The New Beginning in Sapporo (2020)
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 Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | February 1-2, 2020 | ||
| City | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | ||
| Venue | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | ||
| Attendance | Night 1: 4,569[1] Night 2: 5,690[2] Combined: 10,259 | ||
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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]
Production[edit]
Storylines[edit]
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[edit]
Night 1[edit]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
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| 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 Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) by submission | Tag team match | 11:47 | ||
| 5 | Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (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 | ||
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Night 2[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2020.02.01 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "2020.02.02 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ "NJPW ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2020, G1 CLIMAX FINALS MOVED TO OCTOBER". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.