NJPW hosted New Beginning In Osaka at the Osaka Prefectural Gym on February 11. The buzzworthy show featured Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay‘s final matches in Japan.
The card also included the highly anticipated rematch between Zack Sabre Jr. and AEW‘s Bryan Danielson and a title match, as El Phantasmo and Hikuleo defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
The full results are as follows:
- Tag Match: YOH & Toru Yano def. Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi
- Tag Match: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto def. Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan
- 8-Man Tag Match: Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, SHO, EVIL def. Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, El Desperado, Shota Umino
- 10-Man Tag Match: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, SANADA def. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito
- Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
- IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Chase Owens & KENTA def. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo (c)
- Special Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Bryan Danielson
- 10-Man Dog Pound Cage Match: Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, David Finlay def. Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE, Jeff Cobb
Post-match notes
Following the 8-man tag match, chaos erupted as House of Torture laid a post-match attack on their defeated opponents. SHO left with El Desperado’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Now, their upcoming singles bout at New Beginning In Sapporo will be contested for the said championship. Should SHO lose the match, he must leave House of Torture and join the Strong Style unit.
Meanwhile, long-time allies and rivals Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi exchanged a sign of respect after the conclusion of Okada’s final match in Japan. Prior to returning backstage, Okada took a moment to relish in the crowd’s “Thank You” chants and kneel before the NJPW logo printed in the middle of the ring mat.
Likewise, Zack Sabre Jr. shook hands with Bryan Danielson after a hard-fought victory.
Will Ospreay also received a loud ovation from the fans despite a tough loss at the end of the show.
