Wrestling
El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Faction Warfare, More Set For NJPW New Beginning Tours
Matches set for NJPW New Beginning Tours.
NJPW kicks off its Road to New Beginning on January 23 with four nights at Korakuen Hall. The first night will be headlined by El Desperado defending his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
The final night on February 5 will feature a faction warfare gauntlet match as Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI) take on. Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI, and Taka Michinoku).
Full lineups:
January 23 at Korakuen Hall
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- SHO vs. Master Wato
January 24 at Korakuen Hall
- Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita
- Tetsuya Natio and Hiromu Takahashi vs. SANADA and DOUKI
February 4 at Korakuen Hall
- IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: TJP and Francesco Akira (c) vs. Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney
- David Finlay vs. Callum Newman
- Henare vs. Gabe Kidd
- Jeff Cobb vs. Alex Coughlin
February 5 at Korakuen Hall
- Gauntlet match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI) vs. Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI, and Taka Michinoku)
Fightful will have coverage of each event following its conclusion.