NOAH invades NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16

Led by Keiji Muto, a group of NOAH talent appeared at today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 event.

At least 27 different NOAH talents commandeered the ring. Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh cut promos, mocking the low attendance for the event, and setting the stage for the interpromotional card coming up on Saturday.

NJPW’s Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI made their way to the ring and teased a confrontation, but ultimately there was no physicality.

The two promotions will square off on night three of Wrestle Kingdom in Yokohama Arena on Saturday. Here is the lineup:

Wrestle Kingdom 16 night three, NJPW vs. NOAH, Saturday, January 8, 3 a.m. Eastern time on Abema pay-per-view —

-Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Muto & Kaito Kiyomiya

-Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke and Aleja

-SHO vs. Atsushi Kotoge

-EVIL & Dick Togo vs. Go Shiozaki & Masa Kitamiya

-Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku vs. Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & KENTA

-Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Ogawa Yoshinari

-Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Daiki Inabe, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada

-El Desperado & DOUKI vs. YO-HEY & NOSAWA RONGAI

-Taiji Ishimori & Gedo vs. HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka

-Pre-show match: Kosei Fujita vs. Yasutaka Yano

-Pre-show match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Muhammad Yone, King Tany & Saito Akitoshi