NJPW Sets Title Matches & Lineups for The New Beginning in Sapporo Cards

– NJPW has announced the matchups for the upcoming double-shot of The New Beginning in Sapporo events scheduled for next month on February 4 and 5. Here’s the lineup for February 4:

* Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito
* Taichi vs. Will Ospreay
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships Match: Francesco Akira & TJP (c) vs. DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* YOH, Rysuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, & SANADA
* Master Wato, Hikuleo, Tama Tonga, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, KENTA, & Jay White
Yuto Nakashima, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto vs. Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, & Zack Sabre Jr
* Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
* Oskar Leube vs. Great-O-Khan

Here is the current lineup for February 5, with three title bouts officially scheduled:

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. YOH
*< strong> NJPW World TV Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls)
* Shota Umino, Rysuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, & Shingo Takagi
Jado, Hikuleo, Tama Tonga vs. Jay White, Gedo, & El Phantasm
* Master Wato & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori & KENTA
* Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
* Franceso Akira, Will Ospreay, TJP, & Great-O-Khan vs. TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Both shows will be held at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido, Japan. They will be streamed live on NJPW World.