NJPW Announces Full Cards for Wrestle Kingdom 16

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full cards for both nights of their Wrestle Kingdom 16 event, which takes place on January 4-5, 2022 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Both nights of Wrestle Kingdom 16 will air live on New Japan World starting at 3:00AM EST.

Full card for Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 (January 4):

  1. Pre-show: New Japan Ranbo match – TBA
  2. YOH vs. SHO
  3. Rocky Romero, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, & KENTA
  4. BUSHI, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
  5. Katsuyori Shibata vs. mystery opponent
  6. NEVER Openweight Championship – EVIL vs. Tomohiro Ishii (c)
  7. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) (c)
  8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado (c)
  9. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi (c)

Full card for Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 (January 5):

  1. Pre-show match to be officially announced on Friday at 4PM local time.
  2. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Three-way match – Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori vs. Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles (c)
  3. Stardom exhibition match – Starlight Kid & Mayu Iwatani vs. Saya Kamitani & Tam Nakano
  4. Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2022 Championship 4-Way match – TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
  5. NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship – YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL (c)
  6. SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
  7. Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
  8. IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship No DQ match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA (c)
  9. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Will Ospreay vs. winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)