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NJPW New Beginning In Sapporo: Night 1 (2/1) Takagi and Goto Batte In Sapporo

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First Match: Yuya Uemura & Tiger Mask vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)

Ishimori submitted Uemura via YES Lock.

WINNERS: Bullet Club

Second Match: Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji

Toa Henare pinned Yota Tsuji via Toa Bottom.

WINNERS: Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe

Third Match: Will Ospeay, SHO, YOH & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki)

Taguchi pinned Douki via Dodon.

WINNERS: Will Ospeay, SHO, YOH & Ryusuke Taguchi

Fourth Match: Ryu Lee & Robbie Eagles vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi)

Robbie Eagles submitted BUSHI via Ron Miller Special.

WINNERS: Ryu Lee & Robbie Eagles

Fifth Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) vs. Bullet Club (KENTA & Jay White)

Jay White pinned SANADA via Rollup with tights.

WINNERS: Bullet Club

Sixth Match: Kazuchika Okada & Jon Moxley vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Taichi)

Minoru Suzuki pinned Jon Moxley via Gotch Style Piledriver.

WINNERS: Suzuki-gun

After the match, Taichi choked out Okada with a mic cable. A wild brawl then erupted between Taichi, Okada, Zack Sabre Jr., and Will Ospreay. Suzuki-gun stood tall after the fight.

Seventh Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL

Tomoiro Ishii pinned EVIL via Vertical Drop Brainbuster.

WINNER: Tomohiro Ishii

MAIN EVENT: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi

Shingo Takagi pinned Hirooki Goto via Last of The Dragon.

WINNER AND NEW NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION: Shingo Takagi

After the match, Takagi exchanged a tense stare with SHO, who was on Japanese commentary.

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