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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis Report and Results

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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis
March 25th 2017
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

NJPW’s next big show is on April 9th at Sakura Genesis. Many of the matches on this show here were meant to build up interest to that show.

1. Tomoyuki Oka vs. Bad Luck Fale (Bullet Club)
Oka got some offence in, but the young lion was defeated quickly in this opening match squash. It was a bit of a statement for Fale, who made it all the way to the finals in the New Japan cup when last we saw him.
Winner: Bad Luck Fale

 

2.Taka Michinoku, El Desperado and Takashi Iizuka (Suzuki-Gun) vs. Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, and Hirai Kawato

 

Iizuka had to be leashed by Taka Michinoku on his way to the ring. End of the match came when Suzuki Gun had Kawato isolated and Desperado hit his Guitarra de Angel for the win. After the match Desperado threw Kawato out of the ring and Liger chased Suzuki Gun away with a chair.
Winners: Suzuki Gun (Desperado pinned Kawato)

 

3. Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. War Machine and David Finlay

 

We get a preview of the heavyweight tag team championship match coming up on April 9th, when Kojima and Tenzan defend the belts against War Machine. Kojima pinned David Finlay after a 3-d with Tenzan and a hard clothesline. War Machine and the tag champs then had a bit of a staredown inside the ring for a bit.
Winners: Makabe, Kojima and Tenzan (Kojima pinned Finlay)

 

4. Kanamura, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi (Suzuki-Gun) vs. Jado, Gedo, and Hirooki Goto (CHAOS)

 

Suzuki-Gun’s Zack Sabre Jr. will challenge Goto for the intercontinental championship on April 9th, however he’s not in Japan for this show. Jado and Gedo will challenge Kanamura and Taichi for the junior heavyweight tag team titles on that show as well.
Finish of the match came when Taichi hit Gedo with a title belt and Taka hit a ddt from the top rope for the pin.
Winners: Suzuki Gun (Taka pinned Gedo)

 

5. Kenny Omega, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens (Bullet Club) vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, and Beretta (CHAOS)

 

Ishii eliminated Omega in the first round of the new japan cup, and we might get a rematch for that somewhere down the line. Omega will team up with Bad Luck Fale to take on Toru Yano and Ishii at Sakura Genesis.
There were some comedy spots here between Yano and Omega. The finish of the match was Yano hitting a low blow on Owens, followed by a lariat from Ishii and Yano rolling him up for the pin.
Winners: CHAOS (Yano pinned Owens)

 

6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson, Kushida and Nakanishi vs. Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, and Sanada (Los Ingobernables)

At Sakura Genesis Kushida will challenge Takahashi for the junior heavyweight title. On the April 4th “Road to Sakura Genesis” show, Tanahashi will team with Taguchi and Ricochet to take on Evil, Bushi and Sanada for the 6-man tag team championships.
Juice Robison continues his feud with Naito and Los Ingobernables by picking up the win with “Pulp Friction” on Sanada in this match. Naito beat Juice up after the bell and gave him a crossface where he pulled on his dreads for leverage. Los Ingobernables left the good guys laying in the ring after the match.
Winners: Tanahashi, Taguchi, Robinson, Kushida and Nakanishi (Juice Robinson pinned Sanada)

 

7. Katsuyori Shibata and Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi (CHAOS)

Shibata earned the right to challenge for Okada’s IWGP heavyweight championship by winning the new japan cup. Last year Naito won the cup and successfully defeated Okada for the title, though he would lose it back to Okada in the rematch.
Shibata continued his successful run here by defeating Yoshi-Hashi with the penalty kick. Could Shibata win the heavyweight championship for the first time in his career on April 9th?
Shibata and Okada had a stare down and exchanged words after the match but not much came from it.
Winners: Shibata and Nagata (Shibata pinned Yoshi-Hashi)

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