Konosuke Takeshita will defend the gold at NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka.
Takeshita won the NEVER Openweight Championship by defeating Shingo Takagi at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19. Since then, he has retained the title against Tomohiro Ishii and KUSHIDA.
NJPW announced that Takeshita will defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Oleg Boltin at NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka on February 11th.
The updated card is as follows:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (Nicholas Jackson & Matthew Jackson) (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagle) (c) vs. Roppongi ReVice (SHO & Rocky Romero)
- SANADA vs. Taichi
- Great-O-Khan vs. Shota Umino
- Drilla Moloney vs. Shingo Takagi
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
