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  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 2 Coverage and Results

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 2 Coverage and Results

    Today, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will hold the second day of their two-day event, The New Beginning in Sapporo. The event will be held at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo City, Japan. This event will be available to watch on their live streaming service, NJPW World. English and Japanese commentary are available.

    Start times are as follows:

    • Pacific USA: February 1st, 10PM
    • Eastern USA: February 2nd, 1AM
    • UK: February 2nd, 6AM
    • Japan: February 2nd, 3PM
    • East Australia: February 2nd, 5PM

    Video Links:
    NJPW World (English Commentary)
    NJPW World (Japanese Commentary)

    The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 2 Card

    Toa Henare def. Yota Tsuji
    For several years now, Toa Henare has been in a strange transition stage between being a young lion and a full-fledged member of the roster. He only ever has defeated young lions. Nevertheless, he’s performed well doing so. He and Tsuji had a brief but hard-hitting and enjoyable. Crowds popped when Tsuji scored near falls on Henare, but also when Henare invariably knocked him back down. Toa Henare pinned Yota Tsuji with the Toa Bottom uranage. (8:16)

    Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV def. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura
    This match had two main themes: Manabu Nakanishi’s last hurrah, being his last match in the Hokkaido Prefecture, and high quality wrestling between Tiger Mask and Uemura. Nakanishi acted as what he’s been for the last decade or so, the immovable wall that people run into but can’t knock down. Tiger Mask IV pinned Yuya Uemura with a bridging Tiger suplex. (9:48)

    El Phantasmo def. Gabriel Kidd
    Gabriel Kidd is NJPW’s newest young lion. From England, he has already been wrestling for five years, making his NJPW debut. He was scouted from Rev Pro by Katsuyori Shibata last year and has been training at the Los Angeles Dojo for the last several months. He does not look good with the traditional shaved head. He performed to an acceptable standard in the match, but did not have much time to show his true potential, as El Phantasmo dominated the vast majority of the bout. El Phantasmo pinned Gabriel Kidd with a top rope splash, and hit him with the CR II after the match. (8:50)

    CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Robbie Eagles) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI)
    The majority of this match featured the four men who fought in the final two matches of yesterday’s show, and their hard hits were as much a sight to see as they were yesterday. As EVIL took on Ishii, Shingo taunted Goto with the NEVER Openweight Championship that he lost yesterday. Robbie Eagles hit a 450 splash on BUSHI’s left leg and submitted him with the Ron Miller Special. He remarked to the English commentary team that he wanted to challenge for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. (9:42)

    Jon Moxley, SHO, YOH & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
    As Jon Moxley entered through the crowd, still wearing the eyepatch that is apparently AEW-related, Minoru Suzuki immediately left the ring to attack him, and they spent the first third of the match fighting on the outside as the other four people in this match wrestled in the ring. Eventually, they were tagged in and fought inside the ring too! Unfortunately, there was not much interaction between Moxley and Ryusuke Taguchi. Taguchi submitted DOUKI with the Oh My and Garankle, an ankle lock. (12:58)

    Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) def. Bullet Club (KENTA, Jay White & Taiji Ishimori)
    This was a high-energy trios match, likely one of NJPW’s best six man tag team matches so far this year. This match featured Naito continuing to taunt KENTA in the build up to their Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championship match next Sunday, and Jay White bullying Hiromu. SANADA and Taiji Ishimori showed especially good chemistry at the end, with counters met with counters. SANADA submitted Ishimori with the Skull End. Afterward, Naito presented both his championship belts to KENTA, as if that were the closest that would ever be to him winning them. (15:34)

    Rev Pro British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Will Ospreay
    In the video package for this match, Zack Sabre Jr. remarked that Will Ospreay had never defeated him in a singles match, and that he never would. It was presented as a battle of classic technical wrestling versus innovative high flying. In the early going, Ospreay attempted to match Zack’s mat wrestling, but it quickly became clear that this would not end well, and he pivoted to using his otherworldly body control to reverse or avoid ZSJ’s submission attempts. Eventually, Ospreay grew weary of attempting to fight Zack in his usual way, and simply knocked him down with a forearm to the face. He hit the Oscutter, but Sabre rolled out of the ring so that he couldn’t be pinned. Ospreay soon got him back in the ring, but Zack countered his Hidden Blade attempt into an armbar. Zack countered the Stormbreaker attempt as well and applied a complex submission hold. Zack Sabre Jr. retained the British Heavyweight Championship via referee stoppage. (27:04)

    Kazuchika Okada def. Taichi
    Taichi attacked Okada before the bell and attempted to hit him with the Iron Finger from Hell off the bat, but Okada blocked the attack and the referee removed the foreign object from the ring. Taichi had gone into this match with the intentions of humiliating Okada like he used to many years ago when Okada was merely a young lion. Okada took control during periods when Taichi wasn’t attempting an underhanded tactic. Miho Abe sneakily gave Taichi the Iron Finger when he was downed but Okada once again foiled the weapon attack. Yoshinobu Kanemaru entered and distracted the referee as Taichi hit Okada with a steel chair so hard that the seat popped out. Taichi blocked mutliple Rainmaker attempts and answered with high-angle back suplexes. The crowd was solidly in favor of their hometown man, Taichi. Okada countered the Black Mephisto into a short-range Rainmaker. Taichi pushed the referee in Okada’s way and hit a low blow behind his back and pinned him for a two count, then hit an elevated powerbomb for another two count. Okada countered Taichi’s Black Mephisto to hit a discus lariat. Okada hit a spinning tombstone piledriver and a Rainmaker to defeat Taichi by pinfall. (30:53)

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 1 Coverage and Results

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 1 Coverage and Results

    Today, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will hold the first day of their two-day event, The New Beginning in Sapporo. The event will be held at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo City, Japan. This event will be available to watch on their live streaming service, NJPW World. English and Japanese commentary are available.

    Start times are as follows:

    • Pacific USA: February 1st, 1AM
    • Eastern USA: February 1st, 4AM
    • UK: February 1st, 9AM
    • Japan: February 1st, 6PM
    • East Australia: February 1st, 8PM

    Video Links:
    NJPW World (English Commentary)
    NJPW World (Japanese Commentary)

    The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 Day 1 Card

    Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) def. Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura
    The match began with both members of Bullet Club taking turns beating up Yuya Uemura. This built up to the hot tag to Tiger Mask. The crowd went wild as Uemura managed to put Phantasmo in a Boston Crab and hit him with his overhead suplex. Uemura got several near falls with a school boy and a small package hold. Taiji Ishimori submitted Yuya Uemura with the Yes Lock. (8:13)

    Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji
    Exactly three weeks from today, Manabu Nakanishi will retire from professional wrestling. The youngest and most sprightly wrestlers in this match, Tsuji and Toa Henare, made for the high point of this match as they fought. Toa Henare pinned Yota Tsuji with the Toa Bottom uranage. (9:41)

    SHO, YOH, Will Ospreay & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI)
    This was a fast-paced match, no surprise considering the majority were junior heavyweights. The main focus was on the two upcoming title matches involving the participants: Zack Sabre Jr. defending the Rev Pro British Heavyweight Championship against Will Ospreay tomorrow, and Roppongi 3K defending against Desperado and Kanemaru next week. Ryusuke Taguchi pinned DOUKI with the Dodon. Also, DOUKI brought a new metal rod, that was a little more professional than the one he was using before. (11:45)

    Ryu Lee & Robbie Eagles def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI)
    Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee were not waiting until their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at The New Beginning in Osaka to go to war. Their rivalry that has gone on since Hiromu’s excursion to CMLL is revered for good reason: the two men never hold back around each other. Robbie Eagles also performed well. He may have felt slighted for not getting his own title match after pinning Hiromu in his return match last December. Robbie submitted BUSHIH with the Ron Miller Special, an inverted figure four leg lock. (11:47)

    Bullet Club (KENTA & Jay White) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA)
    This tag team match was a preview for two singles matches at The New Beginning in Osaka: SANADA versus Jay White and Tetsuya Naito defending his IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships against KENTA. It could be said that this match was a tale of two matches. The first half could have been described more as physical banter than proper wrestling. Naito and KENTA taunted each other, entered the ring only to leave immediately, and generally tried not to take each other seriously. As the match progressed, all wrestlers involved became more urgent in their actions, and this gradual escalation made for a high-quality match. Jay White pinned SANADA with a victory roll. (18:42)

    Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Minoru Suzuki) def. Kazuchika Okada & Jon Moxley
    Kazuchika Okada in a tag team match with Jon Moxley as his partner was something that no one could have predicted a year earlier. Okada against Taichi is the main event of tomorrow’s show, but the stars of this match were Moxley and Suzuki. It was not lost on them as to how much people are anticipating their IWGP US Heavyweight Championship match next Sunday, and gave the crowd today a delightful appetizer. They beat each other every which way, hit each other with guardrails and fans’ seats, spent a clearly illegal amount of time outside the ring, and traded their hardest hits. Suzuki pinned Moxley with the Gotch-style piledriver. (17:48)

    After the match ended, Okada tried to hit a Rainmaker on Taichi, but Taichi avoided hit and knocked Okada down with the Iron Finger from Hell. Will Ospreay came out to apprehend Taichi, but Zack Sabre Jr. showed up to stop him. Taichi hit a Black Mephisto on Okada on the ramp.

    Tomohiro Ishii def. EVIL
    It was known all along that this match would be, as another wrestler put it “two meaty men slapping meat” and it lived up to that expectation. These two fridge-shaped men traded chops and lariats as close to the larynx as possible, and EVIL even seemed at times to have a hoarse voice from them. EVIL accidentally didn’t get enough lift on a corner suplex and Ishii fell on his head, but the match seemed to pick up from there, so maybe it energized him. EVIL used Ishii’s trademark superplex, but it only netted him a near fall, as did a following Darkness Falls. After a white-hot closing stretch, Tomohiro Ishii pinned EVIL with the vertical drop brainbuster. (21:14)

    NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Shingo Takagi def. Hirooki Goto
    Shingo and Goto were clearly not content to be outdone by the previous battle of rectangular, heavy men. So many lariats were traded, so many angry Japanese words that are probably inappropriate were said, and so much sweat flew. After landing a monstrous lariat, Goto was too tired to stand up, so Shingo lifted him to the top rope and hit him with an avalanche brainbuster known as the Stay Dream. To add insult to injury, Takagi landed a rope-hung GTR on Goto, which he had been referring in the lead-up to this match as the Great Takagi Revolution. Goto got a second wind and hit the Shouten Kai for a near fall. Goto hit the reverse GTR and was winding up for the regular version, but Shingo countered it into Made in Japan. He followed up with Last of the Dragon to win the NEVER Openweight Championship. (20:10)

    Hirooki Goto’s reign lasted 25 days with 0 successful defenses.

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two Results: A Shocking Ending, Two Title Matches

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two Results: A Shocking Ending, Two Title Matches

    Night two of NJPW’s The New Beginning in Sapporo event goes down today (Jan. 28) at 1 a.m. ET.

    In the main event, IWGP United States champion Kenny Omega defends his gold against Jay White. Plus, IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag team champions The Young Bucks put their titles on the line against Roppongi 3K.

    Also featured on the card will be Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Cody, Kota Ibushi, and many more.

     

    Peep the live results below:

    Singles Match: Juice Robinson vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    Juice got a headlock in early. Kitamura was able to muscle his way out of the hold. Juice’s shoulder block attempts went nowhere. He chopped the big man and stomped him in the corner.

    Kitamura connected with a powerslam. He went for a spear, but was thrown to the corner padding. Juice nailed a cannonball in the corner followed by a snap suplex for a two-count.

    Juice bounced off the ropes and Kitamura nailed him with a one-armed spinebuster. He hammered away with forearms. Kitamura laced into his opponent with chops. Juice leaped over Kitamura’s spear attempt and hit the spinebuster for a near fall.

    Kitamura hit the spear for a two-count. He looked for the Jackhammer, but Juice hit him with a knee to the head. He cracked him with his signature punch and lariat. Kitamura kicked out, but fell to Pulp Friction.

    Winner: Juice Robinson

    Eight-man Tag Match: Syota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    Taguchi was suckered in early it seemed by Taichi’s girlfriend. El Desperado stepped on Taguchi’s chin with the ref’s back turned. Taguchi nailed Taichi with a hip attack and tagged in Liger.

    Liger nailed the Shotei on Suzuki-Gun members. Tachi threw Liger into the ring post and choked him with his mic stand. El Desperado and Taka tried unmasking Tiger Mask on the outside.

    Liger nailed El Desperado with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and tagged in Tiger Mask. El Desperado was hit by the Tiger Driver, but Taka broke up the pin and went to unmask his opposition.

    There was a hilarious moment where Taka was knocked off the apron and he yelled “sh*t!” Umino was tagged in and he nailed Taichi with forearms. He followed that up with a missile dropkick assisted by his entire team.

    Taichi ripped off his pants before nailing Umino with a lariat. He kicked his opponent in the head, but his pin was broken up. Taichi landed one more kick for the three-count.

    Winners: Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    After the match, Suzuki-Gun ripped off the mask of Tiger Mask. Taichi’s girlfriend then stomped on Taguchi’s crotch. Another hilarious moment occurred when Taguchi crawled to Taichi’s girlfriend and tripped her. He then told Kevin Kelly that Suzuki-Gun “broke my ass.”

    Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Leo Tonga

    Yano and Tonga got things started. Yano sent Tonga to the outside, but got rammed into the barricade. Yujiro struck Ishii with his walking stick. He was tagged in and went to town on Yano.

    Yano hit the inverted atmoic drop and tagged in Ishii. Yujiro was countering Ishii at first, but was hit with a German suplex. Tonga went in and was suplexed for his efforts. Yujiro tried engaging in a slap battle with Ishii, who chopped him in the corner.

    Yujiro did his signature biting the finger, but Ishii responded by biting his opponent’s finger as well. With Yano and Tonga in as the legal men, Yano ripped off the padding in the corner. He ended up eating a big boot. Tonga clotheslined Ishii.

    Tonga hit Yujiro with a big boot by accident in a failed double team attempt. Yano lowblowed Tonga with the ref distracted and rolled him up for the win.

    Winners: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Tomoyuki Oka, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Togi Makabe vs. Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale

    Tama Tonga and Tenzan got the action started. Tonga lured Tenzan into a shoulder block battle with a dropkick. Tonga mocked Tenzan with Mongolian chops, but he paid the price going for a headbutt. Tenzan then showed Tonga how it’s done with the real Mongolian chops.

    The action spilled into the crowd and the Bullet Club had a clear edge. Inside the ring, Loa nailed Nakanishi with a scoop slam. Bullet Club had their way with Nakanishi in the corner.

    Nakanishi lifted Fale over his shoulder and was able to tag in Makabe. The former IWGP heavyweight champion took out the Bullet Club members on the apron briefly. He did his signature punches in the corner on Fale, but was ganged up on. Makabe ran into a Samoan drop.

    Oka was tagged in and nailed Owens with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. He then hit a gutwrench suplex, but Tonga made the save. Oka went for a Boston Crab, but Owens reversed into an inside cradle.

    Owens eventually hit the package piledriver for the three-count.

    Winners: Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale

    Tag Match: Toa Henare & Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka

    Of course, Suzuki and Iizuka attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Suzuki threw Henare over the guardrail. Henare hit a flying forearm on Suzuki. He was trapped in Suzuki’s armbar over the top rope.

    On the outside, Iizuka attacked Elgin with a chair and choked him with it. Henare was able to get back in the ring at the count of 11. Suzuki threw him right back to the outside and members of Suzuki-Gun stomped on Henare. Iizuka was now the legal man.

    Henare had his fingers bitten by Iizuka. He finally hit a shoulder tackle and tagged in Elgin. He clotheslined Iizuka in the corner and nailed a German suplex. Elgin was on the wrong end of an inverted atomic drop and Suzuki was in.

    He ran into a powerslam. Elgin and Henare double teamed Suzuki. Henare conencted with a Samoan drop for a two-count. The fact that it was a near fall made Suzuki angry. He locked in the sleeper hold into some slaps. He forced the tap with the heel hook.

    Winners: Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka

    After the match, Elgin and Iizuka brawled in the crowd. Back in the ring, the rest of the Suzuki-Gun members stomped on Henare. Togi Makabe had seen enough and cleaned house with his chain. Suzuki left the ring and held up his IWGP Intercontinental title on the ramp. Makabe stuck up the middle fingers.

    Six-Man Tag Match: Kushida, David Finlay, & Kota Ibushi vs. Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, & Cody

    Cody made sure that Kevin Kelly knew the winners get paid more than the losers. Some nice technical work on display by Kushida against Scurll. “The Villain” had issues escaping Kushida’s grasp on his arm. He raked the eyes of his opponent, but his taunting cost him.

    Finlay was in the ring and he worked on the arm of Scurll. Cody attacked Finlay from behind. Finlay shoved Scurll into Cody. With Finlay on the outside, Hangman Page landed his shooting star press off the apron.

    Cody taunted Ibushi and paid for it when Finlay reversed his submission. Ibushi and Cody were the legal men. They engaged in a striking battle. Ibushi had his kick caught and received a dragon screw.

    Cody teased doing Cross Rhodes on Ibushi off the apron as he did at Wrestle Kingdom 12, but Kushida made the save. Ibushi stomped on Page’s back and nailed Scurll with a moonsault.

    Cody nailed Cross Rhodes on Kushida and Page followed it up with Rite of Passage for the three-count.

    Winners: Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, & Cody

    10-Man Tag Match: Gedo, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi, Hiroki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & Sanada

    Chaos wasted little time going after Los Ingobernables de Japon. Yoshi-Hashi ripped Naito’s shirt and stepped on it. He hammered away on Naito in the corner. The teamwork of LIJ finally slowed down Yoshi-Hashi.

    The rest of LIJ brawled with Chaos in the crowd, while Naito choked Yoshi-Hashi with his shirt.  Hiromu missed a dropkick and Yoshi-Hashi capitalized with a back kick. This allowed him to tag in Ospreay. He landed a standing shooting star press on Hiromu for a near fall.

    Hiromu countered Ospreay’s handspring into a German suplex. Goto and Evil were now in the ring. Evil went for a fisherman buster, but he was countered. Okada was tagged in and landed a back elbow.

    Sanada was now in against Okada. The champion hit him with a DDT. The two exchanged forearms after Okada taunted him with foot slaps to the back of the head. Sanada connected with a dropkick followed by a backdrop.

    Okada connected with a dropkick and tagged in Gedo. Naito interrupted Gedo’s pin attempt on Sanada. Eventually, Sanada locked in Skull End on Gedo to force the submission.

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & Sanada

    After the match, Yoshi-Hashi charged in and attacked Naito. Chaos and Young Lions held him back. Naito continued to act like he didn’t have a care in the world and posed with his LIJ team.

    Sanada grabbed a mic to respond to Okada’s attack last night. Okada teased going into the ring, but was held back by Young Lions.

    IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: The Young Bucks (C) vs. Roppongi 3K

    Yoh and Matt Jackson got the title bout started. Matt looked for the sharpshooter early, but couldn’t lock it in. Sho and Nick were now legal. Matt hit a neckbreaker on Sho on top of Nick’s knee. Roppongi 3K double teamed Nick in the corner and sent him to the outside.

    Sho and Yoh went for dives, but ate superkicks instead. Nick ended up hitting the dive with Matt holding the top rope down. The Young Bucks chased Rocky Romero and went for a powerbomb on the ramp. Sho and Yoh made the save. Matt did a front flip on Sho and Yoh off the ramp.

    The Young Bucks powerbombed Yoh on the apron. Matt went for a powerbomb, but sold a back injury from the dive off the ramp. Nick and Matt did a double dropkick. Matt was sent flying to the outside and his back landed on the ring apron.

    Sho was tagged in and he nailed Nick with a forearm. Sho then landed a headscissors on Nick. Matt was tagged in and he ate a German suplex for his efforts. Sho landed a backstabber on Matt and Yoh charged in with a running kick.

    Sho and Yoh hit 3K on Nick on the outside. Yoh locked in the Boston crab on Matt, who was able to reach the ropes. Sho and Yoh hit a double superplex for a near fall. Yoh nailed Sho with a kick by accident. Nick took out the challengers with a crossbody.

    Nick landed a German suplex on Sho on the apron. He went to the top rope and went for a frog splash on Sho, but ate the knees. Nick landed two superkicks on Yoh and a knee to Sho.

    Matt held Yoh between the ropes and Nick landed a 450 splash for a near fall. Nick assisted Matt in getting Yoh up for a powerbomb in the corner. He got it and Nick was there for the kick.

    Matt locked in a sharpshooter, but his own back was giving out. Yoh got to the rope, but Nick hit the swanton. Matt was forced to let go of the hold due to his back pain.

    Matt went for the sharpshooter again, but Yoh got the inside cradle for the pinfall. We have new champions.

    Winners And NEW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Roppongi 3K

    IWGP United States Heavyweight Title Match: Kenny Omega (C) vs. Jay White

    They tied up and neither man could get an edge. Omega did his typical light slap before walking away slowly. White faked out Omega and hit his own slap. The champion nailed White with a big boot.

    White dropkicked Omega to the outside. The challenger landed a forearm off the apron. Omega went for his springboard off the guardrail, but White countered with the Saito suplex. White removed the padding on the floor.

    The challenger landed a scoop slam on the exposed floor. White chopped the champion, but took some as well. White was rammed into the corner going for a third straight suplex. Omega countered another suplex attempt. Omega landed his steamroller followed by the moonsault for a two-count.

    White landed a running uppercut in the corner and then connected with the Saito suplex. Omega landed a hurricanrana and executed his Terminator dive. Omega landed Aoi Shoudou, but failed to connect with the V-Trigger. White countered with a complete shot and a German suplex.

    Omega leaped and connected with the V-Trigger as White bounced off the ropes. He hit another knee that sent both men off the apron. Omega powerbombed the challenger on the chairs in the crowd. White barely beat the count.

    The champion hit the snap dragon. He went for another one and got it. White denied a third attempt, but Omega hit a wheel kick. He went for the One-Winged Angel, but White’s body went limp.

    Omega had White’s arms trapped on the ropes and nailed him with the V-Trigger. He landed the double underhook piledriver for a two-count. The champion blasted the challenger with two hard knees, but White laughed. On the third knee, White got the shoulder up.

    White countered the One-Winged Angel, but he barely had the energy to make it effective. White found a second win and his Saito suplexes had more power behind them. He landed a snap sleeper suplex. He then hit the Kiwi Crusher for a near fall.

    White went for the Blade Runner, but Omega fought out of it. Omega went for a strike but was countered by the Blade Runner. The champion barely got the shoulder up. Omega countered a second Blade Runner attempt with the reverse hurricanrana. One last V-Trigger led to a One-Winged Angel attempt, but Jay White reversed it into the Blade Runner for the three-count. A shocker in Sapporo!

    Winner And NEW IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion: Jay White

    After the bout, Hangman Page grabbed the United States title and looked to challenge Jay White. Omega grabbed the title and gave it to White. Cody ran down and got in Omega’s face over the situation.

    Omega shoved Matt Jackson down inadvertently and apologized. He appeared to talk things out with Hangman Page and Cody, but he was nailed with Cross Rhodes. Hangman Page held Omega and Cody grabbed a chair. Marty Scurll tried to stop it when Kota Ibushi ran down for the save.

    The show ended with Omega and Ibushi embracing. The Golden Lovers are finally back together at least for one night.

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Results: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Results: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match

    Night one of NJPW’s The New Beginning in Sapporo event goes down today (Jan. 27) at 4 a.m. ET.

    In the main event, Intercontinental champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends his gold against Minoru Suzuki. Also on the card, Never Openweight tag champions Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Bad Luck Fale defend their titles against Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toa Henare.

    Also featured on the card will be Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Cody, Young Bucks, and many more.

    Peep the live results below:

    Singles Match: Michael Elgin vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    The two canceled each other out in the strength department early on. Elgin hit his stalling vertical suplex. He cracked Kitamura with a forearm for a near fall.

    The two got into a battle of who can land the next suplex. This time Kitamura won that battle. He hit a gutwrench suplex for a two-count. Elgin landed a dropkick from the middle rope.

    Kitamura barely kicked out of a Falcon Arrow. Elgin went for the buckle bomb, but Kitamura reversed. Kitamura ducked a clothesline and nailed the spear. He went for the Jackhammer, but Elgin rammed him into the corner.

    Three hard lariats finally took Kitamura down. Elgin hit the buckle bomb, followed by the Elgin Bomb for the three-count.

    Winner: Michael Elgin

    10-man Tag Match: Kushida, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Iizuka

    The members of Suzuki Gun immediately attack their opposition. El Desperado choked Liger against the corner. Liger landed a tilt-a-whirl on El Desperado, while Tiger Mask hit his Tiger Driver on Kanemaru.

    Taichi nailed Liger with his bell hammer.  Taichi landed an enzuigiri to Liger. Taichi did his signature routine of pulling off his own pants. Finally, Liger hit the shotei and tagged in Tenzan.

    Tenzan hit Mongolian chops on Iizuka, who later bit him in the head. Kushida was tagged in, but was outnumbered by Suzuki Gun. Nakaninishi had enough and nailed a an overhead powerslam on two members of the group.

    Kushida locked in the Hoverboard Lock on Taka Michinoku to force the tap.

    Winners: Kushida, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan

    Tag Team Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toro Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

    Takahashi tried slapping Ishii, but it failed miserably. Ishii sent Takahashi crashing to the mat and crawling to Owens for a tag. Owens asked for Yano and his wish was granted.

    Yano went for the padding in the corner, but was kicked by Takahashi. Yano was choked by Takahashi’s walking stick. Yano kicked out of a leg drop.

    Takahashi and Owens doubled teamed Ishii. Owens became the legal man at this point. He landed a knee to Ishii for a near fall. Owens went for the Packagage Piledriver, but couldn’t get it.

    Owens inadvertently cracked Takahashi with a kick. This allowed Ishii to hit the brainbuster for the win.

    Winners: Tomohiro Ishii & Toro Yano

    Never Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Match: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale (C) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toa Henare

    Taguchi and Loa got things started. Taguchi’s hip attack had no effect on Loa. He dropkicked Loa low and landed multiple hip attacks with Loa on the bottom rope.

    Now Henare and Tonga were the legal men. Tonga blasted Henare with a dropkick and multiple legdrops. Fale threw Makabe into chairs in the crowd and choked him with a cable.

    Loa landed a Jackhammer on Henare, but Taguchi broke up the pin. Fale was now in and chopped the chest of Henare. Fale charged at Henare in the corner, but missed.

    Makabe was now tagged in. He nailed Fale with his signature punches in the corner. Fale ran into a hip attack from Taguchi. Makabe hit a lariat on Fale, but Loa broke up the pin.

    Henare got a near fall off a top rope shoulder block. Taguchi played coach and sent his teammates to attack Tonga in the cormer. Henare nailed the spear, but Fale broke up the pin.

    Henare barely kicked out of Tonga’s flapjack. He locked in a half nelson submission hold on the ground to force the tap.

    Winners And STILL Never Openweight 6-Man Tag Champions: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale

    6-Man Tag Match: David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi vs. Marty Scurll, Hangman Page & Cody

    Finlay and Scurll got the match started. Finlay got a hold of the arm and Scurll couldn’t find a way to break it until hitting a back elbow. He bounced off the rope and ran into a dropkick.

    We now have Cody and Ibushi in the ring. Instead, Cody decided to tag in Page. Ibushi landed a kick to the body and a standing moonsault for a two-count.

    Juice was tagged in and landed some punches. He connected with a spinebuster. Scurll was now the legal man and he ate some punches. Cody distracted Juice and Scurll landed a superplex.

    Cody was tagged in and worked on the leg. Finally Ibushi and Cody were in the ring. They exchanged strikes. Ibushi went for a standing moonsault, but Cody got the knees up. Ibushi got the upperhand and landed a standing corkscrew.

    Cody accidentally nailed Scurll with the Disaster Kick. Juice then landed his axe kick on Ibushi by accident. The bevy of miscommunication continued with Finlay spearing Juice. Page landed Rite of Passage on Finlay for the win.

    Winners: Cody, Mary Scurll & Hangman Page

    Tag Team Match: Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    Hiromu and Naito attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Naito hit Yoshi-Hashi with his own stick. Naito wanted Japanese commentator Milano to hit Yoshi-Hashi with the stick.

    Yoshi-Hashi threw Naito into the barricade. Back in the ring, Ospreay was tagged in. Hiromu dropkicked Ospreay in the knee. Naito stomped Yoshi-Hashi in the crowd.

    Naito and Yoshi-Hashi would later be back in the ring. Naito landed his signature dropkick with his opponent in a sitting position. He tagged in Hiromu, but Yoshi-Hashi gained the edge and tagged in Ospreay.

    A hard kick was there for Ospreay. He landed a modified 619. Hiromu landed a dropkick to the knee. Ospreay responded with a dropkick in the corner. Hiromu stopped the momentum with a pop up sitting powerbomb.

    Naito was tagged in, but ate a springboard forearm. Naito went for a top rope hurricanrana, but Ospreay landed on his feet and landed a German suplex.

    With the referee distracted, Naito landed a low blow on Ospreay and pinned the IWGP juniro heavyweight champion.

    Winners: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    After the bout, Naito kept ignoring Yoshi-Hashi and was attacked for it. For the most part, Naito didn’t even bother responding to the attacks in the crowd. In fact, he went back in the ring and posed with Hiromu.

    6-Man Tag Match: Gedo, Hiroki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, EVIL & Sanada

    Okada and Sanada got the match started. The two canceled each other out and soon we saw Gedo and Bushi in the ring. Goto, Okada, and Goto triple teamed Bushi and did their Chaos pose.

    Gedo tried unmasking Bushi, but Sanada grabbed a hold of his beard. The action spilled to the outside. Sanada trapped Gedo in the Paradise Lock and nailed him with a dropkick.

    Goto was in and he suplexed Bushi on top of EVIL. Goto landed a clothesline on Sanada and tagged in Okada. A DDT was there for the IWGP heavyweight champion.

    Sanada reversed the Rainmaker with a high angle back suplex. Bushi was tagged in and landed a missile dropkick followed by the Bushiroonie. Okada got triple teamed, but Goto broke up the pin attempt.

    Bushi went for the middle rope codebreaker, but was cut off. Okada and Goto teamed up on Bushi. Okada locked in a cobra clutch hold and forced the tap.

    Winners: Gedo, Hiroki Goto & Kazuchika Okada

    After the match, Okada called Sanada into the ring to get him to speak. Sanada got in the ring and threw the mic. Okada chased after Sanada and threw him to the ring post.

    Okada went under the ring and threw a bag inside. Okada nailed Sanada with a tombstone. He shoved Okada bucks in Sanada’s mouth and choked him out with the cobra clutch.

    6-Man Tag Match: Sho, Yoh & Jay White vs. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega

    Jay White wasted little time, taking out Young Bucks and attacking Omega from behind. A big boot was there for Omega. Sho and Yoh were in the ring with the Young Bucks.

    Yoh was triple teamed in the corner with kicks. Omega teased his Terminator dive, but White put a stop to that. Sho and Yoh took out the Bucks with sentons.

    Omega went for a knee, but Yoh pulled his leg. White reluctantly tagged in Sho. Omega was able to bulldog both men. He tagged in Nick Jackson, who dropkicked White and went to town on Sho and Yoh.

    Omega took out Sho, Yoh, and White with snap dragon suplexes. The Bucks and Omega nailed Sho with superkicks. White broke up a sharpshooter on Sho.

    V-Trigger found the mark on Sho. Omega went for a One-Winged Angel, but White interrupted. Bucks went for a Meltzer Driver assisted by Omega on Yoh. They nailed it for the three-count.

    Winners: Kenny Omega & Young Bucks

    After the bout, White nailed Omega with the Blade Runner.

    IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki

    The two were in a feeling out process early in the match. Tanahashi targeted the arm and Suzuki returned the favor. Suzkui actually didn’t cheap shot the champion on a break.

    Suzuki locked in a leg lock. Tanahashi stood up to reverse it into his own submission. The champion stomped the challenger’s leg, but Suzuki laughed. Suzuki connected with a headbutt, followed by his signature armbar using the ropes.

    Suzuki threw the champion into the barricade. He grabbed a chair and attacked Tanahashi with it. The challenger landed some hard kicks to the body. Tanahashi got back in the ring and Suzuki continued his kicking spree.

    They got into a brief chop battle until Suzuki reversed a chop attempt into a Fujiwara armbar. Tanahashi egged Suzuki on to keep kicking him. The champion downed the challenger with a forearm.

    Tanahashi landed a senton off the top rope for a two-count. Suzuki threw his opponent into the corner and landed a big boot. Tanahashi caught a kick, but lost the dragon screw. They engaged in a striking battle that ended with Tanahashi getting the dragon screw.

    Tanahashi locked in the Texas Cloverhold. The challenger was able to get to the bottom rope. Suzuki delivered a dropkick right to the jaw of the champion. He applied the sleeper hold, but was pushed off.

    Tanahashi connected with the slingblade. He went for the crossbody and got it. The champion couldn’t follow up because of the way he landed on his knee.

    The champion struggled to climb the top rope. He went for High Fly Flow, but Suzuki got the knees up. He applied a heel hook. Tanahashi finally got to the bottom rope.

    Suzuki locked in the figure four. Tanahashi rolled over and found the ropes again. Suzuki landed his trademark clap combination. He locked in the sleeper hold and went for the Gotch Piledriver. Tanahashi swept the legs and locked in the Texas Cloverhold.

    Suzuki countered into an inside cradle for a two-count. Tanahashi hit slingblade for a near fall. Tanahashi was dropkicked in the knee. Suzuki once again applied the heel hook. The champion made it to the bottom rope.

    Suzuki shoved referee Red Shoes aside and kicked the champion in the leg numerous times. He went for the Gotch Piledriver again, but hit it this time. Instead of pinning Tanahashi, he locked in the heel hook again.

    The challenger readjusted and applied the heel hook yet again. Red Shoes had seen enough, we have a new IWGP intercontinental champion.

    Winner And NEW IWGP Intercontinental Champion: Minoru Suzuki

    After the match, Tanahashi was taken out on a stretcher. Suzuki talked about his title win to close out the show.