New Japan Pro-Wrestling wrapped up the Japan-based New Beginning tour as the U.S. New Beginning shows conclude with Jon Moxley vs. KENTA for the U.S. Heavyweight Title on 2/26.
In the main event of New Beginning in Hiroshima, Kota Ibushi defeated SANADA to retain the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Titles. The company is now moving forward to their Castle Attack tour which begins on February 14th. A press conference was held on NJPW World and the matches for the Road to and official Castle Attack shows were revealed.
A new young lion will be debuting on the forthcoming tour. His name is Yuto Nakashima.
Sunday in Korakuen Hall, we welcome a brand new Young Lion to the pack!
Yuto Nakashima will make his debut in special opening matches throughout the Road to Castle Attack!https://t.co/70nDT9CIWT#njpw #njcattack pic.twitter.com/5TMOc0qKBD
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 12, 2021
The following matches have been announced for the tour:
Road to Castle Attack (2/14/21) Korakuen Hall
– Yuto Nakashima vs Yuya Uemura
– Gabriel Kidd, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb)
– Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) vs BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi)
– Yuji Nagata & Kota Ibushi vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (SANADA & Tetsuya Naito)
– Elimination tag team match- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano) vs BULLET CLUB (EVIL, Jay White, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens)
Road to Castle Attack (2/15/21) Korakuen Hall
– Gabriel Kidd vs Yuto Nakashima
– Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs BULLET CLUB (Jado, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
– Yota Tsuji, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan)
– Los Ingobernables De japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) vs BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Yujiro Takahashi)
– CHAOS (SHO, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs BULLET CLUB (Dick Togo, Chase Owens, Jay White & EVIL)
– Yuji Nagata & Kota Ibushi vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi)
Road to Castle Attack (2/25/21) Korakuen Hall
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
Castle Attack (2/27/21) Osaka-Jo Hall
– Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan)
– YOSHI-HASHI vs Tanga Loa
– Hirooki Goto vs Tama Tonga
– KOPW 2021: Toru Yano (c) vs Chase Owens
– Jay White vs Tomohiro Ishii
– Kazuchika Okada vs EVIL
Castle Attack (2/28/21) Osaka-Jo Hall
– TenCozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)
– CHAOS (Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Chase Owens & EVIL)
– IWGP Tag Team Championships: Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto)
– NEVER Openweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Great-O-Khan
– IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs El Phantasmo
– IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Kota Ibushi (c) vs Tetsuya Naito
