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All You Need to Know about NJPW's WK16 Day 2


Thu 06 Jan 2022 | 07:52 AM
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For the second day in row, Pro Wrestling fans enjoyed the final night of the massive Wrestle Kingdom 16 (WK16). The event was organized by the iconic New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The second day was trending worldwide as well due to the massive and highly anticipated main event between Ospreay, and Okada. Here are the events of the final day of the Wrestle Kingdom 16.

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The majority of the card based of several and various tag team matches. It started with three strong and classic tag team matches. The first one was between Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata and Tomoaki Honma and Bullet Club. The winner were Makabe, Nagata and Honma.

Next, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Master Wato managed to have a victory over Suzuki-Gun. Then, it was followed by a fight between Los Ingobernables de Japon and Suzuki-gun, and the winners were Los Ingobernables de Japon.

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Moving to the contest for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, the champions Flying Tiger succeeded to retain their titles against The Mega Coaches and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team.

Regarding the Stardom Exhibition Tag Team match, Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani beat Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid.

After the Stardom Exhibition, the highly anticipated Four Way match for the KOPW 2022 Trophy between the winners in yesterday's New Japan Ranbo. The participants were Minoru Suzuki, Chase Owens, Cima and Toru Yano, and the winner was Suzuki.

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The Trophy's segment was followed by another tag team match for NEVER Openweight Championship between the champions House of Torture defeated Chaos.

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Two impressive single matches were introduced after the tag team match, and they were Sanada against Great-O-Khan, and Tetsuya Naito against Jeff Cobb.

The winners of both matches were: Sanada, and Naito.

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The following contest was the most brutal as it was extreme DQ for IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship between Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Kenta.

Kenta lost his champion and Tanahashi was announced as the new IWGP US Heavyweight Champion. Both players were injured due to the excessive usage of hardcore tools.

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Finally, the main event, the highly anticipated event in the Wrestle Kingdom 16, for the IWGP Heavy World Heavywieght Championship between Okada and Ospreay. Akada won his title only yesterday, before he accepted Ospreay's challenge for a championship.

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Yesterday's event was a 35-minute-epic which motivated the fans to look forward to a great fight between both stars on Wednesday. However, the match did not meet the expectations of a wide range of the audience.

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By the way, it had various magnificent shots that amazed the fans. Regarding the winner, Okada succeeded in retaining his title.

After the show, the roaster of NOAH promotion stepped into the venue as an extra day of Wrestle Kingdom which will witness strong fights between the stars of both promotions.

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