Moxley vs. Suzuki! Tanahashi joins The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express! NJPW’s New Beginning line-ups are wild

New Japan’s annual New Beginning shows are right around the corner. For the second year in a row, the post-Wrestle Kingdom tour will include numerous dates in the United States.

The biggest bouts, like the already announced Tetsuya Naito/KENTA clash and the violence lovers dream bout between Jon Moxley & Minoru Suzuki, will take place in the promotion’s home country. But there’s lots of fun stuff on their swing through the southeastern U.S., featuring big New Japan names like Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi, and visiting acts like Colt Cabana & The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express.

Check out the line-ups, presented in chronologicial order...

Jan. 24 - St. Petersburg, Florida

• Rocky Romero, Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Jado, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa in an Elimination match
• YOSHI-HASHI vs. Lance Archer
• Jeff Cobb vs. Alex Zayne
• Karl Fredericks & TJP vs. Colt Cabana & Toru Yano
• Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kijima vs. Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita
• Clark Connors vs. Misterioso

Jan. 26 - Nashville, Tennessee

• Rocky Romero, Kota Ibushi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Jado, Chase Owens, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Yuji Nagata vs. Lance Archer
• Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb
• Clark Connors & TJP vs. Colt Cabana & Toru Yano
• YOSHI-HASHI vs. Karl Fredericks
• Alex Zayne & Misterioso vs. Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita

Jan. 27 - Durham, North Carolina

• YOSHI-HASHI, Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Jado, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Ren Narita vs. Lance Archer
• Jeff Cobb vs. Karl Fredericks
• Alex Zayne, Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton vs. Rocky Romero, Colt Cabana & Toru Yano
• Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima vs. Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors
• TJP vs. Misterioso

Jan. 30 - Pembroke Pines, Florida

• Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
• Rocky Romero, David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Jado, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
• Alex Zayne vs. Lance Archer
• Jeff Cobb vs. Ren Narita
• Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton vs. Colt Cabana & Toru Yano
• Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima vs. Alex Coughlin & Karl Fredericks
• Misterioso & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Clark Connors & TJP

Feb. 1 - Atlanta

• David Finlay & Juice Robinson (c) vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team championship
• Kota Ibushi vs. Chase Owens
• Jeff Cobb vs. Lance Archer
• Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Clark Connors, Alex Zayne & TJP
• Colt Cabana & Toru Yano vs. Jado & Yujiro Takahashi
• Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Misterioso & Alex Coughlin
• Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima vs. Ren Narita & Karl Fredericks

Feb. 1 - Sapporo

• Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight title
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL
• Kazuchika Okada & Jon Moxley vs. Taichi & Minoru Suzuki
• Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs. KENTA & Jay White
• Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Ryu Lee & Robbie Eagles
• Will Ospreay, SHO, YOH & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
• Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji
• Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo

Feb. 2 - Sapporo

• Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
• Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the RevPro British Heavyweight title
• Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. KENTA, Jay White & Taiji Ishimori
• Jon Moxley, SHO, YOH & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
• Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Robbie Eagles vs. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI
• El Phantasmo vs. Gabriel Kidd
• Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV
• Toa Henare vs. Yota Tsuji

Feb. 9 - Osaka

• Tetsuya Naito (c) (c) vs. KENTA for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental championships
• Minoru Suzuki vs. Jon Moxley (c) for the IWGP United States title
• Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Ryu Lee for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight championship
• SANADA vs. Jay White
• Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
• SHO & YOH (c) vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team title
• Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi