NJPW recently announced the full lineup of their Wrestle Kingdom 17 Event, which is set to take place on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 inside the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The event will be headlined by reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Kazuchika Okada, while the opening matchup will see the New Japan Ranbo with the final four advancing to the New Year Dash Event on January 5th to challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Trophy. A second opening match will take place as well, where NJPW Young Lions Boltin Oleg and Ryohei Oiwa will battle each other in an Exhibition Match.
Keiji Mutoh will also compete in his final NJPW Match, when he teams with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino to take on SANADA, BUSHI and Tetsuya Naito in a 6-Man Tag Team Match and the PPV will also have an Antonio Inoki Memorial 6-Man Tag Team Match between Minoru Suzuki, Tiger Mask and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima.
You can check out the full lineup below:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match
Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Women’s Championship Match
Kairi (c) vs. Tam Nakano
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kenny Omega
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship 4-Way Match
Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. El Desperado vs. Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Inaugural NJPW World Television Championship Tournament Finals
Ren Narita vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
NEVER Openweight Championship Match
Karl Anderson (c) vs. Tama Tonga
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match
AAA Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
TJP and Francesco Akira (c) vs. Lio Rush and YOH
Antonio Inoki Memorial 6-Man Tag Team Match
Minoru Suzuki, Tiger Mask and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima
6-Man Tag Team Match
Keiji Mutoh, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA and BUSHI
Opening Match: NJPW Young Lions Exhibition Match
Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg
Opening Match: New Japan Ranbo (Participants TBA)
Final four will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Trophy at New Year Dash on January 5
