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NJPW The New Beginning

The New Beginning is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2011 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World. The event is held in February, the month following NJPW's biggest annual event, the January 4 Dome Show, usually the culmination point of major storylines. As the name of the event suggests, it marks the beginning of a new year for the promotion.

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First eventThe New Beginning (2011)
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# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s)
1 The New Beginning (2011) February 15, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Hall 1,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt vs. Kojima-gun (Satoshi Kojima and Taka Michinoku) [1]
2 February 20, 2011 Sendai, Japan Sendai Sun Plaza Hall 3,200 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [2]
3 The New Beginning (2012) February 12, 2012 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 6,200 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [3][4]
4 The New Beginning (2013) February 10, 2013 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 4,780 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [5][6][7]
5 The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2014) February 9, 2014 5,040 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [8][9][10][11]
6 The New Beginning in Osaka (2014) February 11, 2014 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 6,400 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [12][13][14]
7 The New Beginning in Osaka (2015) February 11, 2015 7,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [15][16][17]
8 The New Beginning in Sendai February 14, 2015 Sendai, Japan Sendai Sun Plaza Hall 2,900 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [18][19][20]
9 The New Beginning in Osaka (2016) February 11, 2016 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,180 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [21][22][23]
10 The New Beginning in Niigata February 14, 2016 Nagaoka, Japan Aore Nagaoka 3,603 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega for the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship [24][25][26]
11 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2017) February 5, 2017 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 5,545 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [27][28]
12 The New Beginning in Osaka (2017) February 11, 2017 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,466 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [29][30]
13 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2018) January 27, 2018 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 4,862 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [31]
14 January 28, 2018 5,140 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [31]
15 The New Beginning in Osaka (2018) February 10, 2018 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,481 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [31]
16 The New Beginning USA (2019) January 30, 2019 Los Angeles, California, USA, Globe Theatre 531 LifeBlood (Juice Robinson and Tracy Williams) vs. Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) [32]
17 February 1, 2019 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Grady Cole Center 969 Juice Robinson (c) vs. Beretta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [33]
18 February 2, 2019 Nashville, Tennessee, USA War Memorial Auditorium 618 LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Tracy Williams) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T. and Rocky Romero) in a six-man tag team elimination match [34]
19 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) February 2, 2019 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 4,868 Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Jay White) [35]
20 February 3, 2019 6,089 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [36]
21 The New Beginning in Osaka (2019) February 11, 2019 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,570 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [37]
22 The New Beginning USA (2020) January 24, 2020 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA St. Petersburg Coliseum 863 Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) in an Eight-man tag team elimination match [38]
23 January 26, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee, USA War Memorial Auditorium 560 FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga) [39]
24 January 27, 2020 Durham, North Carolina, USA Durham Armory 637 Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) [40]
25 January 30, 2020 Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA Charles F. Dodge City Center 525 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) [41]
26 February 1, 2020 Cumberland, Georgia, USA Coca-Cola Roxy at The Battery Atlanta 855 FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship [42]
27 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) February 1, 2020 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 4,569 Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship [43]
28 February 2, 2020 5,690 Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi [44]
29 The New Beginning in Osaka (2020) February 9, 2020 Osaka, Japan Osaka-jō Hall[45] 11,411 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship[46] [47]
30 The New Beginning in Nagoya (2021) January 30, 2021 Nagoya, Japan Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium 2,156 Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship [48]
31 The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021) February 10, 2021 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 1,135 Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship [49]
February 11, 2021 2,007 Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship [50]
32 The New Beginning USA (2021) February 19, 2021 Port Hueneme, California, USA Oceanview Pavilion 0 El Phantasmo vs. Lio Rush [51]
February 26, 2021 Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [52]
33 The New Beginning USA (2022) January 15, 2022 Seattle, Washington, USA Washington Hall 516 Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Tyler Rust for the Strong Openweight Championship [53]
34 The New Beginning in Nagoya (2023) January 22, 2023 Nagoya, Japan Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium 1,650 Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan in a mixed martial arts rules match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship [54]
35 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2023) February 4, 2023 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 3,073 Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito [55]
36 February 5, 2023 3,316 Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship [56]
37 The New Beginning in Osaka (2023) February 11, 2023 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 4,055 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [57]
38 The New Beginning in Nagoya (2024) January 20, 2024 Nagoya, Japan Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium 2,710 Tama Tonga (c) vs. Evil in a Lumberjack match for the NEVER Openweight Championship [58]
39 The New Beginning in Osaka (2024) February 11, 2024 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,400 United Empire (Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Henare) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) in a Steel Cage match [59]
40 The New Beginning in Sapporo (2024) February 23, 2024 Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 3,231 David Finlay (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship [60]
41 February 24, 2024 5,355 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [61]
42 The New Beginning in Osaka (2025) February 11, 2025 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,502 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [62]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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