Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi Title Match Headlines NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka

– NJPW has announced that IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada will defend his title against Shingo Takagi next month at The New Beginning in Osaka. The card will be held at Osaka’s EDION Arena.

Also announced for the show, Tama Tonga defends the NEVER Openweight title against El Phantasmo, and Jay White faces Hikuleo in a Loser Leaves Japan bout. Here’s the updated lineup:

* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
* NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Tama Tonga (c) vs. El Phantasmo
* Loser Leaves Japan Match: Jay White vs. Hikuleo
* KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Taiji Ishimori vs. Master Wato
* Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, & Ren Narita vs. House of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, & SHO)
* Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino, Tiger Mask, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
* Toru Yano & Oskar Leube vs. Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare

The event will be streamed live in English on February 11 on New Japan World.