NJPW NBG in Sapporo: Nic Nemeth Becomes New IWGP Global Champ

On Friday, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) continued its The New Beginning series with The New Beginning in Sapporo, night 1.

The night witnessed major title changes in the promotion as the night saw the coronation of three new champions. 

Sho defeated El Desperado to be the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion to end a very short reign of the masked superstar who captured the title in Wrestle Kingdom.

Former WWE Superstar Matt Riddle became the new NJPW World Television Champion after defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi who also won the title at Wrestle Kingdom.

Finally, former WWE Superstar and current TNA superstar Nic Nemeth defeated Bullet Club War Dogs leader David Finlay to be the second IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

The full results of the event are as follows:

Zack Sabre Jr. def. Yuji Nagata 

House of Torture (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe, & Ryusuke Taguchi

CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH, & YOSHI-HASHI def. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, & Callum Newman)

Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI) def. Just 5 Guys (SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI, & TAKA Michinoku) 

Mayu Iwatani (c) def. Mina Shirakawa - IWGP Women’s Championship 

SHO def. El Desperado (c) - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 

EVIL (c) def. Shota Umino - NEVER Openweight Championship 

Matt Riddle def. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) - NJPW World TV Championship

Nic Nemeth def. David Finlay (c) - IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship