NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on October 10, 2016 , at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 5° edition of the King of Pro-Wrestling event series, after NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015.
The event had an attendance of 9,671 fans. The main event of the show was Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Pay Per View
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan
- Event Date October 10, 2016
- Year 2016
- Event Series King of Pro-Wrestling
- Arena Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Network NJPW World
- Attendance 9,671
- Main Event Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 Results
- [Pre-show]
Tiger Mask W defeats Red Death Mask - CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) defeat Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Bobby Fish, Ryusuke Taguchi & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) defeat CHAOS (Beretta, Rocky Romero, Jado & Toru Yano)
- Team NOAH (Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Maybach Taniguchi) defeat Team NJPW (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata)
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) defeat David Finlay & Ricochet to retain the titles -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeat The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) (c) to win the titles - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay Lethal, KUSHIDA & Michael Elgin defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI & SANADA)
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NEVER Openweight Championship
Katsuyori Shibata (c) defeats Kyle O'Reilly to retain the title -
#1 Contender (IWGP Heavyweight Championship) Tokyo Dome Challenge Rights Certificate
Kenny Omega defeats Hirooki Goto -
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeats Naomichi Marufuji to retain the title