NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo Results (2/23): Matt Riddle Wins NJPW World TV Title, Nic Nemeth Outlasts David Finlay For IWGP Global Heavyweight Title, More
NJPW held their ‘New Beginning in Sapporo’ event on February 23. The show went down from the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan. Matt Riddle knocked off Hiroshi Tanahashi to secure the NJPW World Television Title, Nic Nemeth outlasted David Finlay to become the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, and more!
NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo Results (Feb. 23)
- Matt Riddle def. Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) — NJPW World Television Championship
- Nic Nemeth def. David Finlay (C) — IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
- SHO def. El Desperado (C) — IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Mayu Iwatani (C) def. Mina Shirakawa — IWGP Women’s Championship
- EVIL (C) def. Shota Umino — NEVER Openweight Championship
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, and YOH) def. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, and Callum Newman)
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, and Shingo Takagi) def. Just 5 Guys (SANADA, DOUKI, Taka Michinoku, Taichi, and Yuya Uemura)
- House of Torture (Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Yujiro Takahashi) def. Oleg Boltin, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Tomoaki Honma
- Toru Yano & Tomoya def. Tomoaki Honma & Shoma Kato
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. Yuji Nagata
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