NJPW The New Beginning: 2 iPPVs in 3 Days

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The New Beginning in Hiroshima
POSTER:
DATE & TIME: 2/9 at 3 AM on NJPW's UStream Page (Spanish commentary for some reason)
OR NJPW's Japanese UStream Page (Japanese commentary)
CONFIRMED MATCHES:
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (ch) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Bullet Club of Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson (ch) vs. Killer Elite Squad of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance archer
Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI
Special 8 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA and Alex Shelley vs. Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito and Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Yujiro Takahashi
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Satoshi Kojima (ch) vs. Big Daddy Yum Yum
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Michael Tarver
Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka
Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga
Kota Ibushi and BUSHI vs. El Desperado and Jushin Thunder Liger

The New Beginning in Osaka
POSTER:
DATE & TIME: 2/11 at 3AM on NJPW's UStream Page (Spanish commentary for some reason)
OR NJPW's Japanese UStream Page (Japanese commentary)
CONFIRMED MATCHES:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (ch) vs. Hirooki Goto
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito (ch) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Kota Ibushi (ch) vs. El Desperado
Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi
Special Tag Match: Kazushi Sakuraba and Yuji Nagata vs. Daniel Gracie and Rolles Gracie
NWA World Tag Team Title #1 Contender Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima vs. Big Daddy Yum Yum and Michael Tarver
Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Prince Devitt and Bad Luck Fale
Special 6 Man Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Tama Tonga
Katsuyori Shibata vs. YOSHI-HASHI
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks of Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson (ch) vs. TIME SPLITTERS of Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA

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Oh god, can we make a rule that Goto isn't allowed to challenge for the IWGP Title anymore?

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There's a very good chance he beats Okada. There's also a very good chance they put him over Shibata at the Dome for no reason at all.

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Updated the main post with all the matches announced today.

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And I updated the main post again with the final cards for the shows. The Osaka show is definitely worth $25 on paper.

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Star ratings for the shit that matters:

2/9:
Tanahashi/Nakamura: ****1/2

2/11:
Ishii/Naito: ****3/4
Okada/Goto: ****1/2