New Japan Pro Wrestling “THE NEW BEGINNING in NIIGATA”, 2/14/2016 [Sun] 16:00 @ Aore Nagaoka in Niigata
3,603 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Captain New Japan vs. Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Cody Hall
◆Winner: Matt (5:55) following the Indytaker on Captain.
(2) Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Gedo
◆Winner: Fish (8:25) following the Chasing The Dragon on Gedo.
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay Jr.
◆Winner: Ricochet (8:14) with a Shooting Star Press on Finlay.
(4) Michael Elgin & Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito & EVIL
◆Winner: EVIL (8:38) following the EVIL on White.

(5) NEVER 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [2nd Champions] Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga vs. [Challengers] Toru Yano, Jay & Mark Briscoe
◆Winner: Yano (8:20) with the Urakasumi.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Yano and The Briscoe’s reclaim the belts and become the 3rd generation champions.

(6) Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSH=I-HASHI
◆Winner: Okada (16:36) following the Rainmaker on Robinson.
~ Okada once more made an offer for Goto to join CHAOS.
~ Backstage, Okada also hinted at the possibility of wanting someone else to join as well.

(7) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [73rd Champion] KUSHIDA vs. [Challenger] BUSHI
◆Winner: KUSHIDA (16:32) with the Hoverboard Lock.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ KUSHIDA celebrated the win.



No challenger was decided for the next defense, but Liger did make an open challenge a while back.

(8) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [69th Champions] Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. [Challengers] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
◆Winner: Honma (14:16) following the Kokeshi on Anderson.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ Tama Tonga made a challenge for the belts following the match as he alluded to a new member of BC being his partner.



(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Decision Match: Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
◆Winner: Omega (29:10) with the Katayoku no Tenshi (One Winged Angel).
~ Omega becomes the 13th generation champion.
~ With the aid of his Bullet Club cronies Omega was able to capture the belt.