NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night One Results - 01/04
- Toru Yano, Minoru Suzuki, Chase Owens and Cima survived in the New Japan Rumble, advancing to the KOPW 2022 four-way match on night two
- YOH defeated SHOW via pinfall
- KENTA, El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero via disqualification
- Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb and The Great O-Khan defeated Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Bushi via pinfall
- Katsuyori Shibata defeated Ren Narita via pinfall
- EVIL defeated Tomohiro Ishii (c) via pinfall to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
- CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) via pinfall to win the IWGP Tag Team Championships
- El Desperado (c) defeated Hiromu Takahashi via pinfall to retain IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi (c) via pinfall to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, now defends against Will Ospreay on night two
