KOPW Title And NEVER Openweight Six-Man Title Bouts Set For NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis
Lineups for NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis are set.
NJPW’s next big event is Sakura Genesis on April 8, but before the promotion gets there, they will stop Korakuen Hall for Road to Sakura Genesis.
The April 2 event will be headlined by Shingo Takagi defending the KOPW Title against Aaron Henare in an Ultimate Triad match where the only ways to win are pinfall, submission, or ten-count KO. There are no DQs or countouts.
The April 3 event will be headlined by Ren Narita, Minoru Suzuki, & El Desperado defending their NEVER Openweight Six-Man Titles against EVIL, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi.
The full lineups are below.
NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis (4/2)
- KOPW Championship – Ultimate Triad Match: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Aaron Henare
- Kazuchika Okada, Master Wato, YOH, Tiger Mask, & Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, & Taka Michinoku
- Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Boltin Oleg vs. Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, & Zack Sabre Jr.
- Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) & The Great-O-Khan
- Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita, & Ryohei Oiwa vs. EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo
- Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, & Gedo
- Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima
NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis (4/3)
- NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championships: Ren Narita, Minoru Suzuki, & El Desperado (c) vs. EVIL, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi
- Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA & Taichi
- Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Natio vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles, & Kosei Fujita
- Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, & Shota Umino vs. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, & Gedo
- Master Wato, YOH, & Tiger Mask vs. TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Tomohiro Ishii & Oskar Leube vs. Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan
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