NJPW reveals full card for New Beginning in Osaka
NJPW has revealed the full card for New Beginning in Osaka, the company’s biggest event since Wrestle Kingdom.
An IWGP Heavyweight Championship match headlines the February 11 show with Yota Tsuji defending against Jake Lee. It’s the first defense for Tsuji after claiming the title from Konosuke Takeshita at Wrestle Kingdom. Lee was set up as his first challenger that night — and Tsuji finally accepted his challenge after Lee and United Empire beat down Tsuji’s Unbound Company faction.
Tsuji is a double champion now, holding both the IWGP Championship and IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. He is not defending the latter title at New Beginning in Osaka, but there will be a number one contender’s match between Gabe Kidd and Andrade El Idolo to determine his next challenger.
Among the new additions to the card is a grudge match between David Finlay and Callum Newman, who has bragged about being the only foreigner in NJPW signed to a multi-year contract.
A rematch for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles is also set after Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin won the belts from Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson earlier this week.
Edion Arena is hosting the New Beginning event, which will air live on NJPW World. Here is the full lineup:
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2026 (Wednesday, February 11) —
- IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defends against Jake Lee
- IWGP Tag Team Champions The Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defend against Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
- NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf defends against Ren Narita
- David Finlay vs. Callum Newman
- IWGP Global title number one contender’s match: Gabe Kidd vs. Andrade El Idolo
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin defend against Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney vs. Great-O-Khan & HENARE
- Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori vs. Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young
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