O-Khan and Loa will compete for the KOPW Title.
The next tour for New Japan Pro-Wrestling is their Sakura Genesis stretch which begins on March 30th and concludes on April 6th.
On the 3/31 Road to Sakura Genesis event in Hamamatsu, Japan, Great-O-Khan is defending the KOPW Championship against Tanga Loa. A stipulation has been decided and O-Khan’s Rural Revitalization in Hamamatsu match won in the votes.
Here is a breakdown of the rules:
The match will officially be a Rural Revitalization in Hamamatsu bout. The match will be contested in a two out of three rounds format:
Round 1: ten minute most covers match (every pinfall attempt results in one point)
Round 2: five minute eel eating contest
Round 3: strap match (competitors joined with a strap, and must touch all four corners consecutively)
Here is the full lineup for 3/31:
- Shoma Kato vs. Jeff Cobb
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors
- Boltin Oleg, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA)
- Tiger Mask & Hirooki Goto vs. Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens
- YOH, Togi Makabe & Shota Umino vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO & Ren Narita)
- BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP)
- Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
- KOPW Championship — Rural Revitalization in Hamamatsu Match: Great-O-Khan (c) vs. Tanga Loa
