Fightful Staff Predictions For NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018

There’s just a single pro wrestling event event this week in the form of NJPW Strong Style Evolved. The staff here at Fightful has made their predictions for the show.

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Picking Okada: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James

Picking Sabre Jr.:

Final Tally: Okada (7) – Sabre Jr. (0)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Suzuki-Gun (El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (c) vs. Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) vs. Los Ingobernables (Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi)

Picking Suzuki-Gun: Ryan Cook, John Moorehouse & Kyler James

Picking Roppongi 3K: Jeremy Lambert & Andrew Thompson

Picking Los Ingobernables: David Tees & Sean Ross Sapp

Final Tally: Suzuki-Gun (3) – Roppongi 3K (2) – Los Ingobernables (2)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Marty Scurll

Picking Ospreay: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James

Picking Scurll: Jeremy Lambert

Final Tally: Ospreay (6) – Scurll (1)

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) (c) vs. Michael Elgin, Togi Makabe & Ryusuke Taguchi

Picking Bullet Club: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James

Picking Elgin/Makabe/Taguchi:

Final Tally: Bullet Club (7) – Elgin/Makabe/Taguchi (0)

Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Bullet Club (Cody & Hangman Page)

(Note: Ryan Cook didn’t make a pick for this match.)

Picking Golden Lovers: David Tees, Sean Ross Sapp, John Moorehouse & Kyler James

Picking Bullet Club: Jeremy Lambert & Andrew Thompson

Final Tally: Golden Lovers (4) – Bullet Club (2)

Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, Evil & Sanada) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)

Picking Los Ingobernables: Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp & Kyler James

Picking Suzuki-Gun: David Tees, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse & Andrew Thompson

Final Tally: Los Ingobernables (3) – Suzuki-Gun (4)

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Chaos (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)

Picking Tanahashi/Finlay/Robinson: David Tees, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse & Andrew Thompson

Picking Chaos: Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp & Kyler James

Final Tally: Tanahashi/Finlay/Robinson (4) – Chaos (3)

Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) vs. Suzuki-Gun (Taichi & Takashi Iizuka)

(Note: Ryan Cook didn’t make a pick for this match.)

Picking Chaos: David Tees, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James

Picking Suzuki-Gun: Sean Ross Sapp

Final Tally: Chaos (5) – Suzuki-Gun (1)

Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)

Picking Bullet Club:

Picking Young Bucks: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James

Final Tally: Bullet Club (0) – Young Bucks (7)

Do you agree or disagree with what the Fightful staff picks for the event, then share your thoughts in the comments section below.