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NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 2022 NIGHT ONE & TWO LINEUPS ANNOUNCED

By Mike Johnson on 2021-12-16 06:22:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the following lineups for the first two nights of their 2022 Wrestle Kingdom events at the Tokyo Dome:

NIGHT ONE  - 1/4/22

*IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi.

*IWGP Tag Team Champions The Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI).

*NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL.

*Katsuyori Shibata returns to the ring.  Opponent to be announced.

*Los Ingobernables De Japon (SANADA & BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) vs. The United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan.)

*Rocky Romero & Ryusuke taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club's KENTA & Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo.)

*Yoh vs. Sho.

*2022 KOPW Ranbo.

NIGHT TWO - 1/5/22

*IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Night One winner (Shingo Takagi or Kazuchika Okada) defends against vs. Will Ospreay.

*IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - No DQ.

*Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb.

*SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan.

*NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships: House of Torture's EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI & YOH)

*King of Pro Wrestling 2022 Four-Way match.  Competitors to be announced.

*Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani in a STARDOM spotlight match.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) vs. Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) vs. Bullet Club's El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori.

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