NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
2h 52m
The first night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 19, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the opening of the 2026 Young Lion Cup and featuring two first-round matches of the tournament. The show was headlined by Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. RoughStorm (Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura) in an IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match.
Cast
Maki Taichiro
Taichi
Tomohiro Ishii
Tomohiro Ishii
Shota Umino
Shota Umino
Yuya Uemura
Yuya Uemura
Hartley Jackson
Hartley Jackson
Ryohei Oiwa
Ryohei Oiwa
Luke James Uggles Eatwell
Zack Sabre Jr.
Hirooki Goto
Hirooki Goto
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI
Oleg Igorevich Boltin
Oleg Boltin
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
James McMath
Robbie Eagles
Sho Tanaka
SHO
Kosei Fujita
Kosei Fujita
Callum Newman
Callum Newman
Francesco Akira Begnini
Francesco Akira
Tomoyuki Oka
Great-O-Khan
Lee Jae-kyung
Jake Lee
Jacob Austin Criger
Jakob Austin Young, Jakob Austin Young - English Commentary
Keiji Takayama
Gedo
Hiromu Takahashi
Hiromu Takahashi
Shin Takagi
Shingo Takagi
Taiji Ishimori
Taiji Ishimori
Yota Tsuji
Yota Tsuji
Aaron Phillip Wolf
Aaron Wolf
Kyosuke Mikami
El Desperado
Hirai Kawato
Master Wato
Toru Yano
Toru Yano
Yohei Komatsu
YOH
Shigeki Sato
Dick Togo
Tatsuya Hayama
DOUKI
Takaaki Watanabe
EVIL
Ren Narita
Ren Narita
Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
Zane Jay
Zane Jay
Daiki Nagai
Daiki Nagai
Masatora Yasuda
Masatora Yasuda
Tatsuya Matsumoto
Tatsuya Matsumoto
Chris Charlton
Chris Charlton - English Commentary