Promotion: New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah
Date: January 4–5 and 8, 2022
City: Tokyo, Japan, Yokohama, Japan
Venue: Tokyo Dome, Yokohama Arena
| Other on-screen personnel | |
| Role: | Name: |
| English Commentators | Kevin Kelly |
| Chris Charlton | |
| Japanese Commentators | Shinpei Nogami |
| Milano Collection A.T. | |
| Katsuhiko Kanazawa | |
| Shinpei Nogam | |
| Shinji Yoshino (night 1) | |
| Hiroki Yamazaki (night 1) | |
| Togi Makabe (night 1) | |
| Masahiro Chono (night 1) | |
| Kazuyoshi Sakai (night 2) | |
| Ring announcers | Makoto Abe |
| Kimihiko Ozaki | |
| Referees | Kenta Sato |
| Marty Asami | |
| Red Shoes Unno |
Night 1:
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Pre-show:
19-man New Japan Ranbo to determine who will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy on night 2:
Tatsumi Fujinami
vs.
Satoshi Kojima
vs.
TAKA Michinoku
vs.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
vs.
Yuji Nagata
vs.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
vs.
Tomoaki Honma
vs.
Togi Makabe
vs.
Minoru Suzuki
vs.
Toru Yano
vs.
CIMA
vs.
Bad Luck Fale
vs.
Chase Owens
vs.
DOUKI
vs.
Master Wato
vs.
Aaron Henare
vs.
Kosei Fujita
vs.
Ryohei Oiwa
vs.
Yuto Nakashima. Winner: Chase Owens and CIMA and Minoru Suzuki and Toru Yano advanced to the four way match on Night 2. Rating: Bad
Main-Show:
Singles Match:
vs.
SHO. Winner: YOH Rating: Pretty Good
Six Man Tag Team Match:
&
Mega Coaches (Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi)
vs.
BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori).
Winners: BULLET CLUB won this match by disqualification. Rating: Meh
Six Man Tag Team Match:
Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito)
vs.
United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay) (w/Aaron Henare). Winners: United Empire Rating: Fine
Singles Match:
vs.
Ren Narita. Winner: Katsuyori Shibata Rating: Really Good
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:
Tomohiro Ishii (c)
vs.
EVIL (w/Dick Togo). Winner: Evil won the NEVER Openweight Championship. Rating: Not that good.
Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship:
Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (w/Miho Abe) (c)
vs.
CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI).
Winners: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI wins the IWGP Tag Team Championship. Rating: Good
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
El Desperado (c)
vs.
Hiromu Takahashi. Winner: El Desperado Rating: Really Good
Main event:
Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Shingo Takagi (c)
vs.
Kazuchika Okada. Winner: Kazuchika Okada regains the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship tonight. Rating: Very Good
Overall Show Score: 6.5
Pros: It still managed to deliver hard hitting wrestling action. The best matches were Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita & Shingo Takagi vs Kazuchika Okada and It does get you excited for night 2.
Cons: The crowd were not that loud any way. The least best match on this night was Ishii vs Evil & the first night of the Wrestle Kingdom 16 weekend felt a bit lacking in energy maybe the result of covld.
Night 2:
Pre-show:
Pre-Show Six Man Tag Team Match:
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
&
vs.
BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Gedo & Jado).
Winners: Great Bash Heel & Yuji Nagata Rating: Not that good.
Pre-Show Six Man Tag Team Match:
&
TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
vs.
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru).
Taka Michirioku 
EL Phantasmo
Winners: Master Wato & TenKoji wins by submission. Rating: Ok
Pre-Show Six Man Tag Team Match:
Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.)
vs.
Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi).
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon Rating: Pretty Good
Main-Show:
Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) (c)
vs.
Mega Coaches (Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi)
vs.
BULLET CLUB’s Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori). Winners: Flying Tiger still the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Rating: Very Good
Stardom exhibition tag team match:
Mayu Iwatani
&
Starlight Kid
vs.
Saya Kamitani
&
Tam Nakano. Winners: Saya Kamitani & Tam Nakano Rating: Meh
Four way match for the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy:
Minoru Suzuki
vs.
Toru Yano
vs.
CIMA (w/El Lindaman & T-Hawk)
vs.
Chase Owens. Winner: Minoru Suzuki won the Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy. Rating: Alright.
Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship:
House Of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) (c) (w/Dick Togo)
vs.
CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) (w/Tomohiro Ishii).
Winners: House Of Torture still the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Rating: Disappointing
Singles Match
vs.
Great-O-Khan (w/Aaron Henare). Winner: SANADA Rating: Really Good
Singles Match
vs.
Jeff Cobb. Winner: Tetsuya Naito Rating: Really Good
No disqualification match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship:
KENTA (c)
vs.
Hiroshi Tanahashi. Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi won the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship again. Rating: Great
Main event:
Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Kazuchika Okada (c)
vs.
Will Ospreay (w/Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan). Winner: Kazuchika Okada still the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Rating: Awesome
Overall Show Score: 7.6
Pros: There were three matches I like and they were Flying Tiger vs. Mega Coaches vs. BULLET CLUB’s Cutest Tag Team, Kenta vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & the main event between Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay. The atmosphere from the arena got a lot better by the third middle of this show & my favourite wrestle on this night was Will Ospreay.
Cons: There’s one match I didn’t like was House Of Torture vs. CHAOS for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship & I did skip back and forth in-between screens.
Night 3 – New Japan vs Noah:
Pre-show:
Pre-Show Singles Match:
Yasutaka Yano [NOAH]
vs.
Kosei Fujita [New Japan] .
Winner: Both men wrestled to a time limit draw.
Rating: Fun
Pre-Show Six Man Tag Team Match:
TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
&
Yuji Nagata [New Japan]
vs.
Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany & Mohammed Yone) [NOAH] . Winners: TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yuji Nagata Rating: Not that good.
Main-Show:
Ten Man Tag Team Match:
Daiki Inaba, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Kinya Okada & Yoshiki Inamura [New Japan]
vs.
CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI), Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi [NOAH].
Winners: CHAOS, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Rating: Ok
Singles Match:
Atsushi Kotoge [NOAH]
vs.
SHO [New Japan] . Winner: SHO Rating: Horrible
Tag Team Match:
BULLET CLUB (Gedo & Taiji Ishimori) [New Japan]
vs.
Stinger (HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka) [NOAH].
Winners: Stinger (HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka) Rating: good
Tag Team Match:
Suzuki-gun (DOUKI & El Desperado) [NOAH]
EL Phantasmo
vs.
Los Perros del Mal de Japon (NOSAWA Rongai & YO-HEY) [New Japan].
Winners: Suzuki-gun (DOUKI & El Desperado) Rating: really good
Six Man Tag Team Match:
Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) [New Japan]
Taka Michirioku 
vs.
Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba & Takashi Sugiura)
&
Toru Yano [NOAH]. Winners: Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba & Takashi Sugiura) & Toru Yano Rating: Ok.
Tag Team Match:
&
Masa Kitamiya [NOAH]
vs.
House Of Torture (Dick Togo & EVIL) [New Japan]. .
Winners: Go Shiozaki & Masa Kitamiya Rating: Good
Tag Team Match:
&
Yoshinari Ogawa [NOAH]
vs.
Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.) [New Japan].
Winners: Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshinari Ogawa. Rating: Very Good
Ten Man Tag Team Match:
Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi
Bushi Hiromu Takahashi 
&
Tetsuya Naito) [New Japan]
vs.
Kongo (Aleja, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenou, Manabu Soya & Tadasuke) [NOAH].
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) Rating: Great
Main event:
Tag Team Match
&
Kazuchika Okada [New Japan]
vs.
&
Keiji Muto [NOAH]. Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada Rating: Very Good
Overall Show Score: 8
Pros: All of these wrestlers worked hard at this event. I was impressed how they brought back Pro Wrestling Noah to prominence by showcasing them on this last show of this 3 Day event & my favourite matches were the last two matches.
Cons: Way too many Tag team matches on this show and a ton of wrestlers appear are impossible to own everyone’s names.