The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on February 1 and 2, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan.[3]

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)
Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 1-2, 2020
CitySapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
VenueHokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
AttendanceNight 1: 4,569[1]
Night 2: 5,690[2]
Combined: 10,259
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Production

Storylines

The New Beginning in Sapporo featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results

Night 1
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[1]
1Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura by submissionTag team match8:13
2Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma), and Toa Henare defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yota TsujiSix-man tag team match9:41
3Ryusuke Taguchi and Chaos (Sho, Yoh, and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Douki, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)Eight-man tag team match11:45
4Robbie Eagles and Ryu Lee defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by submissionTag team match11:47
5Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)Tag team match18:24
6Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Jon Moxley and Kazuchika OkadaTag team match17:48
7Tomohiro Ishii defeated EvilSingles match21:14
8Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto (c)Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship20:10
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[2]
1Toa Henare defeated Yota TsujiSingles match8:16
2Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Tiger Mask defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) and Yuya UemuraSix-man tag team match9:48
3El Phantasmo defeated Gabriel KiddSingles match8:50
4Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and Robbie Eagles) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Shingo Takagi, and Bushi) by submissionSix-man tag team match9:42
5Jon Moxley, Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh), and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Douki, El Desperado, Taka Michinoku, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by submissionEight-man tag team match12:58
6Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, and Taiji Ishimori) by submissionSix-man tag team match15:34
7Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Will Ospreay by referee stoppageSingles match for the British Heavyweight Championship27:04
8Kazuchika Okada defeated TaichiSingles match30:53
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References
  1. "2020.02.01 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. "2020.02.02 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. "NJPW ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2020, G1 CLIMAX FINALS MOVED TO OCTOBER". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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