NJPW reveals full card for New Beginning in Nagoya

A NEVER Openweight title match headlines NJPW’s New Beginning in Nagoya.

The show on January 20 will see Tama Tonga defend the NEVER title against EVIL. At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Tonga defeated Shingo Takagi to win the title. However, the following day at New Year Dash saw EVIL attack Tonga, cutting off a piece of his hair. Tonga said in a post-match interview following Wrestle Kingdom that he will be leaving NJPW at the end of the month.

The KOPW 2024 title will also be on the line, with Taiji Ishimori facing Great-O-Khan. After Ishimori won the title at New Year Dash, the two had a shouting match backstage. Other matches will see Hikuelo & TJP face off against KENTA and Chase Owens before their February 11 IWGP Tag Team title match in Osaka and a ten man tag team match with Los Ingobernables de Japon squaring off against Just Five Guys.

Here is the full card for NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya:

• NEVER Openweight title: Tama Tonga defends against EVIL
• KOPW 2024: Taiji Ishimori defends against Great-O-Khan
• Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI) vs. Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi, Taka Michinoku, DOUKI, and Yuya Uemura)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, and Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, and Kosei Fujita
• Guerillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) vs. Chase Owens & KENTA
• El Desperado & Master Wato vs. SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, Henare, & Jeff Cobb) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, and Alex Coughlin)
• Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi)
• Kickoff match: Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima