The first night of the tournament took place on July 18, 2016 at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Tomohiro Ishii
Shinya Makabe
Togi Makabe
Alipate Aloisio Leone
Tama Tonga
Hirooki Goto
Fale Simitaitoko
Bad Luck Fale
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Seiya Sanada
SANADA
Naomichi Marufuji
Kazuchika Okada
Keiichi Yamada
Jushin Thunder Liger
Katsuyori Shibata
Manabu Nakanishi
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Tiger Mask
Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Captain New Japan
Yujiro Kushida
KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Tomoaki Honma
Katsuhiko Nakajima
Toru Yano
Joseph Robinson
Juice Robinson
Satoshi Kojima
Keiji Takayama
Gedo
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI
Tyson Smith
Kenny Omega
Yujiro Takahashi
David Stephen Finlay III
David Finlay
Aaron Frobel
Michael Elgin
Yuji Nagata
Tetsuya Shimizu
BUSHI
Takaaki Watanabe
EVIL
Tetsuya Naito