NJPW The New Beginning Tour Matches Revealed
Major matches set for the NJPW New Beginning tour
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Jan 10, 2023
Following Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena on January 21, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will embark on their New Beginning tour, with four major shows set to take place between January 22 and February 11.
In the main event of the New Beginning in Osaka on February 11, Kazuchika Okada will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shingo Takagi. Okada regained the title in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 17, defeating Jay White.
The first major show of the New Beginning tour will take place in Nagoya on January 22. Check out the lineup below:
- Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima
- EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita, & Tomoaki Honma
- Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, & Kosei Fujita
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato, & Jado vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, & El Phantasmo
- Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare, TJP, & Francesco Akira vs. Taichi, DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Kazuchika Okada, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & YOH vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
- Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan - KOPW 2023 Championship
Following several Road To events, New Japan will head to Sapporo for shows on February 4 and February 5. The cards are as follows:
February 4:
- Great-O-Khan vs. Oskar Leube
- EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita, & Ryohei Oiwa
- Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & Yuto Nakashima vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, & Kosei Fujita
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga, Hikuleo, & Master Wato vs. Jay White, KENTA, El Phantasmo, & Taiji Ishimori
- Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Ryusuke Taguchi, & YOH vs. Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
- Francesco Akira & TJP (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
- Will Ospreay vs. Taichi
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Shota Umino
February 5:
- Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, & TJP vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, & TAKA Michinoku
- EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita, & Yuto Nakashima
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori
- Jay White, El Phantasmo, & Gedo vs. Tama Tonga, Hikuleo, & Jado
- Kazuchika Okada, Shota Umino, Toru Yano, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, SANADA, & BUSHI
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls - IWGP Tag Team Championships
- Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW World TV Championship
- Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. YOH - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
The tour will conclude with The New Beginning in Osaka on February 11. The card is as follows:
- Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare vs. Toru Yano & Oskar Leube
- Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI vs. Shota Umino, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tomoaki Honma
- Taiji Ishimori vs. Master Wato
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA
- EVIL, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, & Ren Narita
- Jay White vs. Hikuleo - Loser Leaves Japan Match
- Tama Tonga (c) vs. El Phantasmo - NEVER Openweight Championship
- Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
