Kazuchika Okada faces Minoru Suzuki in a major singles battle at “THE NEW BEGINNING” in under a week’s time. This was one of several big matches added to the card for which several title matches were previously announced. CHAOS vs. Suzuki Gun has been picking up with Suzuki injecting some new blood into his faction in the form of K-DOJO stars Kengo Mashimo and Hiro Tonai. Along with Okada battling Suzuki, Shinsuke faces Kengo Mashimo who briefly feuded with Makabe last year. Makabe and Yujiro’s ongoing grudge culminates with a singles match in Hiroshima too. But perhaps the biggest news is the return of Laughter7 who after they were completely beaten at the Tokyo Dome seemed done with New Japan, especially considering their arrival was so unpopular and part of the decision that led to Chairman Kidani stepping down. But Saku and Shibata are back and face Goto and Inoue, both of whom have very strong ties to Shibata, in a special tag match. Remember this is an international PPV available for all to see and can be ordered at this page for US$25. Looks like it will be great value for money with some of the matches on offer.

NJPW “THE NEW BEGINNING”, 2/10/13 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Hiroshima Sun Plaza

1. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tama Tonga, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley (c) vs. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
4. IWGP Tag Team Title: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
5. Special Singles Match: Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
6. Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
7. Special Singles Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kengo Mashimo
8. Special Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson

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Cards for the two show “NEW JAPAN ROAD” mini-tour were also announced.

NJPW, 2/11/13 (Samurai! TV)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. BUSHI & Sho Tanaka vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Takaaki Watanabe
2. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov, Jado & Gedo
3. Hirooki Goto & Wataru Inoue vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tama Tonga & Captain New Japan vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., TAKA Michinoku & Hiro Tonai
5. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro Takahashi
6. Special Tag Match: Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo
7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Karl Anderson & Prince Devitt

NJPW, 2/12/13
Takaoka Techno Dome

1. Wataru Inoue vs. Yohei Komatsu
2. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
3. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & BUSHI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & Hiromu Takahashi
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata & Takaaki Watanabe
5. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kengo Mashimo & TAKA Michinoku
6. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hiro Tonai
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro Takahashi