With Wrestle Kingdom 13 firmly in our rear view mirror, we’re moving on to New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual February spectacular!
This year, New Beginning is split up into three shows, same as last year. All three shows, naturally, will air live and in full on NJPW World, so why not watch along with the best pro wrestling community on the internet?
Today’s action takes place in Sapporo's Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, kicking off at a ripe 4AM Eastern / 1AM Pacific, and is headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada reprising their super-team against Bullet Club’s “Switchblade” Jay White and Bad Luck Fale.
Ren Narita over Yuya Uemura by pinfall with a bridging belly-to-belly suplex.
Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare over Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino by pinfall with a Rock Bottom from Henare on Umino.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask IV over Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka) by disqualification when Iizuka cuts Tenzan off with a steel chair to keep him from hitting his moonsault, which he was definitely going for because bless him, Tenzan never stops trying.
Chaos (Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI), Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), & Ryusuke Taguchi over Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall with a schoolboy from Yano on Yujiro.
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) over Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito) by pinfall with a backdrop driver from Taichi on BUSHI.
Post-match, SZKG continue beating on LIJ and tear BUSHI’s mask off.
Minoru Suzuki over SANADA by pinfall with the Gotch piledriver.
EVIL over Zack Sabre, Jr. by pinfall with EVIL.
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & “Switchblade” Jay White) over Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada by submission with an inverted figure four leglock from White on Tanahashi.
Post-match, White gets on the mic and cuts a promo about how he’s going to beat Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Hiroshi fires up towards the end and comes in the ring only to get laid out with Blade Runner!
Enjoy the show!