NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya Results (1/20): EVIL Wins NEVER Openweight Title, Kazuchika Okada, Zack Sabre Jr. In-Action, More
NJPW’s first stop in the ‘New Beginning’ tour was a big one.
NJPW held their ‘New Beginning in Nagoya’ event on Jan. 20. The show went down from the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan, and saw EVIL outlast Tama Tonga to become the new NEVER Openweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada kicked-off his farewell tour in a massive tag team match, and more.
NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya Results (1/20)
- EVIL def. Tama Tonga (C) — NEVER Openweight Championship, Lumberjack Deathmatch
- Guerillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (C) def. Bullet Club (KENTA & Chase Owens) — NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
- Great-O-Khan def. Taiji Ishimori (C) — KOPW 2024
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, and Kosei Fujita) def. Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, and Togi Makabe
- Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taka Michinoku, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI, and Taichi) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, and BUSHI)
- Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, and Drilla Moloney) def. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, HENARE, Francesco Akira, Callum Newman, and TJP)
- House of Torture (Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi) def. Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
- House of Torture (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. El Desperado & Master Wato)
- Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima Ended in a Time Limit Draw
BodySlam will continue to provide all updates on the NJPW New Beginning tour as they become available.
