NJPW The New Beginning In Nagoya 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 22, 2023 in Nagoya, Japan at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. It was broadcast on NJPW World.
Production[]
Background[]
NJPW held the inaugural New Beginning event on February 15, 2011, with future events going on to take place annually in January and/or February. In 2022, New Beginning events were absent, aside from The New Beginning USA. On January 9, 2023, NJPW announced the return of New Beginning, revealing that The New Beginning In Nagoya would take place on January 22 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan.
Storylines[]
At New Year Dash on January 5, 2023, Shingo Takagi become the first Provisional KOPW of 2023 after beating Toru Yano, SHO, and Great-O-Khan in a Four Way Match. After the bout, O-Khan would stare down Takagi, holding his RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship. Backstage, O-Khan would challenge Takagi to a match. On January 10, NJPW announced that Takagi would defend his Provisional KOPW Championship against O-Khan at The New Beginning In Nagoya.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Togi Makabe & Toru Yano defeated Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima (9:25)
- El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Ren Narita & Tomoaki Honma defeated House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) in an Eight Man Tag Team Match (10:40)
- TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Ryohei Oiwa & CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) in an Eight Man Tag Team Match (11:12)
- BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jado & Master Wato in a Six Man Tag Team Match (11:27)
- United Empire (Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & Will Ospreay) defeated Just Four Guys (DOUKI, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (w/TAKA Michinoku) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (9:24)
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOH) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) in an Eight Man Tag Team Match (11:20)
- Shingo Takagi (c) (w/Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) defeated Great-O-Khan (w/Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & Will Ospreay) in a Mixed Martial Arts Match to retain the Provisional KOPW Championship (22:37)