NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (NJPW) PRESENTS Sakura Genesis (2024) Results & Review by Ryan Balkwill

Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling

Date: April 6, 2024

City: TokyoJapan

Venue: Ryōgoku Kokugikan

TV station/network: TV Asahi

Commentary by: Chris Charlton, Walker Stewart,

Overall Show Score: 5/10

Pros: I’ve impressed with the line-up for the 31th Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. Shingo Takagi winning the NEVER Openweight championship & Tetsuya Naito retain his World Heavyweight Championship.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Cons: It’s a shine the Jr Heavyweight Title Match had to end with a referee stoppage. The openweight title match was overbooked with interference & my excitement for this event was wasn’t there because of being overshadowed by offers hearing Wrestlemanla weekend.

Matches:

6-Man Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                    

Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) and Boltin Oleg 

vs. 

Ayato Yoshida, Takuro Niki and Chicharito Shoki.                                                                                                                       Winners: Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) and Boltin Oleg by pinfall                                                                                 Rating: Descent

Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                                                            

El Desperado and Ryusuke Taguchi 

vs. 

TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita).                                 Winners: TMDK Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita by pinfall                                                                                           Rating: Okay

Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                     

Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi)

vs. 

Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay and Gedo).                                                                                                                          Winners: Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi won by submission.                                                                                                                                         Rating: Fine

6-Man Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                                          Just 5 Guys (SanadaYuya Uemura and Douki) vs. United Empire (Great-O-KhanJeff Cobb and Callum Newman).                                                                                                                         Winners: SanadaYuya Uemura and Douki by pinfall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Rating: Not that good.

Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:                   

Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) (c)

vs.

Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kushida and Kevin Knight)

vs. 

Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira).                                         Winners: Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors keep their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships by pinfall                    Rating: Alright

Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship:

Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens) (c)

vs. 

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi). Winners: Bishamon won the IWGP Tag Team Championship Again by pinfall                                                                                             Rating: Good

Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:                                                                 

Sho (c)

vs. 

Yoh.                                                                                                                                                                    Winner: Sho still the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion by referee stoppage                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rating: Bad

Tag Team Match:                                                                                                                                                                         

Jon Moxley and Shota Umino 

vs. 

House of Torture (Ren Narita and Jack Perry).                               Winners: Jon Moxley and Shota Umino                                                                                                                                         Rating: Pretty Good


Singles match
 for the NEVER Openweight Championship:                                                                

Evil (c) (with Dick Togo)

vs. 

Shingo Takagi.                                                                                                      Winner: Shingo Takagi won the NEVER Openweight championship by pinfall                                                                                                  Rating: Bad

Main Event:


Singles match
 for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:                                                 

Tetsuya Naito (c)

vs. 

Yota Tsuji.                                                                                                                                Winner: Tetsuya Naito keep his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall                                                                                              Rating: Very Good

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