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):
- Pre-show: New Japan Ranbo match – TBA
- YOH vs. SHO
- Rocky Romero, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, & KENTA
- BUSHI, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
- Katsuyori Shibata vs. mystery opponent
- NEVER Openweight Championship – EVIL vs. Tomohiro Ishii (c)
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado (c)
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi (c)
Full card for Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 (January 5):
- Pre-show match to be officially announced on Friday at 4PM local time.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Three-way match – Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori vs. Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles (c)
- Stardom exhibition match – Starlight Kid & Mayu Iwatani vs. Saya Kamitani & Tam Nakano
- Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2022 Championship 4-Way match – TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship – YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL (c)
- SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
- IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship No DQ match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA (c)
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Will Ospreay vs. winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)