NJPW The New Beginning 2012 (2012)
The New Beginning (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 12, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured eight matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the New Beginning name, and the first major event held by NJPW after the promotion had been sold to Bushiroad.
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Hiroshi Tanahashi as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
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Kazuchika Okada as Kazuchika Okada |
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Shinsuke Nakamura as Shinsuke Nakamura |
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Tetsuya Naito as Tetsuya Naito |
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Masato Tanaka as Masato Tanaka |
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Hirooki Goto as Hirooki Goto |
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Hiroyoshi Yamamoto as Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
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Satoshi Kojima as Satoshi Kojima |
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Matt Bloom as Giant Bernard |
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Chad Allegra as Karl Anderson |
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Wataru Inoue as Wataru Inoue |
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Yuji Nagata as Yuji Nagata |
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Yujiro Kushida as KUSHIDA |
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Yoshihiro Yamazaki as Tiger Mask |
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Togi Makabe as Togi Makabe |
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Lance Hoyt as Lance Archer |
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Minoru Suzuki as Minoru Suzuki |
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Maki Taichiro as Taichi |
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Takao Yoshida as TAKA Michinoku |
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Yoshihiro Takayama as Yoshihiro Takayama |
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Fergal Devitt as Prince Devitt |
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Ryusuke Taguchi as Ryusuke Taguchi |
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Wesley David Richards as Davey Richards |
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John Raymond Rivera as Rocky Romero |
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Mitsuhide Hirasawa as Captain New Japan |
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Keiichi Yamada as Jushin Thunder Liger |
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Alipate Aloisio Leone as Tama Tonga |
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Takashi Iizuka as Takashi Iizuka |
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Tomohiro Ishii as Tomohiro Ishii |
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Toru Yano as Toru Yano |
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Fale Simitaitoko as King Fale |
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Tomoaki Honma as Tomoaki Honma |
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Nobuo Yoshihashi as YOSHI-HASHI |
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Yujiro Takahashi as Yujiro Takahashi |