• AEW Star Kenny Omega Becomes Champion At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
At today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 pay-per-view, current AEW wrestler Kenny Omega defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
This is the 2nd time in his career that Omega has won this Title.
.@KennyOmegamanX "Croyt’s wrath"
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— njpwworld (@njpwworld) January 4, 2023
Below are the results from today’s show so far:
Pre-Show
– Exhibition Match: Ryohei Oiwa vs. Oleg Boltin ended in a time limit draw
– New Japan Ranbo to determine who will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship at New Year Dash: Great-O-Khan, Shingo Takagi, Sho and Toru Yano advance to the 4-way match
– Antonio Inoki Memorial 6-Man Tag Team Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe def. Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki and Tiger Mask
Main Show
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) (c) (with Gideon Grey) def. LiYoh (Lio Rush and Yoh) to retain the Titles
– IWGP Women’s Championship Match: Kairi Sane (c) def. Tam Nakano to retain the Title
Sasha Banks debuted after the match as Mercedes Mone and confronted Kairi. You can watch it below:
IT’S MERCEDES MONÉ!@mercedesvarnado is in the Tokyo Dome!!!#wk17 #njpw pic.twitter.com/PD54lqLr1L
— njpwworld (@njpwworld) January 4, 2023
– IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) def. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c) to win the Titles
– Tournament Final to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Ren Narita to win the Title
After the match, TMDK came out and requested Sabre to join them as their leader, and he accepted.
– NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Tama Tonga (with Jado) def. Karl Anderson (c) to win the Title
– Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Bushi)
This was Muto’s final NJPW match.
– Fatal 4-Way Match For The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi def. Taiji Ishimori (c), El Desperado, and Master Wato to win the Title
– IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match: Kenny Omega (with Don Callis) def. Will Ospreay (c) to win the Title
WATCH: NJPW Valet Pieter Tokyo Latina Flaunts Her Assets:
• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 4, 1986) – WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling
On this day in 1986, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & interviews on the road to ‘WrestleMania 2’.
You can find the card below:
– Randy Savage vs. Ron Hutchinson
– Interview: Randy Savage & Elizabeth
– The British Bulldogs vs. Mr. X & Johnny K-9
– Interview Rowdy Roddy Piper & Cowboy Bob Orton
