New Beginning Card(s)

New Japan continue to confuse their iPPV issue by announcing that Road To New Beginning Night one will also be available on the platform alongside the TWO New Beginning Events themselves in Hiroshima and Osaka. Splitting New Beginning over two shows has allowed them to headline both the IWGP Intercontinental Title rematch from Wrestle Kingdom as well as the IWGP Heavyweight title itself.

Here are the cards for the announced iPPV shows:

Road to The New Beginning – Night 1

February 2nd – Korakuen Hall

7. Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Kazuchika Okada

6. Ryusuke Taguchi Return match

Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Togi Makabe vs. Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Bad Luck Fale, & Prince Devitt

5. Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga, Doc Gallows, & Karl Anderson

4. El Desperado, Satoshi Kojima, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kota Ibushi, Manabu Nakanishi, & Yuji Nagata

3. Captain New Japan & Tomoaki Honma vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano

2. BUSHI, Tiger Mask, & Jushin Liger vs. Jado, YOSHI-HASHI, & Yujiro Takahashi

1. Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku

The New Beginning in Hiroshima
February 9th – Hiroshima Sun Plaza – Ustream iPPV

10. IWGP Intercontinental Championship

Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

9. IWGP Tag Team Championship

Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Killer Elite Squad

8. Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada

7. Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tougi Makabe vs. Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Bad Luck Fale, & Prince Devitt

6. Tomoaki Honma & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii

5. NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Big Daddy Yum Yum

4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Michael Tarver

3. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano

2. Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga

1. BUSHI & Kota Ibushi vs. Jushin Liger & El Desperado

The New Beginning in Osaka
February 11th – Osaka Bodymaker Coliseum – Ustream iPPV

10. IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

9. NEVER Championship

Tetsuya Nairo (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii

8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship

Kota Ibushi (c) vs. El Desperado

7. Jushin Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura

6. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs. Rolles Gracie & Daniel Gracie

5. NWA Tag Team Championship Number One Contender

TenKoji vs. Michael Tarver & Big Daddy Yum Yum

4. Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt

3. Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga, Doc Gallows, & Karl Anderson

2. Katsuyori Shibata vs. YOSHI-HASHI

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

The Young Bucks (c) vs. Time Splitters