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Bruce Lord and Karen Peterson review NJPW’s New Beginning in Osaka, featuring Yota Tsuji making his first defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Jake Lee.
Highlighted topics include the official departures of EVIL, Hiromu & possibly David Finlay and Gabe Kidd, the ten bell salute for Tadao Yasuda, Young Lion Katsuya Murashima’s excursion send-off, Shota Kato’s upcoming CMLL excursion after Fantasica Mania, Drilla Moloney’s re-signing, Hiroshi Tanahashi’s presidential haircut, Athena vs. Syuri for New Beginning USA, and Yota Tsuji vs. the TCG Community.
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New Beginning in Osaka
February 11, 2026
EDION Arena Osaka
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Jake Lee
IWGP Tag Championship Championships: Yuto-Ice & OSKAR (c) vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura – Recommended
NEVER Openweight Championship: Aaron Wolf (c) vs. Ren Narita
David Finlay vs. Callum Newman
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Match: Gabe Kidd vs. Andrade El Idolo
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championships: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg (c) vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, & Hartley Jackson – Recommended
Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney vs. HENARE & Great-O-Khan
Hiromu Takahashi Special Send-off Tag Match: Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori vs. Jakob Austin Young & Francesco Akira
Katsuya Murashima Excursion Send-Off: Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano
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