Here is the full list of results and grades:
A) Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White( IWGP World Heavyweight Championship)
The IWGP United States Championship was won by Kenny Omega( A).
IWGP Women’s World Championship) KAIRI defeated Tam Nakano( C)
Hiromu Takahashi won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating Taiji Ishimori, El Desperado, and Master Wato( A-).
Mutoh, Tanahashi and Umino defeated Bushi, Fujinami, Sanada, and Naito( C).
The noway Openweight Championship was won by Tama Tonga( C).
The IWGP Television Championship was won by Zack SabreJr.( A-)
B) Bishamon defeated FTR( IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Crowns)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Crowns) Catch2/2 defeated LiYoh( B)
The Ranbo( C) was won by Great O- Khan, Shingo Takagi, Sho, and Toru Yano
Mercedes Moné debut in NJPW
It’s likely that you heard about Mercedes Moné making her debut in New JapanPro-Wrestling. Previous to her appearance, it was all enterprise that the former Sasha Banks would be part of the show.
Her appearance sparked a massive response on social media, and she incontinently set herself up as the coming rival to KAIRI’s IWGP Women’s World Championship.
The debut was handled beautifully. Mercedes Moné came out, introduced herself as Mercedes Moné, and also took out KAIRI before picking up the title belt and holding it high.
There may be some people who take the crowd’s response as a bad sign. There are smaller rumbustious Japanese wrestling suckers than American suckers, so some new observers might have allowed she did not get important response.
Due to the fact that NJPW’s crowds do not reply the same way as WWE’s, the followership noise is much lower than what we’re used to.
The impact Varnado will have on NJPW and Stardom can not be exaggerated, and it’ll be veritably intriguing to hear her first public commentary about her WWE exit and new adventure. Her legions of suckers will follow her to New Japan.
What’s the show’s capability to restate to new suckers?
In addition to being the company’s biggest show of the time, it featured some notable stars familiar toU.S. suckers.
A lot of suckers inked up for NJPW World because of the rumors of Moné’s debut, but Omegavs. Ospreay also got them agitated.
Numerous AEW suckers likely watched the show just to see this match at interdicted Door.
In addition to NJPW names like Tanahashi and Okada, other familiar acts similar as Jay White, TJP, Lio Rush and Minoru Suzuki were also on the card.
It’s easy for indeed the most casual addict to watch a PPV like this and enjoy it, indeed if they do not know all of the bents on the card.
Despite reading from a long script, the MCs did a good job of introducing everyone to these stars. Comment below if this was your first NJPW show.
Conclusions
Despite not being the stylish show in the company’s history, scuffle Kingdom 17 was a great entry into the series and had several memorable moments.
This show will presumably be flashed back for Moné’s debut, but the matches were also great.
As well as Omega and Ospreay’s classic match, Okada and White closed the show with a great performance, Sabre and Narita also put on a great specializedperformance.In a fun and competitive match, FTR lost their label titles to Bishamon.
It took lower than six twinkles for the first women’s mates match at Tokyo Dome in 29 times.
The fight between Kairi and Nakano was hard- hitting, but they should have been given a little further time.
Moné merited a lot of attention during her debut, but the match did not have to be as short as it was. In fact, There was further time spent on Moné’s appearance than on the bout that followed.
NJPW needs to give its women’s division equal booking for big matches like this if it wants to make its women’s division into commodity that can compete other major companies.
Despite that decision, the show was pleasurable. We saw some great pro wrestling and a many moments that will stay in the minds of suckers for a long time. Mercedes’ appearance will be veritably intriguing to see if the buyrate for this show increased and if New Japan World subscribers increased.
How was this time’s Wrestle Kingdom PPV?
