NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Results (1/4/23): Ospreay vs. Omega, Okada vs. White
Here are the results for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 featuring KAIRI vs. Tam Nakano, Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, and Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White!
Wrestle Kingdom 17 has finally arrived as NJPW returns to the one-night format for their signature January 4 event.
The Double Main Event for Wrestle Kingdom 17 features Will Ospreay defending the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against AEW’s Kenny Omega as Omega returns to NJPW for the first time since 2019. The second match of the Double Main Event will see IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White putting his gold on the line against the G1 Climax winner Kazuchika Okada.
Other matches on the card include the first-ever women’s singles match in Wrestle Kingdom history as Cosmic Angels leader Tam Nakano challenges KAIRI, who will make her first defense of the IWGP Women’s Championship along with FTR defending the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Bishamon and Keiji Muto competing in his final NJPW match prior to retirement.
The pre-show starts at 1:20 a.m. EST which includes the annual New Japan Rambo while the main card begins at 3 a.m. EST.
You can check out Wrestle Kingdom 17 by subscribing to NJPW World.
Full results for the show are below.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Results (1/4/23)
- Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg ended in a three-minute draw
- SHO, Great-O-Khan, Toru Yano, and Shingo Takagi win the New Japan Rambo to advance to the KOPW Championship match at New Year’s Dash
- Participants in order: 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
- Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe def. Minoru Suzuki, Tatsumi Fujinami & Tiger Mask
- IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship: Catch 22 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) def. CHAOS (Lio Rush & YOH)
- IWGP Women’s Championship: KAIRI (c) def. Tam Nakano
- Mercedes Mone’ (fka Sasha Banks) appeared, attacked KAIRI, and officially challenged her to an IWGP Women’s Championship match at NJPW Battle in the Valley on February 18
- IWGP Tag Team Championship: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c)
- Bishamon are the new IWGP Tag Team Champions
- NJPW World TV Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Ren Narita
- Zack Sabre Jr. is the first NJPW World TV Champion
- Zack Sabre Jr. joined TMDK after the match
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga def. Karl Anderson (c)
- Tama Tonga is the new NEVER Openweight Champion
- Shota Umino, Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi def. Master Wato, El Desperado, and Taiji Ishimori (c)
- Hiromu Takahashi is the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
- IWGP United States Championship: Kenny Omega def. Will Ospreay (c)
- Kenny Omega is the new IWGP United States Champion
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada def. Jay White (c)
- Kazuchika Okada is the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
- Shingo Takagi challenged Okada to a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match
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