th kickoff will feature Will Ospreay defending the IWGP U.S. title against Kenny Omega while the January 19th episode will see IWGP World Champion Jay White defend against Kazuchika Okada.

Matches for the January 26th, February 2nd and February 9th shows will be announced at a later date.

They also announced a re-air of the 2017 Wrestle Kingdom 11 main event between Okada and Omega for Thursday, January 5th at 10 PM Eastern.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 matches to air via tape delay on AXS TV

The matches will kick off a new 45-episode run of NJPW on AXS TV.

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