The first night of NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2018 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 27, 2018, at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Minoru Suzuki
Jamie White
Sho Tanaka
Yohei Komatsu
Tyson Smith
Matthew Massie
Nicholas Massie
Keiji Takayama
Hirooki Goto
Kazuchika Okada
Tetsuya Shimizu
Takaaki Watanabe
Seiya Sanada
William Ospreay
Nobuo Yoshihashi
Hiromu Takahashi
Tetsuya Naito
David Stephen Finlay III
Joseph Robinson
Kota Ibushi
Cody Rhodes
Stephen Woltz
Martin Scurll
Fale Simitaitoko
Alipate Aloisio Leone
Tevita Fifita
Ryusuke Taguchi
Aaron Henry
Togi Makabe
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
Steven Owens
Yujiro Takahashi
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Keiichi Yamada
Yujiro Kushida
Manabu Nakanishi
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Kyosuke Mikami
Maki Taichiro
Takao Yoshida
Takashi Iizuka
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Aaron Frobel
Katsuya Kitamura