NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2 Results 1.21.23: Tetsuya Naito Faces Kenoh

– Results are now available for today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2. Today’s event featured crossover matchups between NJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH, with LIJ’s Tetsuya Naito facing Kongo’s Kenoh in the main event.

The event was held at the Yokohama Arena and had an announced attendance of 5,533 people. Below are some results from New Japan’s official website:

* Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita (NJPW) beat Taishi Ozawa & Yasutaka Yano (NOAH) at 12:12.
* Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba (NOAH) beat Tomohiro Ishii & Oskar Leube (NJPW) at 10:28.
* The event held a tribute ceremony for the late Jay Briscoe, who tragically passed away earlier this week. Naomichi Marufuji and Hiroshi Tanahashi came out, holding portraits of Briscoe. They also performed a 10-bell salute in honor of Briscoe.
* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura picked up the win over Naomichi Marufuji, KENTA, El Phantasmo & Gedo at 12:20.
* NJPW’s El Desperado beat NOAH’s YO-HEY at 10:57.
* NOAH’s AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro beat NJPW’s team of Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato at 9:37.
* NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura vs. NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe was ruled a No Contest at 6:35.
* The fighting continued after the match, Kaito delivered a challenge to Kazuchika Okada for a one-on-one contest.
* NOAH and Kongo’s Tadasuke beat NJPW and LIJ member BUSHI at 11:09.
* NJPW and LIJ member Hiromu Takahashi defeated NOAH and Kongo member’s Hajime Ohara at 13:05.
* NOAH and Kongo’s Manabu Soya defeated NJPW and LIJ member SANADA at 13:57.
* NJPW and LIJ member Shingo Takagi picked up the win over NOAH and Kongo’s Katsuhiko Nakajima at 18:28.
* Representing NJPW and LIJ, Tetsuya Naito beat NOAH and Kongo’s Kenoh at 26:57.
* After the main event, Keiji Mutoh appeared and announced that he will face Tetsuya Naito in his retirement match.

NJPW beat NOAH in the scorecards 5-4, with one no contest. Also, LIJ edged out over Kongo 3-2. You can see some clips and images from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 2 posted on Twitter below:

https://twitter.com/Tana_Ibu_Juice3/status/1616708357427011584

#NJPWvsNOAH is about to kick off in Yokohama Arena!@realkevinkelly and @reasonjp are here for your pre game show! The action kicks off at the top of the hour on @njpwworld PPV!

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) January 21, 2023

.@noah_kiyomiya "💥💥💥"

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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023

Kazuchika Okada was SEETHING as he went backstage!!

Okada: "Don't film me! You bastard!"

Kiyomiya went out of control with Okada, resulting in a double DQ!

Kiyomiya said: "Let’s do a singles match!"#noah_ghc #njpw #NJPWvsNOAHpic.twitter.com/dIDSZQTBCs

— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) January 21, 2023

1/21(土)#NJPWvsNOAH バックステージコメントを《無料》公開中！

今すぐ見る！
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次回の #新日本プロレスワールド 生中継は、明日1/22(日)ごご4時から『THE NEW BEGINNING in NAGOYA』
#njnbg #NJPW #noah_ghc #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/ovHNhTeoj9

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023

https://twitter.com/njpwworld/status/1616752447577550848

LIVE in English (outside Japan) on #njpwworld PPV!

Former partners @seiyasanada and @bunamayaso collide!

BUY: https://t.co/UeqyVfY2Cx#NJPWvsNOAH pic.twitter.com/B5nDaussGN

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023

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LIJ’s @TIMEBOMB1105 vs Kongo’s Hajime Ohara, now!

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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023

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The Kongo vs LIJ series is underway!@BUSHI_njpw vs @td777sk!

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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023

LIVE in English (outside Japan) on #njpwworld PPV!

IWGP World vs GHC Heavyweight Champions!@rainmakerXokada and @GBH_makabe vs @noah_kiyomiya and @noah_yoshiki!

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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 21, 2023