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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