The New Beginning in Osaka (2024)

2024 professional wrestling event

The New Beginning in Osaka

Promotion| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date| February 11, 2024
City| Osaka, Japan
Venue| Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance| 5,400[1]
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The New Beginning in Osaka was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 11, 2024, in Osaka at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It was the thirty-ninth event under the New Beginning name and the eighth to take place in Osaka.

There were eight matches contested at the event. In the main event, Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and David Finlay) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Henare, Jeff Cobb and Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira and TJP)) in a Steel Cage match. In other prominent matches, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The event was also notable for Will Ospreay's final match in NJPW, as he would depart the company afterwards after signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

## Production

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### Storylines

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The New Beginning in Osaka featured professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

## Results

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No.| Results[3][4][5]| Stipulations| Times

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1| Chaos (Toru Yano and Yoh) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Oleg Boltin by pinfall| Tag team match| 3:45
2| Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) by pinfall| Tag team match| 7:37
3| House of Torture[broken anchor] (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho) defeated Tiger Mask, Shota Umino, El Desperado and Tomoaki Honma by pinfall| Eight-man tag team match| 8:43
4| Just 5 Guys (Taichi, Yuya Uemura, Douki, Taka Michinoku and Sanada) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) by submission| Ten-man tag team match| 11:05
5| Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall| Singles match| 16:50
6| Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Kenta) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) (c) by pinfall| Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship| 13:11
7| Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson by pinfall| Singles match| 32:46
8| Bullet Club War Dogs[broken anchor] (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Henare, Francesco Akira and TJP) by pinfall| Dog Pound match| 1:04:05
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

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## References

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1. ^ Vetter, Chris (February 12, 2024). "NJPW The New Beginning Osaka results (2/11): Vetter's review of Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, dog pound cage match, IWGP Tag Team Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
2. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
3. ^ "2024.02.11 THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
4. ^ "NJPW books final Okada vs. Tanahashi singles match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
5. ^ "NJPW New Beginning in Osaka live results: Final Okada vs. Tanahashi match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-13.

## External links

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* Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling's website

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Events|

* Wrestle Kingdom 18
* New Year Dash!!
* Battle in the Valley
* The New Beginning in Nagoya
* The New Beginning in Osaka
* The New Beginning in Sapporo
* NJPW 52nd Anniversary Show
* Sakura Genesis
* Windy City Riot
* Wrestling World in Taiwan
* Satsuma no Kuni
* Wrestling Dontaku 2024
* Resurgence
* Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
* New Japan Soul
* Capital Collision
* Destruction in Kobe
* King of Pro-Wrestling
* Royal Quest IV
* Power Struggle
* Fighting Spirit Unleashed
* Historic X-Over 2
* Strong Style Evolved

Tournaments|

* Best of the Super Juniors
* 2024
* G1 Climax
* 34
* New Japan Cup
* 2024
* Super Jr. Tag League
* 2024
* World Tag League
* 2024

Co-promoted events|

* All Together
* AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door

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The New Beginning|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* Hiroshima (2014)
* Osaka (2014)
* Osaka (2015)
* Sendai
* Osaka (2016)
* Niigata
* Sapporo (2017)
* Osaka (2017)
* 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)

Current|

* 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
* Windy City Riot
* 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)
* Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome (1989)
* Burning Spirit (2022)
* Castle Attack (2021)
* CEOxNJPW: When Worlds Collide (2018)
* Do Judge!! (2000)
* Final Dome (1999)
* G1 Climax in Dallas (2019)
* G1 Special in San Francisco (2018)
* G1 Special in USA (2017)
* G1 Supercard (2019)
* Global Wars (2014–2019)
* 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)
* Super J-Cup (1994, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2020)
* The Skydiving-J (1996)
* 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)
* Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome (2021)
* Wrestling Hinokuni (2015–2019)
* Wrestling Summit (1990)
* Young Lion Cup (1985–2019)

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