The New Beginning in Osaka (2018)

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 Edition Arena Osaka and featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. 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.

The New Beginning in Osaka (2018)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 10, 2018[1]
CityOsaka, Osaka, Japan[1]
VenueEdion Arena Osaka[1]
Event chronology
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The New Beginning chronology
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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 Japon 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] Stipulations Times
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
3 Taguchi 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 match 11:52
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 match 10:07
6 Tetsuya Naito defeated Yoshi-Hashi Singles match 16:46
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) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. KAIN, Reverend (January 9, 2018). "New Japan Pro Wrestling announce full cards for Fantastica Mania 2018, New Beginning". Cageside Seats. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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