New Japan Pro Wrestling clashes with Pro Wrestling NOAH on Saturday for the final night of Wrestle Kingdom 16. The show will be available on PPV through ABEMA. NJPW has information for international fans on how to buy the PPV HERE. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.
The main event will see new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada team with IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi to face Japanese wrestling legend Keiji Mutoh and young star Kaito Kiyomiya.
After suffering a myriad of injuries in his No DQ Match with Hiroshi Tanahashi on Wednesday, KENTA will not be able to wrestle at the show, as previously announced.
Per New Japan Pro-Wrestling:
After his match on January 5 in the Tokyo Dome, KENTA has sustained a dislocated left hip, a broken nose, tendon damage to his finger, and severe lacerations to his back.
As a result, he will not be cleared to participate at Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena Saturday January 8. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing KENTA wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.
KENTA was scheduled to team with Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba on the card. There will now be a mystery partner for Sugiura-Gun.
We join fans in wishing the best to KENTA for a speedy recovery.
KENTA was originally supposed to team with former-stablemates Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba to take on Suzuki-gun’s TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Minoru Suzuki. KENTA’s replacement in the match will be a surprise. This writer’s money is on Sugiura-gun’s Kazuyuki Fujita.
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1/8 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 In Yokohama: NJPW vs. NOAH
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- Opening Match: Kosei Fujita vs. Yasutaka Yano
- Opening Match: Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Muhammad Yone, Akitoshi Saito & King Tany (Maybach Taniguchi)
- Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Daiki Inaba, Yioshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada
- SHO vs. Atsushi Kotoge
- Taiji Ishimori & Gedo vs. HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka
- El Desperado & DOUKI vs. YO-HEY & NOSAWA RONGAI
- Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & X*
- EVIL & Dick Togo vs. Go Shiozaki & Masa Kitamiya
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji
- Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & ALEJA
- Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh & Kaito Kiyomiya
*originally supposed to be KENTA but he was injured on 1/5.
