New Japan Pro Wrestling officially announced the full cards for the first two nights of Wrestle Kingdom 16 that take place on January 4 and 5 from the Tokyo Dome.
The third night will go down on January 8th from the Yokohama Arena. Here are the cards:
January 4:
- IWGP World Heavyweight title: Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight title: El Desperado vs.Hiromu Takahashi
- IWGP Tag Team titles: Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI)
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL
- Katsuyori Shibata vs. X
- Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, and BUSHI vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, and Will Ospreay
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Rocky Romero vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo
- YOH vs. SHO
- Kickoff: New Japan Ranbo battle royal. The top four finalists will move to a four-way the next night to determine the KOPW 2022 trophy winner.
January 5:
- IWGP World Heavyweight title: Either Shingo Takagi or Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
- IWGP United States title: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
- SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man tag titles: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and YOH vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO
- Four-way match for the KOPW 2022 trophy
- Stardom match: Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid vs. Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani
- IWGP Junior Tag Team titles: Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask vs. Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero
- A kickoff match will be announced at 4 pm local time.
