The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021)

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The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021)
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 10–11, 2021
City Hiroshima, Japan
Venue Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
AttendanceNight 1: 1,135 [1]
Night 2: 2,007 [2]
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The New Beginning in Hiroshima was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 10 and 11, 2021 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. It was the thirty-first event promoted under the NJPW The New Beginning name and the second in Hiroshima, the last being The New Beginning in Hiroshima in 2014.

Contents

The event featured thirteen matches across both days. The first day was main evented by Hiromu Takahashi making his first defence of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Sho. The first day also features Guerrillas of Destiny defending the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Dangerous Tekkers. [3] The second night main event saw Kota Ibushi face against Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships. [3] [4]

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Rocky Romero
Japanese CommentatorsShinpei Nogami
Milano Collection A.T.
Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Togi Makabe
Miki Motoi
Jushin Thunder Liger
Masahiro Chono
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Kimihiko Ozaki
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Background

Since 2020, NJPW has unable to run events with a full arena capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions. [5] The New Beginning is NJPW's first major show after their annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, which is their biggest show of the year.

Storylines

The New Beginning in Hiroshima's events featured thirteen professional wrestling matches across both days that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. [6]

At the G1 Climax 30 final, Kota Ibushi defeated Sanada to win the tournament for the second time in a row. [7] At Wrestle Kingdom 15, Ibushi won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship the second time after defeating Tetsuya Naito in the first night's main event. [8] [9] The next night, he successfully defended both belts against Jay White. [10] Ibushi then proclaimed that her had finally 'became god' and declared he would seek to unify the IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental belts. [11] After the defence, Sanada came into the ring and challenged Ibushi for the belts, asking if Ibushi would accept 'the gift' of Sanada, which Ibushi accepted. [12] The match was made for The New Beginning in Hiroshima's second night on February 11. [3] [4]

During the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, Sho defeated eventual tournament winner Hiromu Takahashi in their round-robin match. [13] At Wrestle Kingdom, Takahashi won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time against Taiji Ishimori and after the match, nominated Sho as his desired first challenger. [14] [10] This will be Sho's first challenge for the belt in his career as he has been primarily a tag team wrestler working with Yoh and Rocky Romero as Roppongi 3K. [3] The match was made for The New Beginning in Hiroshima's first night on February 10. [4]

Results

Night 1 (February 10)

No.Results [4] [15] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, and Gabriel Kidd by referee stoppage Six-man tag team match 8:01
2 Bushi defeated Master Wato (with Hiroyoshi Tenzan) Singles match 11:08
3 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo) (with Dick Togo and Gedo) Ten-man tag team match 12:08
4 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma Tag team match 11:02
5 Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (with Jado) (c) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (with Douki) by disqualification Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 29:08
6 Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeated Sho Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 35:38
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2 (February 11)

No.Results [4] [15] StipulationsTimes [2]
1 Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Douki) defeated Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, and Gabriel Kidd by submission Six-man tag team match 8:51
2 Tomoaki Honma, Sho, and Master Wato defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Six-man tag team match 8:07
3 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi) defeated Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo) Six-man tag team match 9:54
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano) vs. Bullet Club (Evil and Dick Togo) ended in a double countout Tag team match 1:27
5 Kazuchika Okada defeated Evil by disqualification Singles match 5:41
6 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) (with Jado and Gedo) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 27:01
7 Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Sanada Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship 27:51
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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