Tuesday, January 4, 2022

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1

-Minoru Suzuki, Chase Owens, Toru Yano, and CIMA Nobunaga co-won a New Japan Rumble. Order of entry: Owens, Aaron Henare, Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa, "Master Wato" Hirai Kawato, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Suzuki, Satoshi Kojima, TAKA Michinoku, CIMA, Tomoaki Honma, Douki, Yuji Nagata, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Togi Makabe, Bad Luck Fale, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Yano. Eliminations: Fujita, Nakashima, Oiwa, TAKA, Wato, Tenzan, Kojima, Douki, Kanemaru, Honma, Nagata, Fale, Henare, Fujinami, and Makabe.

-Yohei Komatsu d. NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Sho Tanaka via Five-Star Clutch(trapped-arm bridging pin).

-IWGP U.S. Champion KENTA Kobayashi, Taiji Ishimori, & El Phantasmo d. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Rocky Romero by DQ when Tanahashi attacked KENTA with his own kendo stick.

-Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, & "The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka d. Tetsuya Naito, Seiya Sanada, & Bushi when Ospreay pinned Bushi after the Hidden Blade(running elbowsmash to the back of the head).

-Katsuyori Shibata d. Ren Narita with the Penalty Kick.

-NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe d. Tomohiro Ishii via Everything Is Evil(STO) to win the NEVER Openweight Title.

-Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi d. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi Ishikari to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles; Hashi pinned Taichi after he and Goto hit the Naraku(double-team full nelson slam/neckbreaker combo).

-El Desperado d. Hiromu Takahashi with the Pinche Loco(double-underhook sitout faceplant) to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title.

-Kazuchika Okada d. Shingo Takagi after the Rainmaker(windup short-arm lariat) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title.

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