NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place from January 4, 2022 to January 8, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome - Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama, Japan.

It's the 31° edition of the Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show event series, after NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15.

The event had an attendance of 25,503 fans. The main event of the show was Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada - Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Muto & Kaito Kiyomiya.

Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16, and more information about the event.

Event Info

  • Event Name NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Results

    NIGHT 1 - TOKYO DOME (01/04)

     

  • [PPV Kick-Off]

    19-Man New Japan Ranbo

    "Final 4 will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy on Night 2"
    Winners:
    Minoru Suzuki, CIMA, Chase Owens, Toru Yano
    Participants: Minoru Suzuki, CIMA, Chase Owens, Toru Yano, Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, TAKA Michinoku, Bad Luck Fale, Togi Makabe, Aaron Henare, Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Douki, Yuji Nagata, Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • "Special Match"
    YOH defeats SHO
  • Bullet Club (KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero)
  • United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan) defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA)
  • "Special Match"
    Katsuyori Shibata defeats Ren Narita
  • NEVER Openweight Championship

    EVIL defeats Tomohiro Ishii (c) to win the title
  • IWGP World Tag Team Championship

    Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeat Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) (c) to win the titles
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

    El Desperado (c) defeats Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

    Kazuchika Okada defeats Shingo Takagi (c) to win the title
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    NIGHT 2 - TOKYO DOME (01/05)

     

  • [PPV Kick-Off]
    Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) & Yugi Nagata defeat Bullet Club (Gedo, Jado & Bad Luck Fale)
  • [PPV Kick-Off]
    Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Master Wato defeat Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • [PPV Kick-Off]
    Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) defeat Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & Douki)
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way Match

    Flying Tiger (Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles) (c) defeat Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) to retain the titles
  • "Stardom Special Match"
    Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani defeat Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid
  • Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy 4-Way Match

    Minoru Suzuki defeats CIMA, Chase Owens and Toru Yano to win the vacant title
  • NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

    House of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) (c) defeat CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH) to retain the titles
  • "Special Match"
    SANADA defeats Great-O-Khan
  • "Special Match"
    Tetsuya Naito defeats Jeff Cobb
  • IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship No DQ Match

    Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats KENTA (c) to win the title
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

    Kazuchika Okada (c) defeats Will Ospreay to retain the title
  •  


    NIGHT 3 - YOKOHAMA ARENA (01/08) - New Japan vs. NOAH

     

  • [PPV Kick-Off]
    Kosei Fujita [NJPW] vs. Yasutaka Yano [NOAH] ends in Draw via Time limit
  • [PPV Kick-Off]
    Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yuji Nagata [NJPW] defeat Funky Express (King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito) [NOAH]
  • CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato) [NJPW] defeat Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Daiki Inaba, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada [NOAH]
  • SHO [NJPW] defeats Atsushi Kotoge [NOAH]
  • Stinger (HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka) [NOAH] defeat Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) [NJPW]
  • Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & DOUKI) [NJPW] defeat Los Perros del Mal de Japón (YO-HEY & NOSAWA Rongai) [NOAH]
  • Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba) & Toru Yano [NOAH] defeat Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) [NJPW]
  • Go Shiozaki & Masa Kitamiya [NOAH] defeat House of Torture (EVIL & Dick Togo) [NJPW]
  • Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshinari Ogawa [NOAH] defeat Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) [NJPW]
  • "Double Main Event I"
    Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) [NJPW] defeat Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Aleja) [NOAH]
  • "Double Main Event II"
    Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi [NJPW] defeat Keiji Muto & Kaito Kiyomiya [NOAH]
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