Browsing: The New Beginning In Sapporo

Despite failing to defeat Okada, the match officially raised the stock of Taichi within NJPW.

After following his successful championship defense against Sanada on night-two of Wrestle Kingdom 14 with a victory over Will Ospreay, ZSJ is off to one of the hottest starts in 2020.

This was a more athletic and complex version of the Evil and Tomohiro Ishii match it followed. While Hirooki Goto has his…

Ishii is a staple within the NEVER Openweight division, however, he may set his sights on the IWGP Heavyweight or Intercontinental Championship, neither of which he’s held during his career.

Despite the match telling a narrative by using 1980s tactics, the modern NJPW audience remained on edge as the two teams battled one another without taking any unnecessary risks.

Night-one of The New Beginning in Sapporo just concluded in front of a crowd of 4,569 fans from the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center.

The marquee match features Shingo Takagi making the v1 challenge against Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship.