Lineups for the Sakura Genesis tour.
The winner of the 2024 New Japan Cup tournament is Yota Tsuji and with his win, he secured a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at NJPW Sakura Genesis on April 6th. The reigning champion is his stablemate in Los Ingobernables de Japon, Tetsuya Naito.
Their match is official for Sakura Genesis and the full match card was rolled out. It’ll feature Jon Moxley and Shota Umino tagging as well as multiple title bouts. Here is the complete lineup:
- Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado vs. T.M.D.K. (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Gedo & David Finlay
- DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships — Three-Way Match: BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors) (c) vs. Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP)
- IWGP Tag Team Championships: Chase Owens & KENTA (c) vs. Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: SHO (c) vs. YOH
- Shota Umino & Jon Moxley vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Jack Perry & Ren Narita)
- NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Yota Tsuji
The Road to Sakura Genesis tour starts on March 30th and concludes on April 4th before the Sakura Genesis event on the 6th. On 3/31 in Hamamatsu, the following bout is headlining the show:
- KOPW Championship: Great-O-Khan (c) vs. Tanga Loa
