New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced several matches as part of the cards for their New Beginning In Sapporo Day 1 and Day 2 events, their Road to New Beginning In Osaka events and their New Beginning In Osaka event, which includes matches such as Kazuchika Okada defending his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against SANADA, Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi, as well as Kazuchika Okada and Hirooki Goto challenging Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA and EVIL) for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.
The announced matches for each card are below:
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The New Beginning In Sapporo Day 1
January 27th at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan
– IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
– NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships Match: BULLET CLUB (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale) (c) vs. Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi & Henare
– Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Proving Series Match #2: Michael Elgin vs. Katsuya Kitamura
– Jay White & Roppongi 3K (Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 Day 2
January 28th at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan
– IWGP United States Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships Match: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Roppongi 3K (Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu)
– Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Proving Series Match #3: Juice Robinson vs. Katsuya Kitamura
New Japan Pro Wrestling: Road To The New Beginning 2018
February 5th at the Korakeun Hall in Tokyo, Japan
– 10 Man Elimination Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Will Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI)
– Jay White vs. David Finlay
– Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Proving Series Match #4: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuya Kitamura
New Japan Pro Wrestling: Road To The New Beginning 2018
February 6th at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
– IWGP Tag Team Championships Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL) (c) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto)
– Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Proving Series Match #5: Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuya Kitamura
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
February 10th at the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan
– IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
– NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. EVIL
– Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI
– BUSHI vs. Gedo
– Katsuya Kitamura 7 Match Proving Series Match #6: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuya Kitamura
