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 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 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.
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | February 10, 2018[1] | ||
| City | Osaka, Osaka, Japan[1] | ||
| Venue | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[1] | ||
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Production
| 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] | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 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 | ||
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References
- KAIN, Reverend (January 9, 2018). "New Japan Pro Wrestling announce full cards for Fantastica Mania 2018, New Beginning". Cageside Seats. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2017.