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.
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
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