NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo Night’s 1 & 2 took place over the weekend. The Results from both night’s are below:
NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo (Night One) took place with Hiroshi Tanahashi defending his IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Minoru Suzuki in the main event. Suzuki was able to capture the title (via ref stoppage) after going just over 32 minutes with Tanahashi. Also, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) retained their titles against Togi Makabe, Henare, and Ryusuke Taguchi.
Below are the full results:
* Michael Elgin defeated Katsuya Kitamura (Kitamura Challenge Series, 0-2)
* Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, and Tiger Mask IV defeated El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano defeated Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi
* Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Roa (c) defeated Henare, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Togi Makabe (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship)
* Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll defeated David Finlay, Juice Robinson, and Kota Ibushi
* Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Will Ospreay and YOSHI-HASHI
* Gedo, Hirooki Goto, and Kazuchika Okada defeated BUSHI, EVIL, and SANADA
* Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson defeated Jay White, SHO, and YOH
* Minoru Suzuki defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
Night two of NJPW New Beginning took place and in shocking fashion Jay White defeated Kenny Omega to win the IWGP United States Championship via pinfall. Omega had been the inaugural champion, winning it last July at the G1 Special in Long Beach, California. After the match, Adam Page already looked to challenge Jay White, but Omega asked him to back off. Cody came down, they argued, Cody said Omega wasn’t being a leader, and ended up putting Omega down with a cross rhodes. Cody grabbed a chair, but Koto Ibushi ran out to make the save for Omega.
Also, Roppongi 3K defeated the Young Bucks to capture the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for a second time. Below are the full results:
* Juice Robinson defeated Katsuya Kitamura (Kitmaura Challenge Series, 0-3)
* El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, and Tiger Mask IV
* Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano defeated Leo Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi
* Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Roa defeated Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Tomoyuki Oka
* Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka defeated Henare and Michael Elgin
* Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll defeated David Finlay, Kota Ibushi, and KUSHIDA
* BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito defeated Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, and YOSHI-HASHI
* Roppongi 3K (SHO and YOH) defeated Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)
* “Switchblade” Jay White defeated Kenny Omega (c) (IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship)
Source: WrestlingINC
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