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NEMETH, RIDDLE SET FOR NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN SAPPORO, JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the following lineups for the New Beginning events in Sapporo, Japan:

Friday 2/23:

*IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. the debuting Nic Nemeth.

*NJPW World TV Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Matt Riddle.

*NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL vs. Shota Umino.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. SHO.

*IWGP Women's Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Mina Shirakawa.

*Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji & BUSHI vs. SANADA & Taka Michinoku & Yuya Uemura & DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku.

*Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI & YOH vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan & Henare & Francesco Akira & Callum Newman.

*Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe & Boltin Oleg vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita.

*Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuji Nagata.

*Toru Yano & Tomoya vs. Tomoaki Honma & Katsuya Murashima

Saturday 2/24:

*IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA.

*Kazuchika Okada in his farewell bout & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan & Henare & Francesco Akira.

*Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura - Hair vs. Hair.

*Nic Nemeth & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. David Finlay & Gedo.

*Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi.

*Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI.

*BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku

*Guerillas of Destiny's Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Guerillas of Destiny's El Phantasmo and Hikuleo.

*Shota Umino & El Desperado & Togi Makabe & YOH & Boltin Oleg vs. EVIL & SHO & Ren Narita & Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi.

*Toru Yano & Tomoya vs. Tomoaki Honma & Katsuya Murashima.

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