New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced their match cards for Wrestle Kingdom 16, which is taking place on January 4 and January 5, 2022 at the Tokyo Dome.
Check out the cards:
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match: Shingo Takagi (champion) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: El Desperado vs.Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Dangerous Tekkers (champions) vs. CHAOS
NEVER Openweight Title Match: Tomohiro Ishii (champion) vs. EVIL
Katsuyori Shibata vs. X
Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, and BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, and Will Ospreay
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Rocky Romero vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo
YOH vs. SHO
Kickoff Match: New Japan Ranbo battle royal with the top four finalists moving to a four-way the next night to determine the KOPW 2022 trophy winner.
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay vs. winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP United States Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA (champion)
Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Title Match: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and YOH vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO (champions)
Four-way match for the KOPW 2022 trophy
Stardom Match: Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid vs. Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani
IWGP Junior Tag Team Title Match: Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask vs. Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo vs. Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero (champions)
A kickoff match will be announced at 4 pm local time.
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