The New Beginning in Osaka (2024)

The New Beginning in Osaka
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 11, 2024
CityOsaka, Japan
VenueOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance5,400[1]
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The New Beginning in Osaka was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 11, 2024, in Osaka at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It was the thirty-ninth event under the New Beginning name and the eighth to take place in Osaka.

There were eight matches contested at the event. In the main event, Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and David Finlay) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Henare, Jeff Cobb and Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira and TJP)) in a Steel Cage match. In other prominent matches, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The event was also notable for Will Ospreay's final match in NJPW, as he would depart the company afterwards after signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Production

Storylines

The New Beginning in Osaka featured professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

Results

No.Results[3][4][5]StipulationsTimes
1Chaos (Toru Yano and Yoh) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Oleg Boltin by pinfallTag team match3:45
2Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) by pinfallTag team match7:37
3House of Torture[broken anchor] (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho) defeated Tiger Mask, Shota Umino, El Desperado and Tomoaki Honma by pinfallEight-man tag team match8:43
4Just 5 Guys (Taichi, Yuya Uemura, Douki, Taka Michinoku and Sanada) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) by submissionTen-man tag team match11:05
5Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfallSingles match16:50
6Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Kenta) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) (c) by pinfallTag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship13:11
7Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson by pinfallSingles match32:46
8Bullet Club War Dogs[broken anchor] (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Henare, Francesco Akira and TJP) by pinfallTen-man Dog Pound steel cage match1:04:05
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ Vetter, Chris (February 12, 2024). "NJPW The New Beginning Osaka results (2/11): Vetter's review of Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, dog pound cage match, IWGP Tag Team Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "2024.02.11 THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  4. ^ "NJPW books final Okada vs. Tanahashi singles match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  5. ^ "NJPW New Beginning in Osaka live results: Final Okada vs. Tanahashi match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-13.