{"id":130682,"date":"2022-01-04T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=130682"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:49:49","slug":"1-4-new-japan-pro-wrestling-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-one-results-okada-vs-takagi-shibata-returns-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/04\/1-4-new-japan-pro-wrestling-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-one-results-okada-vs-takagi-shibata-returns-more\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/4 NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 NIGHT ONE RESULTS: Okada vs. Takagi, Shibata returns, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4020181203\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 NIGHT ONE RESULTS<br \/>\nJANUARY 4, 2022<br \/>\nTOKYO, JAPAN<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoh defeated Sho<\/li>\n<li>Kenta, El Phantasmo, &amp; Taiji Ishimori defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi &amp; The Mega Coaches via disqualification<\/li>\n<li>United Empire defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon<\/li>\n<li>Katsuyori Shibata defeated Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>Evil defeated Ishii for the Never Openweight Championship<\/li>\n<li>Chaos defeated The Dangerous Tekkers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>El Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship<\/li>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada defeated Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Heydorn&#8217;s Analysis: Certainly not the best Wrestle Kingdom show in the world, but how could it be with all the circumstances at play concerning COVID-19. Per the norm, New Japan did deliver a stellar main event between Okada and Takagi. Not a surprise to see Okada go over with Will Ospreay looming for night two, but both men worked well to create that &#8220;what if&#8221; notion in the audience&#8217;s head. The Shibata return was well done and a blast to watch given what his story has been the last four plus years. I&#8217;d go out of my way to watch the Desperado vs. Takahashi as well. The match featuring a blistering pace and smart story told on commentary as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/28\/njpw-announces-dates-for-50th-anniversary-show-and-njpw-cup\/\">NJPW announces dates for 50th Anniversary Show and NJPW Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-455263926\"><div id=\"pwtor-4279188785\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 NIGHT ONE RESULTS JANUARY 4, 2022 TOKYO, JAPAN Yoh defeated Sho Kenta, El Phantasmo, &amp; Taiji Ishimori defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi &amp; The Mega Coaches via disqualification United Empire <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/04\/1-4-new-japan-pro-wrestling-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-one-results-okada-vs-takagi-shibata-returns-more\/\" title=\"1\/4 NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 NIGHT ONE RESULTS: Okada vs. Takagi, Shibata returns, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":130683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,542],"tags":[2149,404,95,6652],"class_list":["post-130682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-new-japan-ppvs","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-wrestle-kingdom","tag-wrestle-kingdom-16"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/01\/Wrestle-Kingdom-16.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130684,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130682\/revisions\/130684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}