The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)
Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	February 1-2, 2020
City	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Venue	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
Attendance	Night 1: 4,569[1] Night 2: 5,690[2] Combined: 10,259
Event chronology
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The New Beginning chronology
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The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on February 1 and 2, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan.[3]

Production

Storylines

The New Beginning in Sapporo featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results

Night 1

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[1]
1	Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura by submission	Tag team match	8:13
2	Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma), and Toa Henare defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yota Tsuji	Six-man tag team match	9:41
3	Ryusuke Taguchi and Chaos (Sho, Yoh, and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Douki, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Eight-man tag team match	11:45
4	Robbie Eagles and Ryu Lee defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by submission	Tag team match	11:47
5	Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)	Tag team match	18:24
6	Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Jon Moxley and Kazuchika Okada	Tag team match	17:48
7	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Evil	Singles match	21:14
8	Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto (c)	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship	20:10
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[2]
1	Toa Henare defeated Yota Tsuji	Singles match	8:16
2	Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Tiger Mask defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) and Yuya Uemura	Six-man tag team match	9:48
3	El Phantasmo defeated Gabriel Kidd	Singles match	8:50
4	Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and Robbie Eagles) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Shingo Takagi, and Bushi) by submission	Six-man tag team match	9:42
5	Jon Moxley, Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh), and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Douki, El Desperado, Taka Michinoku, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by submission	Eight-man tag team match	12:58
6	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, and Taiji Ishimori) by submission	Six-man tag team match	15:34
7	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Will Ospreay by referee stoppage	Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship	27:04
8	Kazuchika Okada defeated Taichi	Singles match	30:53
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• 2020 in professional wrestling
• List of NJPW pay-per-view events

References

1. "2020.02.01 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
2. "2020.02.02 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
3. "NJPW ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2020, G1 CLIMAX FINALS MOVED TO OCTOBER". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
4. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.