NJPW has announced multiple title matches for its next tour, leading to New Beginning in Osaka.
Three title matches will be occurring on this month’s Road to New Beginning events on January 19 & 20 at Korakuen Hall.
The first night sees TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson make their first defense of the NEVER Openweight Six-Man titles against Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin.
The same card features a #1 contender’s match for the IWGP tag team belts as Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino face off with Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. The winners advance to challenge The Knockout Brothers on February 11 for the tag titles in Osaka.
On January 20, there will be a pair of championship matches with DOUKI defending the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title against El Desperado, and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag champions Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita face SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Road to New Beginning – January 19:
- #1 Contender Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Titles: Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson © vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Robbie Eagles
- SHO vs. Kosei Fujita
- Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo vs. Jake Lee, Callum Newman, Great O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young
- Aaron Wolf, El Desperado, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, DOUKI, EVIL, Yujiro & Dick Togo
- Young Lion Cup – Round 1: Daiki Nagai vs. Zane Jay
- Young Lion Cup – Round 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Masatora Yasuda
Road to New Beginning – January 20:
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: DOUKI © vs. El Desperado
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita © vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Young Lion Cup – Semi-Final: Katsuya Murashima vs. Nagai/Jay
- Young Lion Cup – Semi-Final: Shoma Kato vs. Yasuda/Murashima
