On Thursday, prestigious and world-famed New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full match card for the company's biggest annual event, Wrestle Kingdom 17. The event will take place at the Tokyo Dome on January 4.
This year, NJPW decided to get back the traditional schedule of the event and make it once again a one-day event, unlike last year's edition which was a three-day one, including a day for joint competitions with NOAH.
In addition, Wrestle Kingdom 17 will be a two-main-event edition by scheduling a match for the IWGP World Heavy Weight, and IWGP US Heavyweight title.
For the first time in the history of Wrestle Kingdom, there will be a match for the IWGP Women's title as the crowning of the first IWGP women's champion took place a few weeks ago.
It will also include a final match for the Suzuki-Gun faction, the coronation of the first-ever NJPW World Television champion, the participation of a superstar under a WWE contract for the first time, and the return of AEW superstar Kenny Omega to Japan.
Omega didn't participate in the AEW X NJPW joint event, The Forbidden Door, last June due to an injury.
The card of the match is:
Exhibition Match: Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg
New Japan Ranbo for Naming Challenger for Provisional KOPW 2023 Trophy
Six-Man Tag Team Match (The Final Match for Suzuki-Gun Faction/Antonio Inoki Memorial Match): Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki &Tiger Mask
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Catch 2/2 (c) vs. Chaos
IWGP Women's title: Kairi (c) vs. Tam Nakano
IWGP Tag Team Championship: AEW/AAA FTR (c) vs. Bishamon
Tournament Final for Naming Inaugural NJPW World Television Title: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita
Never Openweight title: WWE's Karl Anderson (c) vs. Tama Tonga
Six-Man Tag Team Match (The Final Keiji Muto Match in NJPW): Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
4-Way Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato
IWGP US Title (1st Main-Event): Will Ospreay (c) vs. AEW's Kenny Omega
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
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