NJPW New Beginning USA Tampa results: The tour begins

NJPW kicked off their latest tour in the United States with a show tonight in Tampa, Florida. The main event was an eight man elimination match featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi against members of the Bullet Club. Here are some quick results:

Misterioso defeated Clark Connors

– Misterioso pinned Connors with a back cracker.

Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima defeated Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita

– Nagata pinned Coughlin with a backdrop hold.

Colt Cabana & Toru Yano defeated TJP & Karl Fredericks

– Cabana pinned Fredericks with the Superman pin.

Jeff Cobb defeated Alex Zayne

– Cobb pinned Zayne with the tour of the islands.

Lance Archer defeated YOSHI-HASHI

Archer pinned YOSHI-HASHI with the EBD claw.

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Rocky Romero, David Finlay and Juice Robinson defeated Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga

Tanahashi pinned Takahashi with the high fly flow. Tanahashi was the last person remaining for his team.

After the match, Tanahashi promised that he would be at the Lion’s Break Project 3 event in April, which will also be in Tampa. He also said he would defeat Naito to become the double champion.