Wrestle Kingdom 17 In Yokohama Arena was a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH). The event took place on January 21, 2023 in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Arena and was the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 17, with the first night taking place on January 4, 2023. The event featured wrestlers from NJPW and NOAH.
Production[]
Background[]
On November 24, 2022, NJPW announced that a second night of Wrestle Kingdom 17 would take place on January 21, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was later revealed that the event would feature wrestlers from NOAH.
Storylines[]
At Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 3 on January 8, 2022, Los Ingobernables de Japón (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito) defeated NOAH stable Kongo (Aleja, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, and Tadasuke). On January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, during backstage comments, Los Ingobernables de Japón were confronted by Kongo. The two groups then agreed to face off in a series of singles matches at Wrestle Kingdom 17 In Yokohama Arena.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Pre-Show: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa defeated Taishi Ozawa & Yasutaka Yano (12:12)
- Pre-Show: Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya defeated Oskar Leube & Tomohiro Ishii (10:28)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima, Takashi Sugiura & Toru Yano defeated Naomichi Marufuji & BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, Gedo & KENTA) in an Eight Man Tag Team Match (12:20)
- El Desperado defeated YO-HEY (10:57)
- Alejandro, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki defeated Tiger Mask & Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (9:37)
- Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura ended in a No Contest (6:35)
- Tadasuke defeated BUSHI in Match #1 of a Kongo vs. LIJ Best of Five Series (11:09)
- Hiromu Takahashi defeated Hajime Ohara in Match #2 of a Kongo vs. LIJ Best of Five Series (13:05)
- Manabu Soya defeated SANADA in Match #3 of a Kongo vs. LIJ Best of Five Series (13:57)
- Shingo Takagi defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima in Match #4 of a Kongo vs. LIJ Best of Five Series (18:28)
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenoh in Match #5 of a Kongo vs. LIJ Best of Five Series (26:57)
