Night one of Wrestle Kingdom 16 will see New Japan Pro-Wrestling kick off its 50th anniversary year with a fitting card that features the return of Katsuyori Shibata and four championship matches.
New Japan Rambo
Delayed Entry Battle Royal
Singles Match
YOH vs. SHO
Six Man Tag Team Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mega Coaches (Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi) vs. BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori)
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)
Singles Match
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita
NEVER Openweight Title Match
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. EVIL (w/Dick Togo)
IWGP Tag Team Title Match
Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (w/Miho Abe) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
El Desperado (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
