The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021)

The New Beginning in Hiroshima is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event will take place on February 10 and 11, 2021 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. It will be the thirty-first event promoted under the NJPW The New Beginning name and the second to be held in Hiroshima, the last being The New Beginning in Hiroshima in 2014.

The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 10–11, 2021
CityHiroshima, Japan
VenueHiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
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The event will only feature six matches on both days. The first day is 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.[1] The second night main event will see Kota Ibushi face against Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships.[1][2]

Production

Background

Since 2020, NJPW has unable to run events with a full arena capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3] 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

Both of the New Beginning in Hiroshima's events will feature six professional wrestling matches 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.[4]

At the G1 Climax 30 final, Kota Ibushi defeated Sanada to win the tournament for the second time in a row.[5] 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.[6][7] The next night, he successfully defended both belts against Jay White.[8] Ibushi then proclaimed that her had finally 'became god' and declared he would seek to unify the IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental belts.[9] 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.[10] The match was made for The New Beginning in Hiroshima's second night on February 11.[1][2]

During the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, Sho defeated eventual tournament winner Hiromu Takahashi in their round-robin match.[11] 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.[12][8] 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.[1] The match was made for The New Beginning in Hiroshima's first night on February 10.[2]

Matches

Night 1 (February 10)
No. Matches*[13][2][14] Stipulations
1 Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura and Gabriel Kidd vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Six-man tag team match
2 Master Wato vs. Bushi Singles match
3 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo) Ten-man tag team match
4 Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) Tag team match
5 Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (with Jado) (c) vs. Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (with Douki) Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
6 Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

Night 2 (February 11)
No. Matches*[15][2][14] Stipulations
1 Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, and Gabriel Kidd vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Douki) Six-man tag team match
2 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo) Six-man tag team match
3 Tomoaki Honma, Sho, and Master Wato vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi) Six-man tag team match
4 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano) vs. Bullet Club (Evil and Dick Togo) Tag team match
5 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
6 Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

See also

References
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  2. Renner, Ethan (January 11, 2021). "NJPW Reveals Cards for New Beginning Nagoya and Hiroshima". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. Satin, Ryan (June 8, 2020). "NJPW To Resume Operations This Month, First Show With Fans Again Announced". Pro Wrestling Sheet. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  5. Powell, Jason (October 18, 2020). "10/18 NJPW G1 Climax Tournament Day 19 results: A-Block winner vs. B-Block winner". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  6. "バルサン Presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 in 東京ドーム – 東京・東京ドーム 2021/1/4 – 第6試合 60分1本勝負 – IWGPヘビー級・IWGPインターコンチネンタルダブル選手権試合". www.njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  7. Powell, Jason (January 4, 2021). "1/4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 results: Powell's review of Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay, Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Phantasmo for a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. Powell, Jason (January 5, 2021). "1/5 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 results: Powell's review of Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Hvt. Championship, Evil vs. Sanada, Shingo Takagi vs. Jeff Cobb for the Never Openweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. Currier, Joseph (January 5, 2021). "Double Champion Wants To Unify IWGP Heavyweight & IC Titles". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  10. "バルサン Presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 in 東京ドーム – 東京・東京ドーム 2021/1/5 – 第6試合後". www.njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. Renner, Ethan (December 2, 2020). "NJPW BOSJ Results: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Sho". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  12. "バルサン Presents WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 in 東京ドーム – 東京・東京ドーム 2021/1/5 – 第5試合 60分1本勝負 – IWGPジュニアヘビー級選手権試合". www.njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  13. NJPW. "2021.02.10 THE NEW BEGINNING in HIROSHIMA | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  14. Currier, Joseph (February 2, 2021). "Six-Man Tag Team Title Match Set For NJPW New Beginning In Hiroshima". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  15. NJPW. "2021.02.11 THE NEW BEGINNING in HIROSHIMA | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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