NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW will present Sakura Genesis 2024 event on April 6, 2024, from Ryogoku Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event is fifth one in the Sakura Genesis series which replaced the Invasion Attack series in 2017.
As it has been a tradition, New Japan Cup 2024 winner Yota Tsuji will challenge IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito in the main event.
event info
Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date: April 06, 2024
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Ryogoku Kokugikan
Start Time: 3:00 am ET
Network:
Broadcast Type: Live
card
| Matches | Stipulation/Title |
|---|---|
| Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Chicharito Shoki, Takuro Niki & Ayato Yoshida | Frontier Zone |
| TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado | Tag Team Match |
| Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo & David Finlay) | Tag Team Match |
| Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) | Tag Team Match |
| BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) defeated Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) vs Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match |
| Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) | IWGP Tag Team Championship Match |
| SHO defeated YOH | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match |
| Shota Umino & Jon Moxley defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita & Jack Perry) | Tag Team Match |
| Shingo Takagi defeated EVIL | NEVER Openweight Championship Match |
| Tetsuya Naito(c) defeated Yota Tsuji | IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match |
STORYLINES
IWGP World Heavyweight Title: NJPW holds New Japan Cup every year which is a knockout tournament. Every year, the winner of New Japan Cup gets to challenge IWGP World Champion. Tetsuya Naito holds the title and will defend it against the New Japan Cup Winner.