Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 1 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Dome.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Pre-Show: Chase Owens, CIMA, Minoru Suzuki, Toru Yano defeated Aaron Henare, Bad Luck Fale, DOUKI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kosei Fujita, Master Wato, Ryohei Oiwa, Satoshi Kojima, TAKA Michinoku, Tatsumi Fujinami, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yuji Nagata and Yuto Nakashima in a New Japan Rambo Match (27:14)
- YOH defeated SHO (w/ Dick Togo) (12:32)
- BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mega Coaches (Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi) by DQ in a Trios Match (8:40)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) in a Trios Match (9:27)
- Katsuyori Shibata defeated Ren Narita (11:46)
- EVIL (w/ Dick Togo) defeated Tomohiro Ishii (c) to win the NEVER Openweight Championship (12:10)
- CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship (15:27)
- El Desperado (c) defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (16:18)
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (35:44)
External links[]
| New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show |
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