NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 start time, match card, live stream

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest event of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 16, will take place across three nights on Jan. 4-5, 8.

This week is set to be huge in the pro wrestling world. WWE Day 1 has come and gone, AEW is set to debut on TBS on Jan. 5 and Impact Wrestling is holding their Hard to Kill pay per view event on Jan. 8. But perhaps the biggest event of the year will be New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 16.

The annual event will be split across three nights. The night one main event will feature IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi defending his title against “Rain Maker” Kazuchika Okada. But then, the winner of that match will move onto Night Two, where they will defend the Heavyweight Championship versus Will Ospreay.

Wrestle Kingdom 16’s card is loaded and could potentially be the best event of the entire 2022 calendar year in pro wrestling. Here is everything you need to know about NJPW’s huge show.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 start time in U.S.?

Night One of Wrestle Kingdom 16 will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 3:00 a.m. ET. Night Two will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 3:00 a.m. ET. Night Three is set to begin at 3:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 8.

Where is NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 taking place?

Nights One and Two of Wrestle Kingdom 16 will emanate from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Night Three will take place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

How to watch NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 live stream

Date: Tuesday, Jan. 4, Wednesday, Jan. 5, Saturday, Jan. 8
Start Time: 3:00 a.m. ET (all three nights)
Location: Tokyo, Japan (Nights One and Two), Yokohama, Japan (Night Three)
Venue: Tokyo Dome (Nights One and Two), Yokohama Arena (Night Three)
Live Stream: FITE TV, NJPW World (Nights One and Two), Abema TV (Night Three)

Pro wrestling fans can order the first two nights of Wrestle Kingdom 16 on FITE TV. The streaming service offers a bundle pack for just $29.99. Nights One and Two can also be viewed on NJPW World.

Night Three of Wrestle Kingdom will be streaming exclusively on Abema TV.

Wrestle Kingdom 16 match card Night 1 (Jan. 4)

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL
Catch Wrestling Rules Match: Katsuyori Shibata vs. TBA
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

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 match card, Night 2 (Jan. 5)

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Winner of Shingo Takagi/Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay
IWGP United State Championship: Kenta (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NO DQ Match
Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb
Sanada vs. Great-O-Khan
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship:  House of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Sho) (c) vs CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi & Yoh)
KOPW 2022 Four Way Match: TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
STARDOM Special Match: Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) (c) vs Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) vs Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori)

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 match card Night 3 (Jan. 8)

Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Hiromu Takahaski and Bushi) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke and Aleja
Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Muto and Kiyomiya Kaito
House of Torture (EVIL and Dick Togo) vs. Go Shiozaki and Masa Kitamiya
Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, and Taka Michinoku vs. Kenta, Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura
Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Naomichi Marufuji
CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi), Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato vs. Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Daiki Inaba, Yoshiki Inamura, Kinya Okada
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Douki) vs. Yo-Hey and Nosawa Rongai
Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Gedo) vs. Hayata and Seiki Yoshioka
Sho vs. Atsushi Kotoge
Opening Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata vs. Muhammad Yone, King Tany and Akitoshi Saito
Opening Match: Kosei Fujita vs. Yasutaka Yano

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