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NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya Review By Jim Rohan on Jan 31, 2021, 12:44am EST + This event was broadcast from Nagoya’s Dolphins Arena where we were greeted with "What’s up you fat marks?!" by new colour commentator El Phantasmo, alongside Kevin Kelly. Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL – Okada has been very jolly in the build to this event and has at times appeared not to take Evil all too seriously, though he has been demanding a singles match against him...

Quick Results Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada pinned Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL in 7:46 (*) SHO, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi pinned BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & SANADA in 11:32 (**½) Great-O-Khan pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 12:45 (***) Will Ospreay pinned Satoshi Kojima in 16:57 (****¼) Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shingo Takagi in 35:38 to win the NEVER Openweight Championship (*****) We’re at the Aichi Prefectural Gym – or the Dolphin’s Arena – in Aichi for this, with K...

Quick Results Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Yota Tsuji submitted Gedo, Jado, El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori in 9:01 (***) Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan vs. Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan went to a no-contest in 2:25 (NR) Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto pinned Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & Dick Togo in 10:42 (***) Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI pinned Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato in 13:17 (***¼) SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & SHO went to a...

50. IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley [c] vs. Minoru Suzuki – NJPW New Beginning in Osaka This was a highly-anticipated battle. The idea of two madmen like Minoru Suzuki and Jon Moxley fighting sounded awesome to me. Moxley called Suzuki to war with him on the ramp, so Suzuki got two chairs and brought them over for a duel. They spent about a minute of the first third or so of this match in the ring. The rest was just a wild brawl outside. I dug that because it was diffe...

Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo  SHO & Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI  Report -- Due to a COVID-related state of emergency being declared in Tokyo until February 7, the show began a half hour earlier than usual at 4 a.m. Eastern.  This  was also a five-match card rather than the traditional six as there is a recommended 8 p.m. curfew in Tokyo (6 a.m. Eastern). ********** This was an entertaining opener.  Kojima and Ospreay beg...

Kota Ibushi & SHO vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI  Report -- Abe the ring announcer opened the show with the announcement that Juice Robinson was off the show today, and off Wrestle Kingdom as well, due to injury.  ********** Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan) defeated Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura & Gabriel Kidd (9:18) The work was solid here and the crowd got into it.  Kidd and Wato began with some chain wrestling. Things were fairly even from a technical standpoint, so Wat...

Quick Results Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA pinned Dick Togo, Taiji Ishimori & EVIL in 8:32 (***) Toru Yano beat Bad Luck Fale in 6:11 to retain the KOPW 2020 Title (**) Jay White & KENTA pinned Toa Henare & Satoshi Kojima in 13:08 (***) Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay pinned Tomoaki Honma, Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi in 14:08 (***½) SHO & Kota Ibushi pinned BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito in 17:00 (***) The full cards for WrestleKingdom were announced in the hours before this ...

Quick Results Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale pinned Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano in 7:27 (**¼) Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki in 9:01 (***) Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi pinned DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi in 11:05 (***¼) Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi pinned Dick Togo, EVIL & Taiji Ishimori in 13:44 (***) Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan pinned BUSHI & Shingo Takagi in 11:44 (***½) Jay White, Gedo & KENTA pinn...

Report -- This was not good, but it was kept short. Yano and Fale began. Yano tried to slam Fale, but failed. Fale easily slammed Yano. Both tagged out. Owens and Honma traded back elbow strikes. Honma missed a kokeshi and it afforded Bullet Club the opportunity to work over Honma in their corner.  Yano got a lukewarm tag and untied a corner pad. He again tried and failed to slam Fale. Fale ran into the exposed buckle. Yano tried another slam. Fale slammed Yano.  Owens tagged in and sent Yano...