The New Beginning in Hiroshima (2014)

Professional wrestling event in Hiroshima, Japan

The New Beginning in Hiroshima

Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura

Promotion| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date| February 9, 2014[1]
City| Hiroshima, Japan[1]
Venue| Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall[1]
Attendance| 5,040[1]
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The New Beginning in Hiroshima was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 9, 2014, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships.[1][2][3][4] It was the fifth event under the New Beginning name.

## Storylines

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The New Beginning in Hiroshima featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

## Event

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Several matches during the event built to matches taking place at The New Beginning in Osaka two days later. The event also featured the NJPW debuts of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representatives Michael Tarver and Big Daddy Yum-Yum,[6] who unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the first title match of the event.[1] The two other title matches were rematches from January 4's Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome event; in the first Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson made their first successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) and in the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi made his first successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.[1]

## Results

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No.| Results[1][2][3][4]| Stipulations| Times[1]

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1| El Desperado and Jyushin Thunder Liger defeated Bushi and Kota Ibushi| Tag team match| 08:46
2| Minoru Suzuki (with Taichi) defeated Tama Tonga| Singles match| 05:32
3| Crazy Ichizoku (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) defeated Kazushi Sakuraba and Yuji Nagata by disqualification| Tag team match| 09:16
4| Michael Tarver defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan| Singles match| 09:15
5| Satoshi Kojima (c) defeated Big Daddy Yum-Yum (with Bruce Tharpe)| Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship| 11:04
6| Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Tetsuya Naito and Tomoaki Honma| Tag team match| 11:27
7| Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Prince Devitt) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) and Togi Makabe| Eight-man tag team match| 11:28
8| Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi)| Tag team match| 14:38
9| Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (c) (with Tama Tonga) defeated K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (with Taka Michinoku)| Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship| 12:08
10| Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura| Singles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship| 22:32
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The New Beginning in Hiroshima". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 9, 2014.
2. ^ a b "新日本プロレス「The New Beginning in Hiroshima」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
3. ^ a b Meltzer, Dave (February 9, 2014). "New Japan The New Beginning live coverage from Hiroshima". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
4. ^ a b Namako, Jason (February 12, 2014). "2/9 NJPW iPPV Results: Hiroshima, Japan". Wrestleview. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
6. ^ "2月9日広島で棚橋vs中邑!! 後藤＆柴田が初タッグ!! 2月11日大阪でオカダvs後藤! 内藤vs石井! 飯伏vsデスペラード! グレイシー再上陸!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 6, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

## External links

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* The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website

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Events|

* Wrestle Kingdom 8
* New Year Dash!!
* The New Beginning in Hiroshima
* The New Beginning in Osaka
* Invasion Attack
* Wrestling Dontaku 2014
* Back to the Yokohama Arena
* Dominion 6.21
* Destruction in Kobe
* Destruction in Okayama
* King of Pro-Wrestling
* Power Struggle

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* New Japan Cup
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* Fantastica Mania 2014
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* 2011
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* Hiroshima (2014)
* Osaka (2014)
* Osaka (2015)
* Sendai
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* Niigata
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* Sapporo (2018)
* Osaka (2018)
* Sapporo (2019)
* Osaka (2019)
* Sapporo (2020)
* Osaka (2020)
* Nagoya (2021)
* Hiroshima (2021)
* Nagoya (2023)
* Sapporo (2023)
* Osaka (2023)
* Nagoya (2024)
* Osaka (2024)
* Sapporo (2024)
* Osaka (2025)

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* January 4 Tokyo Dome Show (Wrestle Kingdom)
* Wrestle Dynasty
* New Year Dash!!
* Fantastica Mania
* The New Beginning
* NJPW Anniversary Show (49th, 50th)
* New Japan Cup
* Sakura Genesis
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* Wrestling Dontaku
* Resurgence
* Best of the Super Juniors
* Dominion
* Forbidden Door
* G1 Climax
* Destruction
* Fighting Spirit Unleashed
* Global Wars UK
* Royal Quest
* King of Pro-Wrestling
* Super Junior Tag League
* Power Struggle
* Historic X-Over (1, 2)
* World Tag League
* All Together
* Battle in the Valley
* Capital Collision
* Strong Style Evolved

Former|

* All Star Junior Festival 2023 (2023)
* All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 (2023)
* Back to the Yokohama Arena (2014)
* Battle Autumn '22 (2022)
* Battle Formation (1996-1997)
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* Castle Attack (2021)
* CEOxNJPW: When Worlds Collide (2018)
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* G1 Supercard (2019)
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* Honor Rising: Japan (2016–2019)
* Hyper Battle (2022)
* Independence Day (2023)
* Invasion Tour 2011 (2011)
* Jingu Climax (1999)
* Lion's Gate Project (2016–2018)
* Lonestar Shootout (2022-2023)
* Multiverse (2022-2023)
* NEVER (2010–2012)
* New Japan Cup USA (2020–2021)
* Pyongyang International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace (1995)
* Rumble on 44th Street (2022)
* Sengoku Lord (2019–2020)
* Showdown (2019–2022)
* Strong (2020–2023)
* Strong Style Evolution (1997)
* Summer Struggle in Jingu (2020)
* Summer Struggle in Sapporo (2021)
* Summer Supercard (2019)
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* Ultimate Crush (2003)
* Uprising (2015)
* War of the Worlds (2014–2019)
* WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993)
* World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996)
* Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome (2021)
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* Young Lion Cup (1985–2019)

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