NJPW, NOAH joint show set for January 21 Wrestle Kingdom 17 event

The January 21 Wrestle Kingdom 17 show will feature talent from both NJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Both companies officially confirmed the news Thursday morning. New Japan previously announced a Wrestle Kingdom show for the 21st at Yokohama Arena, but didn’t specify a card. A press conference to announce the full card will take place on NOAH’s official YouTube channel at 3 am ET on January 6.

This follows an angle that took place backstage at Wrestle Kingdom 17 on Saturday where members of NOAH stable KONGO (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara, and Hi69) confronted members of Los Ingobernables de Japon following their loss at the show to Keiji Mutoh, Shota Umino, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Last year’s Yokohama Arena show also revolved around a NJPW vs. NOAH theme, with most matches being multi-man tags. On that show, LIJ were successful against members of KONGO. The main event had Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeating Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya.