# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event | Ref(s) |
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1 | The New Beginning (2011) | February 15, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | 1,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt vs. Kojima-gun (Satoshi Kojima and Taka Michinoku) | [1] |
2 | February 20, 2011 | Sendai, Japan | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 3,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [2] |
3 | The New Beginning (2012) | February 12, 2012 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 6,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [3] [4] |
4 | The New Beginning (2013) | February 10, 2013 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 4,780 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [5] [6] [7] |
5 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2014) | February 9, 2014 | 5,040 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [8] [9] [10] [11] |
6 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2014) | February 11, 2014 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 6,400 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [12] [13] [14] |
7 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2015) | February 11, 2015 | 7,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [15] [16] [17] |
8 | The New Beginning in Sendai | February 14, 2015 | Sendai, Japan | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 2,900 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [18] [19] [20] |
9 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2016) | February 11, 2016 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,180 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [21] [22] [23] |
10 | The New Beginning in Niigata | February 14, 2016 | Nagaoka, Japan | Aore Nagaoka | 3,603 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega for the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [24] [25] [26] |
11 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2017) | February 5, 2017 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,545 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [27] [28] |
12 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2017) | February 11, 2017 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,466 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [29] [30] |
13 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2018) | January 27, 2018 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,862 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [31] |
14 | January 28, 2018 | 5,140 | Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | [31] |
15 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2018) | February 10, 2018 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,481 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [31] |
16 | The New Beginning USA (2019) | January 30, 2019 | Los Angeles, California, USA, | Globe Theatre | 531 | LifeBlood (Juice Robinson and Tracy Williams) vs. Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) | [32] |
17 | February 1, 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | Grady Cole Center | 969 | Juice Robinson (c) vs. Beretta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | [33] |
18 | February 2, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | War Memorial Auditorium | 618 | LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Tracy Williams) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T. and Rocky Romero) in a six-man tag team elimination match | [34] |
19 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) | February 2, 2019 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,868 | Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Jay White) | [35] |
20 | February 3, 2019 | 6,089 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [36] |
21 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2019) | February 11, 2019 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,570 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | [37] |
22 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | January 24, 2020 | St. Petersburg, Florida, USA | St. Petersburg Coliseum | 863 | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) in an Eight-man tag team elimination match | [38] |
23 | January 26, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | War Memorial Auditorium | 560 | FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga) | [39] |
24 | January 27, 2020 | Durham, North Carolina, USA | Durham Armory | 637 | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) | [40] |
25 | January 30, 2020 | Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA | Charles F. Dodge City Center | 525 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) | [41] |
26 | February 1, 2020 | Cumberland, Georgia, USA | Coca-Cola Roxy at The Battery Atlanta | 855 | FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | [42] |
27 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) | February 1, 2020 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,569 | Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship | [43] |
28 | February 2, 2020 | 5,690 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi | [44] |
29 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2020) | February 9, 2020 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka-jō Hall [45] | 11,411 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [46] | [47] |
30 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2021) | January 30, 2021 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 2,156 | Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship | [48] |
31 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021) | February 10, 2021 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 1,135 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | [49] |
February 11, 2021 | 2,007 | Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship | [50] |
32 | The New Beginning USA (2021) | February 19, 2021 | Port Hueneme, California, USA | Oceanview Pavilion | 0 | El Phantasmo vs. Lio Rush | [51] |
February 26, 2021 | Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | [52] |
33 | The New Beginning USA (2022) | January 15, 2022 | Seattle, Washington, USA | Washington Hall | 516 | Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Tyler Rust for the Strong Openweight Championship | [53] |
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34 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2023) | January 22, 2023 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 1,650 | Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan in a mixed martial arts rules match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship | [54] |
35 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2023) | February 4, 2023 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,073 | Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito | [55] |
36 | February 5, 2023 | 3,316 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | [56] |
37 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2023) | February 11, 2023 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 4,055 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [57] |
38 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2024) | January 20, 2024 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 2,710 | Tama Tonga (c) vs. Evil in a Lumberjack match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | [58] |
39 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2024) | February 11, 2024 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,400 | United Empire (Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Henare) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) in a Steel Cage match | [59] |
40 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2024) | February 23, 2024 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,231 | David Finlay (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship | [60] |
41 | February 24, 2024 | 5,355 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [61] |
42 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2025) | February 11, 2025 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,502 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [62] |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
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