NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026 Notes: Boltin Oleg Wins NJPW Strong Openweight Title, Konosuke Takeshita Wins NJPW World TV Title, Alex Windsor Surprise Appears & Challenges Syuri for IWGP Women’s Title at EVE Wrestle Queendom VIII

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Feb 27, 2026

Boltin Oleg Wins NJPW Strong Openweight Title

Friday’s NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026 event at the CURE Arena in Trenton, New Jersey featured Boltin Oleg defeating Tomohiro Ishii to become the new NJPW Strong Openweight Champion.

This was Oleg’s first ever NJPW Strong Openweight Championship victory in his NJPW career.

Konosuke Takeshita Wins NJPW World TV Title

Friday’s NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026 event also featured Konosuke Takeahita defeating El Phantasmo to become the new NJPW World Television Champion.

This match initially ended in a 15-minute time limit between Takeshita and ELP. As Takeshita was leaving, ELP grabbed a microphone and brought up the last time their match ended in a time limit draw and Takeshita’s recent time limit draw with Jon Moxley for the AEW Continental Championship. ELP then suggested they have a 5 minute over time and stated that this was something they both wanted and the crowd wanted to see. Takeshita responded getting back into the ring to make the restart official. Takeshita eventually hit a Raging Fire to ELP for the pinfall victory to emerge victorious.

Alex Windsor Surprise Appears & Challenges Syuri for IWGP Women’s Title at EVE Wrestle Queendom VIII

Friday’s NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026 event also featured Alex Windsor making a surprise video appearance.

Following Syuri defeating Athena to retain the IWGP Women’s Championship, a video played on the big screen featuring Windsor. Windsor then issued a challenge to Syuri for her title at Pro Wrestling EVE’s Wrestle Queendom VIII event on Match 8th in London, England.

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