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Cards Announced For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom Night 1 and 2

December 16, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
NJPW New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 16

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the cards for night one and two of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16, which happens on January 4 and 5 in the Tokyo Dome. There will be a third night, featuring Pro Wrestling NOAH, on January 8. A card for that night hasn’t been announced.

Night One

* 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 & Taichi) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
* NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. EVIL
* Katsuyori Shibata vs. TBD (rules TBD)
* Los Ingobernables De Japon (SANADA, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan)
* Rocky Romero, Ryusuke taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs BULLET CLUB (KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)
* YOH vs. SHO
* Kick-Off: KOPW 2022 New Japan Ranbo

Night Two:

* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Shingo Takagi or Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay
* IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (No DQ): KENTA (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
* SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) (c) vs CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH)
* KOPW 2022 Four Way
* STARDOM Special: Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) (c) vs Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) vs BULLET CLUB’s Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori)