NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Review
What an epic event to start off 2023 with NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17!!! Definitely a show that I enjoyed overall with some interesting surprises! Here is my review!
Match Card:
Three Minute Exhibition: Ryohei Oiwa vs Boltin Oleg
KOPW 2023 Qualifier New Japan Ranbo
Antonio Inoki Memorial Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe vs Tatsumi Fujinami, Tiger Mask & Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) vs CHAOS (Lio Rush & YOH)
IWGP Women’s Championship: KAIRI (c) vs Tam Nakano
IWGP Tag Team Championship: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
NJPW World TV Championship Finals: Ren Narita vs Zack Sabre Jr.
NEVER Openweight Championship: Karl Anderson (c) vs Tama Tonga
Keiji Muto’s Last NJPW Match: Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi vs El Desperado vs Master Wato
IWGP United States Championship: Will Ospreay (c) vs Kenny Omega
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs Kazuchika Okada