New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full cards for this year’s New Beginning events, which take place on January 30th in Aichi and February 10th and 11th in Hiroshima, Japan. All three events will air live on New Japan World.
In an interesting note, Jay White was not announced to be appearing on any of the three New Beginning events nor any of the twelve Road to New Beginning events for this year’s tour.
Full cards:
January 30th – The New Beginning in Nagoya 2021 (Aichi, Japan):
- Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
- Master Wato, SHO, Tomoaki Honma, & Kota Ibushi vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, & SANADA
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great-O-Khan
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay
- NEVER Openweight Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi (c)
February 10th – The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Hiroshima, Japan):
- Gabriel Kidd, Yuya Uemura, & Yota Tsuji vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki
- Master Wato vs. BUSHI
- YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, & Kazuchika Okada vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
- Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) vs. Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)(c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi (c)
February 11th – The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Hiroshima, Japan):
- YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto vs. Gabriel Kidd, Yuya Uemura, & Yota Tsuji
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, & Yujiro Takahashi
- Master Wato, SHO, & Tomoaki Honma vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, & Tetsuya Naito
- Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Dick Togo & EVIL
- DOUKI & Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) vs. Jado & Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)
- IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Double Championship – SANADA vs. Kota Ibushi (c)
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