Wrestle Kingdom 17 Matches To Air On Cable In United States

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On the heels of continued excitement surrounding the stacked card for NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 17, a new announcement about how fans can watch.

While certainly many professional wrestling fans will want to catch New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 17 from the Tokyo Dome live, for those who don’t mind waiting there will be a way to watch on cable in the U.S.

Announced by IMPACT Wrestling’s cable partner, AXS TV, there will be airings of the top match ups from the event throughout January and February directly after IMPACT.

In a release, AXS TV wrote:

“AXS TV CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING FOR 2023, PREMIERING WITH EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 ON JAN. 12 AT 10 P.M. ET

“Highlights Include Kenny Omega’s Return to NJPW to Battle Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, Jay White vs. Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title & Much More

“LOS ANGELES (December 21, 2022) – AXS TV, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, Inc., continues its successful partnership with iconic global professional wrestling organization New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)—acquiring 45 all-new episodes of the promotion’s popular weekly series, kicking off with five weeks of NJPW’s premier Wrestle Kingdom 17 coverage, starting Thursday, January 12 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The popular NJPW series follows IMPACT Wrestling’s flagship IMPACT! series at 8 p.m. ET, forming a formidable combination of world-class professional wrestling programming every Thursday on AXS TV.

“The series gives viewers the best seat in the house to world-class New Japan Pro-Wrestling action every week, delivering one hour of exclusive content compiling the absolute best moments from the groundbreaking promotion’s most recent broadcasts. Each episode features fast-paced play-by-play commentary from NJPW’s English-language broadcast team of Kevin Kelly and Chris Charlton. As a special lead-in to the fresh crop of episodes launching in 2023, AXS TV presents an encore broadcast of 2017’s unforgettable Wrestle Kingdom 11 main event on January 5 at 10 p.m. ET—pitting NJPW powerhouse Kazuchika Okada against international sensation Kenny Omega for the coveted IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

“AXS TV’s upcoming schedule of Wrestle Kingdom 17 coverage is as follows:

January 12

-The legendary Kenny Omega makes his highly-anticipated return to NJPW for the first time in four years, as he challenges the “Commonwealth Kingpin” Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

January 19

-Bullet Club’s own Jay White puts the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on the line against the “Rainmaker,” Kazuchika Okada, in a rematch of their championship bout from Dominion 2022, where White shocked the world by stripping Okada of his title.

Specific programming for January 26, February 2 and February 9 will be announced at a later date.

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