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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1 & Night 2 Final Cards

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New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold 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. TBA
  • 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.