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NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
| Date: Sat, Jan 27th 2018 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Nakajima Sports Center Annex, Sapporo, Hokkaido | Promotion: NJPW |
| Attendance: 4,862 |
Matches for The New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Elgin | def. (pin) | Katsuya Kitamura | 08:12 | ***¼ | ||
| 2 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger & KUSHIDA & Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV | def. (sub) | El Desperado & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 08:21 | 10-person tag | *** | |
| 3 | Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano | def. (pin) | Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi | 07:13 | **¼ | ||
| 4 | Bad Luck Fale (c) & Tama Tonga (c) & Tanga Loa (c) | def. (sub) | Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare & Togi Makabe | 09:20 | 6-person tag | NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title | **¾ |
| 5 | Cody & Hangman Page & Marty Scurll | def. (pin) | David Finlay & Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi | 10:55 | 6-person tag | ***½ | |
| 6 | Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito | def. (pin) | Will Ospreay & YOSHI-HASHI | 11:42 | ***¾ | ||
| 7 | Gedo & Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada | def. (sub) | BUSHI & EVIL & SANADA | 11:47 | 6-person tag | ***¼ | |
| 8 | Kenny Omega & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson | def. (pin) | Jay White & SHO & YOH | 10:55 | 6-person tag | ***¾ | |
| 9 | Minoru Suzuki | def. | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) | 32:32 | IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change) | ****½ | |