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Cards for the US New Beginning shows were released today, and well, uh, they are not good.
Due to the US Government Lockdown, New Japan were unable to secure visas for any of their talent. That means Goto, Ishii, Nagata, SHO & YOH, Liger, Tiger & Kojima are not going to be there. Ibushi was never booked.
On top of that, Sabin & Flip Gordon are both injured, ACH has apparently signed with WWE and is finishing his dates, Ospreay is currently touring with the truly abysmal WOS, Omega and The Elite were likely supposed to be a big part of it but have all left for AEW.
So that leaves the only New Japan regulars as Juice Robinson, Beretta, Chuck Taylor, David Finlay and Rocky Romero. Semi-regular Marty Scurll is also there, but without a faction to rep and no other Jr Heavyweights available he's just being used as card filler. Probably doesn't help that he will likely be gone before Best of the Super Jrs.
California Dojo Young Lions and ROH midcarders are pretty much the entire undercard.
Night 1 is headlined by Chuck Taylor vs David Finlay, Night 2 is US title match between Beretta & Juice Robinson, while Night 3 sees Best Roppongi Friends take on Juice Robinson, Finlay and some other dude. They are a faction in ROH apparently. If you're a fan of Best Friends doing the job to Juice and, unfortunately, Finlay you're in for a treat because there are three in a row right here. Yikes.
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