The New Beginning in Osaka (2018)

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The New Beginning in Osaka (2018)
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 10, 2018 [1]
City Osaka, Osaka, Japan [1]
Venue Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium [1]
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The New Beginning in Osaka (2018) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 10, 2018, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium and featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships.

Contents

In the main event, Kazuchika Okada defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Sanada. [1] This was the fourteenth event under the New Beginning name and the sixth to take place in Osaka.

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
Commentators Don Callis (English-language announcer)
Kevin Kelly (English-language announcer)
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

Background

The event will air worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World, with English commentary provided by Kevin Kelly and Don Callis.

Storylines

The New Beginning in Osaka will feature nine professional wrestling matches, which will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. The final five matches on the card feature Chaos and Los Ingobernables de Japón taking on one another in singles matches. 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. [2]

Results

No.Results [1] StipulationsTimes
1 Yuji Nagata defeated Katsuya Kitamura Singles match 10:58
2 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) Tag team match 10:22
3Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi and Kushida), Michael Elgin and Togi Makabe defeated Suzuki-gun (Taka Michinoku, Taichi, Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki)Eight-man tag team match11:52
4 Chaos (Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii and Jay White) defeated Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Juice Robinson and Toa Henare) Six-man tag team match 7:33
5 Bushi defeated Gedo Singles match10:07
6 Tetsuya Naito defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match16:46
7 Will Ospreay (c) defeated Hiromu Takahashi Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 20:05
8 Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Evil Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 20:19
9 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Sanada Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 32:12
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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