{"id":104792,"date":"2021-11-20T01:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=104792"},"modified":"2021-11-20T01:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:06:04","slug":"njpw-vs-pro-wrestling-noah-set-for-night-3-of-wrestle-kingdom-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/20\/njpw-vs-pro-wrestling-noah-set-for-night-3-of-wrestle-kingdom-16\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW vs. Pro Wrestling NOAH Set For Night 3 of Wrestle Kingdom 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/strong> has a plan for the first-ever night three of <strong><em>Wrestle Kingdom<\/em><\/strong> and it will be in partnership with<strong> Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong>. It was announced in a special press conference that on Jan. 8, 2022, it will be NJPW vs NOAH at <strong><em>Wrestle Kingdom 16<\/em> <\/strong>night three in Yokohama Arena. It was revealed that a portion of the proceeds will be going to the Japanese Red Cross as NJPW vs NOAH is a chance to come together for professional wrestling, as referenced with the #ProWrestlingPower both promotions will be using.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROUNDUP<\/p>\n<p>January 8, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena: NJPW vs NOAH<\/p>\n<p>A live English Pay-per-view presentation on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABEMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ABEMA<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/msS4jsCOLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/msS4jsCOLc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VOD on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@njpwworld<\/a> after 7 days<\/p>\n<p>Portion of proceeds donated to Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCross?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RedCross<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prowrestlingpower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#prowrestlingpower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noah_ghc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LapubV2VjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/LapubV2VjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1461933101915987972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The press conference featured both NJPW president Takami Ohbari and NOAH&#8217;s parent company CyberFight director Akhiro Takeda along with NOAH&#8217;s <strong>Kaito Kiyomiya<\/strong> and NJPW&#8217;s <strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong>. Ohbari discussed that this was the beginning of many &#8220;dream events&#8221; to celebrate NJPW&#8217;s 50th Anniversary. The PPV will be presented live and in English on ABEMA pay-per-view with it going to NJPW World seven days later.<\/p>\n<p>Kiyomiya made it known that his prior feelings remain. He stated that he wants NOAH to be recognized as the best in-ring and added the following.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want the Rainmaker.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It has been Kiyomiya&#8217;s goal to get a match with Kazuchika Okada and this may be his opportunity to do so.\u00a0Hiroshi Tanahashi then explained that he believes every match on the card should mirror NJPW vs NOAH. There was no card announced at the press conference. Tanahashi and Kiyomiya shared a face-off before the press conference concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wrestle Kingdom 16<\/em> nights one and two can be watched worldwide on January 4 and 5 via NJPW World. The main events for those events will see<strong> Shingo Takagi<\/strong> defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against <strong><em>G1 Climax<\/em><\/strong> winner Kazuchika Okada. The winner of that match will go on to face <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong> on night two.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference is able to be viewed in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2fbRMLd5KZI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NJPW also uploaded the video above featuring IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi, GHC Heavyweight Champion <strong>Katsuhiko Nakajima<\/strong>, Kazuchika Okada, Kaito Kiyomiya, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and <strong>Keiji Mutoh<\/strong> discussing the event:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wBNXblDSH6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can rewatch all 2021 NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>; The King of Sports Streaming. You can watch Pro Wrestling NOAH as well as DDT, TJPW, and more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestle-universe.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s2\">Wrestle Universe.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) has a plan for the first-ever night three of Wrestle Kingdom and it will be in partnership with Pro Wrestling NOAH. 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