The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019)

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 2, and 3, 2019, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center.

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 2-3, 2019
CitySapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
VenueHokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
AttendanceNight 1: 4,868
Night 2: 6,089
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Storylines edit

The New Beginning in Sapporo featured eight professional wrestling matches for each night, which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Results edit

Night 1 edit

No.Results[2][3]StipulationsTimes
1Ren Narita defeated Yuya UemuraSingles match9:45
2Manabu Nakanishi and Toa Henare defeated Ayato Yoshida and Shota UminoTag team match8:53
3Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tiger Mask defeated Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka and Taka Michinoku) by disqualificationTag team match9:26
4Taguchi Japan (Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma and Ryusuke Taguchi) and Yoshi-Hashi defeated Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens and Taiji Ishimori)Ten-man tag team match13:38
5Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Bushi and Shingo Takagi)Six-man tag team match13:28
6Minoru Suzuki defeated SanadaSingles match19:40
7Evil defeated Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match22:01
8Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada by submissionTag team match24:36

Night 2 edit

No.Results[4][5]StipulationsTimes
1Toa Henare defeated Yota TsujiSingles match7:07
2Manabu Nakanishi and Tiger Mask defeated Ayato Yoshida and Shota UminoTag team match9:31
3Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Ren Narita defeated Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka and Taka Michinoku) by disqualificationTag team match9:47
4Taguchi Japan (Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori)Eight-man tag team match14:15
5Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) by submissionSix-man tag team match17:57
6Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Shingo Takagi) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado)Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship18:04
7Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) (c) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.)Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship16:52
8Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated TaichiSingles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship21:31
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References edit

  1. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "The New Beginning in Sapporo". NJPW1972.com. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Renner, Ethan (February 2, 2019). "NJPW New Beginning live results: Tanahashi & Okada team up". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "The New Beginning in Sapporo". NJPW1972.com. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Rose, Bryan (February 2, 2019). "NJPW New Beginning live results: Three title matches". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

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