The official logo for The New Beginning
The New Beginning is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2011 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World. The event is held in February, the month following NJPW's biggest annual event, the January 4 Dome Show, usually the culmination point of major storylines. As the name of the event suggests, it marks the beginning of a new year for the promotion. On December 10, 2018, NJPW announced The New Beginning in USA event, that took place between January 30 and February 2 and following the 2018 event the event would become an annual event.
Events[]
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The New Beginning (2011) | February 15, 2011 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 1,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt versus Kojima-gun (Satoshi Kojima and Taka Michinoku) |
| February 20, 2011 | Sendai | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 3,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | ||
| 3 | The New Beginning (2012) | February 12, 2012 | Osaka | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 6,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | The New Beginning (2013) | February 10, 2013 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 4,780 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 5 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima | February 9, 2014 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 5,040 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 6 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2014) | February 11, 2014 | Osaka | Bodymaker Colosseum | 6,400 | Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 7 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2015) | February 11, 2015 | Osaka | Bodymaker Colosseum | 7,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 8 | The New Beginning in Sendai | February 14, 2015 | Sendai | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 2,900 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) versus Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 9 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2016) | February 11, 2016 | Osaka | Edion Arena Osaka | 5,180 | Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 10 | The New Beginning in Niigata | February 14, 2016 | Nagaoka | Aore Nagaoka | 3,603 | Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Kenny Omega for the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 11 | The New Beginning in Sapporo | February 5, 2017 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,545 | Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 12 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2017) | February 11, 2017 | Osaka | Edion Arena Osaka | 5,466 | Tetsuya Naito (c) versus Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 13 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2018) | January 27, 2018 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,862 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| January 28, 2018 | 5,140 | Kenny Omega (c) versus Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| 15 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2018) | February 10, 2018 | Osaka | Edion Arena Osaka | 5,481 | Kazuchika Okada (c) versus SANADA for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 16 | The New Beginning in USA (2019) | January 30, 2019 | Los Angeles, California | Globe Theatre | 531 | Lifeblood (Juice Robinson and Tracy Williams) versus Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
| February 1, 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Grady Cole Center | 969 | Juice Robinson (c) versus Beretta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | ||
| February 2, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee | War Memorial Auditorium | 618 | Lifeblood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Tracy Williams) versus CHAOS (Beretta, Chuckie T. and Rocky Romero) | ||
| 19 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) | February 2, 2019 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,868 | Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Jay White) |
| 20 | February 3, 2019 | 6,089 | Tetsuya Naito (c) versus Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | |||
| 21 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2019) | February 11, 2019 | Osaka | Edion Arena Osaka | 5,570 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 22 | The New Beginning in USA (2020) | January 24, 2020 | Tampa, Florida | St. Petersburg Coliseum | 863 | Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero versus Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) |
| January 26, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee | War Memorial Auditorium | 560 | Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Rocky Romero versus Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Chase Owens) | ||
| January 27, 2020 | Durham, North Carolina | Durham Armory | 637 | Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yoshi-Hashi versus Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) | ||
| January 30, 2020 | Miami, Florida | Charles F. Dodge City Center | 525 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero versus Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | ||
| February 1, 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia | Coca-Cola Roxy | 855 | FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) (c) versus Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | ||
| 27 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) | February 1, 2020 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,569 | Hirooki Goto (c) versus Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| 28 | February 2, 2020 | 5,690 | Kazuchika Okada versus Taichi | |||
| 29 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2020) | February 9, 2020 | Osaka | Osaka-Jo Hall | 11,411 | Tetsuya Naito (c) versus KENTA for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 30 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2021) | January 30, 2021 | Nagoya | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 2,156 | Shingo Takagi (c) versus Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| 31 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021) | February 10, 2021 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 1,135 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) versus Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| February 11, 2021 | 2,007 | Kota Ibushi (c) versus SANADA for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championship | ||||
| 32 | The New Beginning in USA (2021) | February 19, 2021 | Port Hueneme, California | Oceanview Pavilion | 0[Note 1] | El Phantasmo versus Lio Rush |
| February 26, 2021 | Jon Moxley (c) versus KENTA for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | |||||
| 33 | The New Beginning in USA (2022) | January 15, 2022 | Seattle, Washington | Washington Hall | 516 | Tom Lawlor (c) versus Taylor Rust for the Strong Openweight Championship |
| 34 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2023) | January 22, 2023 | Nagoya | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 1,650 | Shingo Takagi (c) versus Great-O-Khan for the KOPW Championship |
| 35 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2023) | February 4, 2023 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,073 | Tetsuya Naito versus Shota Umino |
| 36 | February 5, 2023 | 3,316 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) versus Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 37 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2023) | February 11, 2023 | Osaka | Edion Arena Osaka | 4,055 | Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Notes[]
- ↑ The event was held behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.