NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (NJPW) PRESENTS Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2 Event Results & Review by Ryan Balkwill

Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling

Date: January 21, 2023

City: Yokohama, Japan

Venue: Yokohama Arena

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English CommentatorsKevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Gino Gambino
Rocky Romero
Japanese CommentatorsShinpei Nogami
Milano Collection A.T.
Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Togi Makabe (Guest)
Masahiro Chono (Guest)
Ring announcersHidekazu Tanaka
Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
RefereesNorio Honaga
Kenta Sato
Yuya Sakamoto
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

Overall Show Score: 6/10

Pros: Most of the wrestling was solid for the most part. I was surprised OkadaMakabeKaito, Yoshiki  match ended in a no contest decision. The one wrestler that impressed me the most was Katsuhiko Nakajima and the last 4 matches did help saved this event.

Cons: Opening match on the main show suck balls. Too many tag matches again and the crowd reaction were silent through out the night.

Pre-show:

Matches:

Tag Team Match:                                                                                                            

Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa 

vs.

Taishi Ozawa & Yasutaka Yano.                                         Winners: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa won by Submission.                                                                                                                                Rating: Solid

Tag Team Match:                                                                                                             

Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya 

vs. 

Oskar Leube & Tomohiro Ishii.                                         Winners: Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya won by submission.                                                                                                                               Rating: Good

Main-Show:

Matches:

Eight Man Tag Team Match

Hiroshi TanahashiSatoshi KojimaTakashi Sugiura & Toru Yano 

vs. 

BULLET CLUB (El PhantasmoGedo & KENTA) & Naomichi Marufuji. Winners: Hiroshi TanahashiSatoshi KojimaTakashi Sugiura & Toru Yano                                                                               Rating: Terrible

Singles Match

YO-HEY 

vs. 

El Desperado. Winner: El Desperado                                                                                                                             Rating: Descent

Six Man Tag Team Match

AlejandroAMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki 

vs. 

Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) & Tiger Mask.

Winners: AlejandroAMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki                                                                                                                                Rating: Okay

Tag Team Match

Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe 

vs. 

Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura.                      Winners: This one ended in a no contest.                                                                                                                              Rating: Fine

Kongo vs. LIJ Best Of Five Series Match #1

Bushi

BUSHI 

vs. 

Tadasuke.                                                                                                     Winner: Tadasuke                                                                                                                             Rating: Bad

Kongo vs. LIJ Best Of Five Series Match #2

Hajime Ohara 

vs. 

Hiromu Takahashi
Hiromu Takahashi

Hiromu Takahashi.                                                                              Winner: Hiromu Takahashi                                                                                                                             Rating: very good

Kongo vs. LIJ Best Of Five Series Match #3

SANADA 

vs. 

Manabu Soya.                                                                                                 Winner: Manabu Soya                                                                                                                              Rating: Really Good

Kongo vs. LIJ Best Of Five Series Match #4

Katsuhiko Nakajima 

vs. 

Shingo Takagi.                                                                          Winner: Shingo Takagi                                                                                                                              Rating: Really Good

Main event:

Kongo vs. LIJ Best Of Five Series Match #5

Tetsuya Naito 

vs. 

Kenoh. Winner: Tetsuya Naito                                                                                                                             Rating: Good

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