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
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling - Event Type Pay Per View
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan - Yokohama, Japan
- Event Date January 4, 2022
- End Date January 8, 2022
- Year 2022
- Event Series Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
- Arena Tokyo Dome - Yokohama Arena
- Network NJPW World
- Attendance 25,503
- Main Event Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada - Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Muto & Kaito Kiyomiya
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
- [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 2 - TOKYO DOME (01/05)
- [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]
NIGHT 3 - YOKOHAMA ARENA (01/08) - New Japan vs. NOAH