The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on February 1 and 2, 2020 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan.[3]

The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)
Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 1, 2020
February 2, 2020
CitySapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
VenueHokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
AttendanceNight 1: 4,569[1]
Night 2: 5,690[2]
Combined: 10,259
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Production

Storylines

The New Beginning in Sapporo featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results

Night 1
No. Results Stipulations Times[1]
1 Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura by submission Tag team match 8:13
2 Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma), and Toa Henare defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yota Tsuji Six-man tag team match 9:41
3 Ryusuke Taguchi and Chaos (Sho, Yoh, and Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Douki, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Eight-man tag team match 11:45
4 Robbie Eagles and Ryu Lee defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by submission Tag team match 11:47
5 Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) Tag team match 18:24
6 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Jon Moxley and Kazuchika Okada Tag team match 17:48
7 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Evil Singles match 21:14
8 Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki Goto (c) Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 20:10
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2
No. Results Stipulations Times[2]
1 Toa Henare defeated Yota Tsuji Singles match 8:16
2 Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Tiger Mask defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) and Yuya Uemura Six-man tag team match 9:48
3 El Phantasmo defeated Gabriel Kidd Singles match 8:50
4 Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and Robbie Eagles) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil, Shingo Takagi, and Bushi) by submission Six-man tag team match 9:42
5 Jon Moxley, Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh), and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Douki, El Desperado, Taka Michinoku, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) by submission Eight-man tag team match 12:58
6 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, and Taiji Ishimori) by submission Six-man tag team match 15:34
7 Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Will Ospreay by referee stoppage Singles match for the British Heavyweight Championship 27:04
8 Kazuchika Okada defeated Taichi Singles match 30:53
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References
  1. "2020.02.01 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. "2020.02.02 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. "NJPW ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2020, G1 CLIMAX FINALS MOVED TO OCTOBER". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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