# NJPW The New Beginning

The New Beginning is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2011 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World. The event is held in February, the month following NJPW's biggest annual event, the January 4 Dome Show, usually the culmination point of major storylines. As the name of the event suggests, it marks the beginning of a new year for the promotion.

## Events

| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event |
| 1 | The New Beginning (2011) | February 15, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | 1,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt vs. Kojima-gun (Satoshi Kojima and Taka Michinoku) |
| 2 | The New Beginning (2011) | February 20, 2011 | Sendai, Japan | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 3,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 3 | The New Beginning (2012) | February 12, 2012 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 6,200 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | The New Beginning (2013) | February 10, 2013 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 4,780 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 5 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2014) | February 9, 2014 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 5,040 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 6 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2014) | February 11, 2014 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 6,400 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 7 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2015) | February 11, 2015 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 7,500 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 8 | The New Beginning in Sendai | February 14, 2015 | Sendai, Japan | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | 2,900 | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 9 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2016) | February 11, 2016 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,180 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 10 | The New Beginning in Niigata | February 14, 2016 | Nagaoka, Japan | Aore Nagaoka | 3,603 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega for the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 11 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2017) | February 5, 2017 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,545 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 12 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2017) | February 11, 2017 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,466 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 13 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2018) | January 27, 2018 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,862 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 14 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2018) | January 28, 2018 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,140 | Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship |
| 15 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2018) | February 10, 2018 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,481 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 16 | The New Beginning USA (2019) | January 30, 2019 | Los Angeles, California, USA, | Globe Theatre | 531 | LifeBlood (Juice Robinson and Tracy Williams) vs. Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
| 17 | The New Beginning USA (2019) | February 1, 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | Grady Cole Center | 969 | Juice Robinson (c) vs. Beretta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship |
| 18 | The New Beginning USA (2019) | February 2, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | War Memorial Auditorium | 618 | LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Tracy Williams) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T. and Rocky Romero) in a six-man tag team elimination match |
| 19 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) | February 2, 2019 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,868 | Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Jay White) |
| 20 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2019) | February 3, 2019 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 6,089 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 21 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2019) | February 11, 2019 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,570 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
| 22 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | January 24, 2020 | St. Petersburg, Florida, USA | St. Petersburg Coliseum | 863 | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) in an Eight-man tag team elimination match |
| 23 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | January 26, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | War Memorial Auditorium | 560 | FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga) |
| 24 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | January 27, 2020 | Durham, North Carolina, USA | Durham Armory | 637 | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado) |
| 25 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | January 30, 2020 | Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA | Charles F. Dodge City Center | 525 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) |
| 26 | The New Beginning USA (2020) | February 1, 2020 | Cumberland, Georgia, USA | Coca-Cola Roxy at The Battery Atlanta | 855 | FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship |
| 27 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) | February 1, 2020 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 4,569 | Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| 28 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) | February 2, 2020 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,690 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi |
| 29 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2020) | February 9, 2020 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka-jō Hall | 11,411 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 30 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2021) | January 30, 2021 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 2,156 | Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| 31 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021) | February 10, 2021 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 1,135 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 31 | The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2021) | February 11, 2021 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall | 2,007 | Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship |
| 32 | The New Beginning USA (2021) | February 19, 2021 | Port Hueneme, California, USA | Oceanview Pavilion | 0 | El Phantasmo vs. Lio Rush |
| 32 | The New Beginning USA (2021) | February 26, 2021 | Port Hueneme, California, USA | Oceanview Pavilion | 0 | Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship |
| 33 | The New Beginning USA (2022) | January 15, 2022 | Seattle, Washington, USA | Washington Hall | 516 | Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Tyler Rust for the Strong Openweight Championship |
| 34 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2023) | January 22, 2023 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 1,650 | Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan in a mixed martial arts rules match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship |
| 35 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2023) | February 4, 2023 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,073 | Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito |
| 36 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2023) | February 5, 2023 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,316 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 37 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2023) | February 11, 2023 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 4,055 | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
| 38 | The New Beginning in Nagoya (2024) | January 20, 2024 | Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 2,710 | Tama Tonga (c) vs. Evil in a Lumberjack match for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| 39 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2024) | February 11, 2024 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,400 | United Empire (Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Henare) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) in a Steel Cage match |
| 40 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2024) | February 23, 2024 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 3,231 | David Finlay (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship |
| 41 | The New Beginning in Sapporo (2024) | February 24, 2024 | Sapporo, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | 5,355 | Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
| 42 | The New Beginning in Osaka (2025) | February 11, 2025 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | 5,502 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match ||||||||