NJPW The New Beginning 2023 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place from January 22, 2023 to February 11, 2023, at the Dolphin's Arena - Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell - Edion Arena Osaka in Nagoya, Japan - Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan - Okada, Japan.
It's the 14° edition of the The New Beginning event series, after NJPW Strong: The New Beginning USA 2022.
The event had an attendance of 12,094 fans. The main event of the show was Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan - Tetsuya Naito vs. Shota Umino - Hiromu Takahashi vs. YOH - Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW The New Beginning 2023, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Pay Per View
- Start Date January 22, 2023
- Event Date February 11, 2023
- Year 2023
- Event Series The New Beginning
- Country Japan
- Location Nagoya, Japan - Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan - Okada, Japan
- Arena Dolphin's Arena - Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell - Edion Arena Osaka
- Attendance 12,094
- Network NJPW World
- Main Event Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan - Tetsuya Naito vs. Shota Umino - Hiromu Takahashi vs. YOH - Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
NJPW The New Beginning 2023 Results
NAGOYA (01/22)- Most Violent Players (Toru Yano & Togi Makabe) defeat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima
- Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Ren Narita defeat House of Torture (EVIL, SHO, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi)
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita) defeat CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) & Ryohei Oiwa
- Bullet Club (KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jado & Master Wato
- United Empire (Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare & Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira)) defeat Just4Guys (TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOH), Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI)
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Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship MMA Rules Match
"If Great-O-Khan wins he takes Takagi's spot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title match at The New Beginning in Osaka"
Shingo Takagi (c) defeat Great-O-Khan via TKO to retain the title
SAPPORO - NIGHT 1 (02/04)
- Great-O-Khan defeats Oskar Leube
- Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Ryohei Oiwa defeat House of Torture (EVIL, SHO, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi)
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita) defeat CHAOS (Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Tomohiro ishii) & Yuto Nakashima
- Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Hikuleo), Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato defeat Bullet Club (Jay White, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)
- Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) defeat CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOH) & Ryusuke Taguchi
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) (c) defeat Just4Guys (DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) to retain the titles - Will Ospreay defeats Taichi
- Tetsuya Naito defeats Shota Umino
SAPPORO - NIGHT 2 (02/05)
- United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira)) defeat Just4Guys (TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Yuto Nakashima defeat House of Torture (EVIL, SHO, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Bullet Club (KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato
- Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga, Hikuleo & Jado) defeat Bullet Club (Jay White, El Phantasmo & Gedo)
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano), Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & BUSHI)
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IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) defeat TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) to retain the titles -
NJPW World Television Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeats Tomohiro Ishii to retain the title -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeats YOH to retain the title
OSAKA (02/11)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) defeat Toru Yano & Oskar Leube
- Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & BUSHI)
- House of Torture (EVIL, SHO, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Yuto Nakashima
- Taiji Ishimori defeats Master Wato
- Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats KENTA
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NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) defeat House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) (c) to win the titles -
Loser Leaves Japan
Hikuleo defeats Jay White -
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tama Tonga (c) defeats El Phantasmo to retain the title -
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeats Shingo Takagi to retain the title