NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024 Results – Feb. 11, 2024 – United Empire vs. Bullet Club War Dogs

February 11, 2024
Osaka, Japan – Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, Shane Haste, and Mikey Nicholls

Quick Match Results

1. YOH & Toru Yano defeated Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi via Kido Clutch (pinfall 3:45)
2. Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) via Shoto (pinfall 7:37)
3. House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, SHO, & EVIL) defeated Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, El Desperado, & Shota Umino via Shock Arrow (pinfall 8:43)
   • Following the match, House of Torture and Tiger Mask, Honma, El Desperado, & Umino were involved in a post-match brawl. During the scuffle, SHO stole El Desperado’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and demanded to be given a shot at his title at The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 Night 2 show on Februrary 23rd. El Desperado responded back verbally bashing SHO and agreeing to the challenge but under some conditions.
4. Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA) defeated BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito via Skull End (submission 11:05)
5. Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi via Rainmaker (pinfall 16:50)
   • Following the match, Tanahashi and Okada hugged each other before Tanahashi left giving Okada the spotlight so that he could bask in a New Japan ring for one last time in Osaka. Okada went down on his knees and bowed in respect to the NJPW Lion logo in the middle of the ring.
6. IWGP Tag Team Championship – Chase Owens & KENTA defeated Guerillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) via Pinfall (13:11)
7. Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson via Modified Crucifix Pin (pinfall 32:46)
   • After the match, Sabre Jr. and Danielson shook hands and Danielson then raised Sabre Jr.’s hand for his hard fought victory.
8. Dog Pound Steel Cage match – Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, & David Finlay) defeated United Empire (Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE, Jeff Cobb, & Will Ospreay) via Overkill (pinfall 64:05)
   • This match was held under War Games style rules where two competitors start off and a new competitor enters the cage after every two minutes until everyone from both teams are in the cage.
   • The match started off with David Finlay for Bullet Club War Dogs and Will Ospreay for United Empire.
   • The first person to come out was Moloney to give BC the 2v1 advantage in the cage. HENARE was the next to come out to even it up at 2v2 in the cage. Connors was the next to come out to give BC the 3v2 advantage in the cage. TJP was the next to come out to even things back up at 3v3 in the cage. Coughlin was the next to come out to give BC the 4v3 advantage in the cage. Akira was the next to come out to even things back up again at 4v4 in the cage. Kidd was the next to come out to give BC the final 5v4 advantage in the cage. Cobb was the final person to come out to even things back one last time at 5v5 in the cage.
   • Following the match, Ospreay gave a speech to the Osaka crowd thanking them for all of the support they have shown him over the years in New Japan and promised that he will come back one day.