Various: NJPW Announces Second Wrestle Kingdom 17 Event, Tales From The Territories Ratings, Indies

NJPW Announces Second Wrestle Kingdom 17 Event for January 2023

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that they will be holding a second Wrestle Kingdom 17 event in January 2023.

This upcoming event was announced to be taking place on January 21, 2023 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was also announced that this will be a co-promoted event with Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Official press release:

Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena January 21! 【WK17】

Tokyo Dome fallout and more to hit Yokohama Arena

The Wrestle Kingdom 17 party will not be finished with the Tokyo Dome!

After January 8 2022 saw a third night of Wrestle Kingdom sell out the Yokohama Arena, January 21 will see this special festival of an event for the second year.

This year, NJPW and Pro-Wrestling NOAH collided on a card full of interpromotional battles. What does this special night have in store for 2023? Stay tuned for more information!


Tales From The Territories Ratings – Nov. 22, 2022 – Up

This past Tuesday’s episode of Tales From The Territories drew 77,000 viewers on VICE TV, up from last week’s 49,000 viewers.

It drew a 0.03 rating in the 18-49 demographic, up from last week’s 0.01 rating. It was ranked #136 in the Top 150 shows for the night.

This episode focused on the classic World Class Championship Wrestling promotion.

More Tuesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily


Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Ratings for this week’s episodes of AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage, Impact Wrestling Impact!, and WWE Friday Night SmackDown and next week’s WWE RAW will be delayed due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Dynamite’s ratings will be released this Monday, Impact’s ratings will be released this Monday or Tuesday, Rampage and SmackDown’s ratings will be released this Tuesday, and next week’s RAW’s ratings will be released next Wednesday.

Combat Zone Wrestling announced that KENTA will be making his official debut for the company at their CZW Live! – The Arrival event on December 18th in Blackwood, New Jersey.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that they will be holding a co-promoted event with Lucha Libre AAA on March 4, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. It was also announced that this event will be part of an upcoming Smashing Pumpkins concert in the city that day.

Wrestling Revolver recently announced that Jon Moxley will be making an appearance for the company at their Season Finale event on December 3rd in Clive, Iowa.

Pro Wrestling NOAH recently announced a new match for the card of their Great Muta Final Bye-Bye event on January 22, 2023 in Yokohama, Japan:

  • Darby Allin, Sting, & The Great Muta vs. mystery opponents

Pro Wrestling NOAH also recently announced a new match for the card of their The New Year 2023 event on January 1, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan:

  • Naomi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima (c)

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Super Junior Tag League and World Tag League 2022 Finals on December 14th in Sendai, Japan:

  • NEVER Openweight Championship – Hikuleo vs. Karl Anderson (c)

NJPW also recently announced a new match for the card of their Wrestle Kingdom 17 event on January 4, 2023:

  • IWGP Women’s Championship – Tam Nakano vs. KAIRI (c)

Lucha Libre AAA recently announced a new match for the card of their December 3rd event in Tempe, Arizona:

  • Cain Velasquez, Pagano, & Blue Demon Jr. vs. Taurus, Sam Adonis, & Gringo Loco