NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Matches Revealed (Nights 1 & 2)

[Kemo]

New Japan Pro Wrestling has revealed the lineups for Wrestle Kingdom 16 nights 1 & 2 on January 4th and 5th.

Night 1 – January 4th

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
  Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  El Desperado (c) vs.Hiromu Takahashi
• IWGP Tag Team Championships
  Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI)
• NEVER Openweight Championship
  Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. EVIL
• Katsuyori Shibata vs. TBA
• Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, and BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, and Jeff Cobb
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Rocky Romero vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo
• YOH vs. SHO
• New Japan Ranbo Battle Royal

Night 2 – January 5

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
  Winner of Shingo Takagi/Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay
• IWGP United States Championship
  Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
• SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
• NEVER Openweight Six-Man Championships
  EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO (c) vs Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and YOH
• Four-way match for the KOPW 2022 trophy: (4 final entrants left from the battle royal on Night 1)
• Stardom Match
  Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid vs. Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships
  Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero

Night 3 will take place on January 8th from the Yokohama Arena will feature NJPW wrestlers take on wrestlers from NOAH.

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[LionDen]

Some great matches there. Looking forward to seeing Shibata and whoever he wrestles on night one.