New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the final matches for Kazuchika Okada’s current career with the company as part of the full cards for their The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 events, which takes place on February 23-24 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Sapporo, Japan.
Full card for The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 Night 1:
- Pre-show: Frontier Zone match – Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma
- Yuji Nagata vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Togi Makabe vs. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Ren Narita)
- YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, & Kazuchika Okada vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
- BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA)
- IWGP Women’s Championship – Mina Shirakawa vs. Mayu Iwatani (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – SHO vs. El Desperado (c)
- NEVER Openweight Championship – Shota Umino vs. EVIL (c)
- NJPW World Television Championship – Matt Riddle vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Nic Nemeth vs. David Finlay (c)
Full card for The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 Night 2:
- Pre-show: Frontier Zone match – Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma
- Boltin Oleg, YOH, Togi Makabe, El Desperado, & Shota Umino vs. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, SHO, & EVIL)
- YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Kazuchika Okada vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Henare, & Jeff Cobb) & Matt Riddle
- Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) vs Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth vs. Gedo & David Finlay
- BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku
- Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI
- Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi
- Hair vs. Hair match – Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – SANADA vs. Tetsuya Naito (c)
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