New champions crowned at NJPW New Beginning in Osaka, full results

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Titles changed hands and significant matches were set up at the NJPW New Beginning in Osaka event on Saturday.

As the New Beginning tour wrapped up at the Edion Arena, Osaka, the show saw the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions defeated.

In the sole title change, Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita defeated EVIL, SHO, and Yujiro Takahashi to take the belts.

Elsewhere, Jay White lost his ‘Loser leaves Japan’ match to Hikuleo, and Kazuchika Okada issued a challenge to Hiroshi Tanahashi after successfully defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Full results:

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Shingo Takagi
  • NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga (c) def. El Phantasmo
  • ‘Loser Leaves Japan’ Match: Hikuleo def. Jay White
  • NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championships: Ren Narita, Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado def. Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & SHO (c)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi def. KENTA
  • Taiji Ishimori def. Master Wato
  • Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
  • Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan def. Oskar Leube & Toru Yano
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