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The New Beginning in Hiroshima was a
professional wrestling
pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 9, 2014, in
Hiroshima,
Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for
championships.
[1]
[2]
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[4] It was the fifth event under the
New Beginning name.
Storylines
The New Beginning in Hiroshima featured ten
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains,
heroes, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
[5]
Event
Several matches during the event built to matches taking place at
The New Beginning in Osaka two days later. The event also featured the NJPW debuts of
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representatives
Michael Tarver and Big Daddy Yum-Yum,
[6] who unsuccessfully challenged
Satoshi Kojima for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the first title match of the event.
[1] The two other title matches were rematches from January 4's
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome event; in the first
Doc Gallows and
Karl Anderson made their first successful defense of the
IWGP Tag Team Championship against
K.E.S. (
Davey Boy Smith Jr. and
Lance Archer) and in the main event
Hiroshi Tanahashi made his first successful defense of the
IWGP Intercontinental Championship against
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[1]
Results
References
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"The New Beginning in Hiroshima".
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 9, 2014.
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"新日本プロレス「The New Beginning in Hiroshima」". Sports Navi (in Japanese).
Yahoo!. February 9, 2014. Archived from
the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
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Meltzer, Dave (February 9, 2014).
"New Japan The New Beginning live coverage from Hiroshima".
Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from
the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
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b Namako, Jason (February 12, 2014).
"2/9 NJPW iPPV Results: Hiroshima, Japan". Wrestleview. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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^ Grabianowski, Ed.
"How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc.
Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
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"2月9日広島で棚橋vs中邑!! 後藤&柴田が初タッグ!! 2月11日大阪でオカダvs後藤! 内藤vs石井! 飯伏vsデスペラード! グレイシー再上陸!!".
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 6, 2014. Archived from
the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
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