NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 Night 1 Results – Feb. 23, 2024 – Nic Nemeth vs. David Finlay

February 23, 2024
Sapporo, Japan – Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results

1. Pre-show: Frontier Zone match – Tomoya & Toru Yano defeated Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma via Adachita ’05 (pinfall 7:10)
2. Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yuji Nagata via Cross Armbreaker (submission 7:56)
3. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Ren Narita) defeated Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Togi Makabe via Double Cross (pinfall 7:15)
4. YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, & Kazuchika Okada defeated United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb) via Rainmaker (pinfall 10:55)
5. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito defeated Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA) via Pumping Bomber (pinfall 10:07)
6. IWGP Women’s Championship – Mayu Iwatani (c) defeated Mina Shirakawa via Two Step Dragon Suplex (pinfall 12:28)
7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – SHO defeated El Desperado (c) via Countount (16:13)
   • Under IWGP rules, a title can change hands with a countout meaning that SHO became the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. The finish of this match involved both SHO and El Desperado being on the outside while the ref was counting to 20. While SHO was able to get into the ring in time, Ren Narita appeared from under the ring apron and locked in a sleeper hold while the referee was not looking preventing El Desperado from getting back into the ring in time.
8. NEVER Openweight Championship – EVIL (c) defeated Shota Umino via Everything Is Evil (pinfall 15:45)
9. NJPW World Television Championship – Matt Riddle defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) via Bro Stone (pinfall 8:53)
10. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Nic Nemeth defeated David Finlay (c) via Danger Zone (pinfall 23:07)