NJPW has revealed that their next show after the Fantastica Mania Event is their New Beginning Event which will take place on January 27, January 28 & February 10. Night one’s main event will be Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Minoru Suzuki. Night two will have IWGP US Champion Kenny Omega defending against Jay White. In February, it will be Will Ospreay defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Hiromu Takahashi, Hirooki Goto defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against EVIL, and in the main event, Kazuchika Okada will be defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against SANADA.
Below are the lineups for the three days:
New Beginning in Sapporo Night One (January 27 – 4am ET / 1am PT)
– Katsuya Kitamura vs. Michael Elgin
– Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask IV vs. El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
– Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match
– Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa (c) vs. Henare, Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe
– Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page & Marty Scurll vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi
– Will Ospreay & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
– Gedo, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA
– Jay White, SHO & YOH vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match
– Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two (January 28 – 1am ET / 10pm PT – still the 27th, for people on the west coast)
– Juice Robinson vs. Katsuya Kitamura
– Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Tiger Mask IV vs. El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
– Leo Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
– Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Henare, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe
– Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
– Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page & Marty Scurll vs. David Finlay, Kota Ibushi & KUSHIDA
– Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay & YOSHI-HASHI vs. BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
– Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO and YOH)
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match
– Kenny Omega (c) vs. “Switchblade” Jay White
New Beginning in Osaka (February 10 – 3am ET / 12am PT)
– Katsuya Kitamura vs. Yuji Nagata
– Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
– “Switchblade” Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Michael Elgin
– Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe
– BUSHI vs. Gedo
– Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match
– Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship Match
– Hirooki Goto (c) vs. EVIL
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
– Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA