NJPW The New Beginning In Hiroshima
Date: February 11th, 2021
Venue: Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
Time: 3:00pm JST
First Match:
Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura vs. DOUKI, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr.
2021 Statistics
- Yuya Uemura’s -9 Fall Differential is the worst in NJPW this year.
Last 365 Days Statistics – Overall
Second Match:
Master Wato, SHO & Tomoaki Honma vs. El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru
2021 Statistics – Overall
- El Desperado has 7 victories so far in 2021. He has been the winning fall participant in all 6 of those matches. His +6 Fall Differential is the best in NJPW in 2021 and yesterday’s opening match was the first time this year that El Desperado was on the winning team but was not the winning fall participant.
Last 365 Days Statistics – Singles
Third Match
El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
2021 Results – Overall
Last 365 Days Results – Overall
Fourth Match
Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. Dick Togo & EVIL
2021 Results – Overall
- Kazuchika Okada is quietly racking up the victories this year. His 12 wins are the most in NJPW since the calendar turned to 2021.
Last 365 Days Results – Overall
Fifth Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship Match
Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii &YOSHI-HASHI [C] vs. Jay White, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
Last 365 Days Results – Trio
- Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI are 10-0 as a trio in the last 365 Days. They are also an incredible 21-1 all-time as a 3 man team. Their only trios loss came on August 10th, 2019 against the Suzuki-gun team of Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
- Jay White, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa have never teamed together as a trio.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships
- The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championships have been defended once in Hiroshima. That was on September 15th, 2018 when Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori successfully defended the titles against David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi.
- Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI are already the owners of the longest Never Openweight 6-Man championship match of all-time. Their 32 minute and 25 second victory over DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr on October 23rd of 2020 holds the record.
- 48.84% of NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship matches end with a title changing hands. That is, by far, the most of all NJPW recognized titles.
Main Event
IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Championship Match
Kota Ibushi [C] vs. SANADA
2021 Results – Singles
Last 365 Days Results – Singles
Last 365 Days – Overall
- Over the last 365 days, nobody in NJPW has more overall victories than SANADA (65).
- SANADA and Kota Ibushi have both participated in two historical multi-person matches on The Road To The New Beginning. On January 25th, they were participants in the first 6-man tag match to go to a 30 minute draw in NJPW since February 11th of 2009. On February 8th, they were participants in the first 2 on 2 tag match to go to a 30 minute draw in NJPW since December 23rd of 2013.
Head To Head History
- Kota Ibushi and SANADA have met three times in singles matches, all in the G1 Climax tournament. SANADA won their first meeting back in 2018, but Ibushi has been successful in two consecutive meetings since then, including 2020’s G1 Climax 30 Final.
History In Hiroshima
- Kota Ibushi has competed in four singles matches in Hiroshima, he is 3-1 all time in the city, including victories in the 2015 New Japan Cup Semi-Final and Final.
- SANADA has wrestled in Hiroshima just once since joining NJPW. He defeated Zack Sabre Jr in this building during G1 Climax 30 on October 6th, 2020.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- This will be the 264th match to decide the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. 29.66% of those matches have resulted in a new champion being crowned.
- Kota Ibushi has wrestled for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship five times in his career dating back to 2015 when he challenged AJ Styles for the belt. Ibushi is now 2-3 all time in IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches with both of his victories happening at this year’s Wrestle Kingdom 15 Event.
- SANADA has wrestled for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship three times in his career, all against Kazuchika Okada and all unsuccessful. He challenged Okada at New Beginning in 2018, Wrestling Dontaku in 2019, and King of Pro Wrestling in 2019. As evidenced by the length of SANADA’s challenges, he has proven to be a difficult opponent for champions to defeat; the shortest of SANADA’s challenges was 32 minutes and 12 seconds and the longest lasted 38 minutes and 3 seconds.
- The IWGP Heavyweight Championship has been defended nine times in Hiroshima, including two title changes, both won by Tatsumi Fujinami.
- The IWGP Heavyweight Championship has been successfully defended by the incumbent champion in 7 straight defenses here in Hiroshima. The last title change in Hiroshima was in 1994 when Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shinya Hashimoto.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
- Kota Ibushi has wrestled for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship 7 times in his career, dating back to 2015 when he challenged Shinsuke Nakamura for the belt at Wrestle Kingdom 9. He is 4-3 and in the midst of his second reign.
- Ibushi’s victory over Jay White on January 5th was the longest ever IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match.
- This will be SANADA’s first ever attempt to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
- The IWGP Intercontinental Championship has been defended twice in Hiroshima. In 2014, Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the title against Shinsuke Nakamura in this building. In 2017, Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the title against Zack Sabre jr. in this building