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New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Sports Park General Gym in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 750.

Match 1: Tiger Mask beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, El Phantasmo, El Desperado & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori pinned TAKA after Bloody Cross.

Match 6: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Connora pinned BUSHI after No Cultivation.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Honma after Zack Driver.

The tour-ender is Sunday at Kameoka Sports Park Gym in Kyoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. It also has been announced that Tuesday’s THE NEW BEGINNING event in Osaka is now a legit advance sellout. It will be available live on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY and will be a live and exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour with the first of 3 non-televised house shows to finish it up.

Today’s event was held at Kashima Sports Center in Ibaraki. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 663.

Match 1: Tiger Mask beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Nagai & Tomohiro Ishii. Takahashi pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, El Desperado, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo. Khan beat Jado with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 5: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre beat Honma with Clarky Cat.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano Sports Park General Gym in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the second half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1287.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Makabe pinned Murashima after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, Master Wato, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball. Afterwarda, Khan cut off some of Umino’s hair.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow.

Match 5: BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd went to a double countout.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jackson after Shoto.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Desperado. Next up: Akira. That match will happen at the annual Anniversary Event on 3/6 at Ota City General Gym.

The next event is Thursday at Kashima Sports Center in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 928. Continuing an unusual trend down for Korakuen attendance for them.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Daiki Nagai by submission.

Match 2: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato beat Young with Vendeval. Afterwards, Khan grabbed an Umino shirt from a fan and tore it up.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Takahashi pinned Honma after Time Bomb 1.5.

Match 4: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow fake by SANADA.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Ishii pinned Jackson after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat Jeff Cobb to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

The next event is tomorrow with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita for the title in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is the last televised event of the tour (no live or on demand for the last 3 events).

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1508.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Nagai & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori beat TAKA with Bone Lock.

Match 6: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa was the only winner left, last eliminating Honma.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to start a doubleheader there with a NJPW WORLD TV Championship match as the scheduld main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with an event in Iwate.

Today’s event was held at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1020.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Masatora Yasuda, Bolein Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Jackson after Shoto.

The next event is tomorrow at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan resumed the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1077.

Pre-show Match: Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was Yasuda’s return after 2 months due to injury and cones as he replaced Shoma Kato, who is now out due to injury.

Match 1: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Katsuya Murashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Oiwa beat Murashima with an arc clutch.

Match 2: Jado, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan. Phantasmo pinned Young after CR 2.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori beat TAKA with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 5: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Connors pinned BUSHI after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the titles. Sho, Takahashi & Narita become the 30th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Sho pinned Yano after a low blow.

Main Event: Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoh, El Desperado & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Goto with a European Clutch.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan has announced an injury change for upcoming events: Shoma Kato was injured during a pair of special mini-events this past weekend and is now out of action. Fractured right ankle. Out indefinitely but off at least the entire rest of the current tour. Masatora Yasuda, a fellow Young Lion who was also injured several weeks ago, will return as the replacement in various matches. It’s not yet known how long Kato will be out.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1005. That’s kinda low for them at Korakuen based on the past year or so, maybe in part due to sumo.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Katsuya Murashima by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Takahashi pinned Kato after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Taguchi beat Young with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) & Kosei Fujita beat Tonoaki Honma & El Desperado. Jackson pinned Honma after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishinori, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 6: Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Eagles pinned Yoh.

Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat YOSHI-HASHI.

The next event is 1/30 at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai with a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan officially kicked off their 2025 campaign today with the start of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour. The Road To Tokyo Dome 2026 starts now.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1019.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shoma Kato by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Chaser.

Match 4: Master Wato, Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato pinned Young with a Tsutenkaku Getman suplex hold.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh & YOSHI-HASHI. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo with Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Main Event: El Desperado & Hirooki Goto beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Sabre. This is standard NJPW major title match build where the challenger beats the champion in a tag match the first time they face off, but doesn’t guarantee that’s how the title match-or subsequent such tag matches-will turn out.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.