SECOND MATCH: STARDOM Special Match: Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs. Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani
A wild flurry of action. A masterclass of maximizing 10 short minutes to showcase everything that brought these four women to the Tokyo Dome. Saya Kamitani pinned Starlight Kid via Phoenix Splash. (9:14)
WINNERS: Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Day 2
January 5, Tokyo Dome
◆Tag Team Match
Saya Kamitani & Tam Nakano defeated Starlight Kid & Mayu Iwatani. Kamitani pinned Kid with the Phoenix Splash.
[Photos courtesy of: New Japan Pro Wrestling] pic.twitter.com/0wavCMV3N8— We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) January 5, 2022
THIRD MATCH: KOPW 2022 Match: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Chase Owens vs. CIMA
CIMA and Suzuki start the match out, sending Yano and Owens to the outside. Yano and Owens pull Suzuki out of the ring and CIMA hits a suicide dive onto all three of them.
Back in the ring and Owens trades blows with Suzuki, while CIMA outsmarts Yano. CIMA hits a Suplex/Legbreaker combo on Owens and Yano. Suzuki pummels CIMA. CIMA keeps an Indian Deathlock on Yano, while Suzuki chokes CIMA, and Owens chokes Suzuki. Yano fights to the ropes. Owens gets the better of Yano, but CIMA stops him from capitalizing. CIMA hits an Air Raid Crash. CIMA hits a diving Meteora. Suzuki breaks up the pinfall.
Suzuki locks CIMA in a rear naked choke. Yano low blows Suzuki and rolls him up for a nearfall. Suzuki hits Yano with the Gotch Piledriver for the pinfall in 6:11.
WINNER AND NEW KOPW 2022 PROVISIONAL TROPHY HOLDER: Minoru Suzuki
Suzuki keeps up the attack on Yano, but Yano handcuffs Suzuki to the ropes, leaving Suzuki unable to raise the trophy or celebrate.
FOURTH MATCH: NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: House of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) (c) vs. CHAOS (YOH, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
CHAOS jumps the champions to start. Goto spends much of the start fending off a trios attack, and all the exposed turnbuckle shenanigans that comes with House of Torture. YOSHI-HASHI tags in and brings the fight to Yujiro, trading blows, and dropping Yujiro with a lariat.
YOH and SHO tag in, and both men pick up at the fast and furious pace they were at in last night’s singles match. YOH begins getting the upperhand, so SHO distracts the referee and lets Dick Togo handle YOH. Tomohiro Ishii pulls Togo out of the ring and neutralizes him. YOH regains dominance over SHO. Yujiro distracts the referee, giving EVIL time to low blow YOH. SHO hits YOH with a wrench and pins him at 9:39.
WINNERS AND STILL NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG CHAMPIONS: House of Torture
Keiji Mutoh led the Pro Wrestling NOAH roster out to send a message to NJPW ahead of the dual-branded show in Yokohama. Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI defended the honor of NJPW but decided not to attack, as the numbers advantage was too great. Longtime rivals Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh shook hands, putting their feud aside to help NOAH defeat NJPW.
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— 清宮 海斗 (@noah_kiyomiya) January 5, 2022
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