Title Match Previews Run Long
The New Beginning tour has seen some rare Time Limit Draws in the build to the main event title programs. A time limit draw on Jan. 25th preceded Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shingo Takagi’s epic main event in Nagoya. SANADA & IWGP Double Champion Kota Ibushi have been unable to get the upper hand on each other, as they head into their Double Title match on Feb. 11th. They, along with the Jr. Heavyweight main eventers, wrestled to another Time Limit Draw on Feb. 8th.
The title contenders have never felt more even, as we head into Wednesday & Thursday.
Here are the full results for all of the televised stops on the Road To New Beginning Tour, as well as New Beginning In Nagoya. All shows are available on NJPWWorld.com.
1/17
Road To New Beginning
- The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) def. Yota Tsuji & Satoshi Kojima by pinfall. (8:38)
The Great-O-Khan pinned Yota Tsuji via Eliminator.
After the match, Ospreay attacked Kojima. - Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Gedo & Jado) def. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki) by pinfall. (9:23)
El Phantasmo pinned Douki via Super Kick. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall. (10:13)
Hirooki Goto pinned Dick Togo via GTR. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi by pinfall. (13:06)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Destino. - SHO & Master Wato def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) by pinfall. (17:52)
Master Wato pinned BUSHI via Jackknife Clutch.
1/18
Road To New Beginning
- The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) def. Yuya Uemura & Satoshi Kojima by pinfall. (9:13)
The Great-O-Khan pinned Yota Tsuji via Eliminator. - Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki & Douki) def. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, Gedo & Jado) by submission. (9:48)
El Desperado submitted Gedo via Numero Dos. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) by submission. (13:05)
Kazuchika Okada submitted Dick Togo via Money Clip. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) def. SHO, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi by submission. (12:27)
SANADA submitted Tomoaki Honma via Skull End. - Master Wato & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) by pinfall. (14:06)
Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned BUSHI via High Fly Flow.
1/19
Road To New Beginning
- The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) def. Yota Tsuji & Satoshi Kojima by pinfall. (8:36)
Will Ospreay pinned Yota Tsuji via Osscutter.
After the match, Ospreay attacked Kojima. - Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Gedo & Jado) def. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki) by pinfall. (10:42)
El Phantasmo pinned Douki via Super Kick. - Bullet Club (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) by pinfall. (11:51)
EVIL pinned YOSHI-HASHI via EVIL. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) def. Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi by pinfall. (13:07)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Destino. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) def. Master Wato, SHO & Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall. (14:45)
Shingo Takagi pinned Master Wato via Last of the Dragon.
1/23
Road To New Beginning
- Suzuki-gun (Douki & Minoru Suzuki) def. World Class Tag Team (Gedo & Jado) by pinfall. (9:27)
Douki pinned Gedo via Skayde Special. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) by submission. (9:58)
Kazuchika Okada submitted Yujiro Takahashi via Money Clip. - The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) def. Ten-cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) by disqualification. (11:52)
- Elimination Tag Team Match: Master Wato, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma & SHO def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) (24:22)
Tomoaki Honma last eliminated Tetsuya Naito via over-the-top-rope elimination. - IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) def. 62nd Champions Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by pinfall. (23:07)
El Phantasmo pinned Yoshinobu Kanemaru via Super Kick.
1/24
Road To New Beginning
- Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki & Douki) def. Yuya Uemura, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata by pinfall. (10:06)
El Desperado pinned Yuya Uemura via Pinche Loco. - The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) wrestled Ten-cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) to a No Contest. (3:39)
Match broke down into a brawl. - Bullet Club (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) by pinfall. (10:14)
EVIL pinned YOSHI-HASHI via EVIL. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) def. SHO & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (17:00)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Assisted Jackknife Clutch. - Master Wato, Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) by submission. (16:26)
Hiroshi Tanahashi submitted BUSHI via Texas Cloverleaf.
1/25
Road To New Beginning
- Yota Tsuji, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe def. Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Gedo & Jado) by submission. (9:01)
Yuji Nagata submitted Gedo via Nagata Lock II. - The Empire (Will Ospreay & The Great-O-Khan) wrestled Ten-cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) to a No Contest. (2:25)
Match broke down into a brawl. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo) by pinfall. (10:42)
Tomohiro Ishii pinned Yujiro Takahashi via Vertical Drop Brainbuster. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) def. Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (13:12)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Assisted Jackknife Clutch. - SHO, Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestled Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) to a Time Limit Draw. (30:00)
2/1
Road To New Beginning
- Yota Tsuji def. Gabriel Kidd by submission via Boston Crab. (7:26)
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) def. Master Wato, Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma & SHO by pinfall. (15:14)
Hiromu Takahashi pinned Master Wato via Time Bomb II. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall. (10:52)
Tomohiro Ishii pinned Yujiro Takahashi via Vertical Drop Brainbuster.
After the match, “Switchblade” Jay White returned to NJPW and attacked Tomohiro Ishii - Elimination Match: Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado) def. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Douki, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) (24:01)
Jado last eliminated Taichi by pinfall via Iron Fingers of Doom from Tama Tonga.
2/2
Road To New Beginning
- Gabriel Kidd def. Yota Tsuji by pinfall via Butterfly Suplex. (7:21)
- Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) def. Yuya Uemura & Ryusuke Taguchi by pinfall. (10:45)
Taiji Ishimori pinned Yuya Uemura via Diving Splash. - Master Wato, Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma & SHO def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) by pinfall. (15:15)
Kota Ibushi pinned BUSHI via Kamigoye. - Elimination Match: Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Jay White, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (27:10)
Hirooki Goto threw in the towel after Bullet Club ganged up on YOSHI-HASHI.
After the match, Jay White, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa announced they will challenge for the NEVER Six-Man Tag Titles
2/3
Road To New Beginning
- Gabriel Kidd & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji by pinfall. (8:28)
Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Yuya Uemura via Dodon. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) def. Bullet Club (EVIL, Jay White & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall. (11:07)
Toru Yano pinned Yujiro Takahashi via Rollup. - Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori & Jado) def. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Douki) by pinfall. (12:18)
El Phantasmo pinned Douki via Superkick. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) def. SHO & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (12:45)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Destino. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & BUSHI) def. Master Wato & Kota Ibushi by submission. (18:47)
SANADA submitted Master Wato via Skull End.
2/8
Road To New Beginning
- Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Gabriel Kidd, Yuya Uemura & Ryusuke Taguchi by pinfall. (7:35)
El Desperado pinned Yuya Uemura via Pinche Loco. - Bullet Club (EVIL, Jay White & Yujiro Takahashi) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto) by disqualification when YOSHI-HASHI interfered. (5:15)
- Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Douki) def. Bullet Club (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) by pinfall. (9:58)
Taichi pinned Jado via Thrust Kick. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) def. Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (14:20)
Tetsuya Naito pinned Tomoaki Honma via Jackknife Clutch. - Kota Ibushi & SHO wrestled Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) to a Time Limit Draw. (30:00)
