SAKURA GENESIS, New Japan’s annual spring blowout event. Is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 6009.
Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda & KUSHIDA beat Taisei Nakahara & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Yasuda pinned Nakahara.
Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson beat Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Jackson pinned Taguchi after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 2: Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee. Takagi pinned Young after Last Of The Dragon.
Match 3: Toru Yano, Yoh, Tiger Mask & Aaron Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Don Fale. Wolf beat Kanemaru with an inverted triangle choke.
Match 4: Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay beat El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura. Ospreay pinned Taichi after Stormbreaker.
Match 5: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg beat Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita to retain the titles. TOSHI-HASHI pinned Owens after Shoto. V2 for the champs.
Match 6: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shota Umino went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Takeshita retains the title. V2 for Takeshita.
Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the titles. Ice pinned Oiwa after Cruella. V5 for the champs. Next up: Bishamon…or Khan & HENARE…sounds like a determination match between them.
Main Event: Callum Newman beat IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tauji to win the title. Newman becomes the 88th IWGP Heavyweight Champion. And the youngest ever in a MASSIVE EARTH-SHAKING UPSET.. Tsuji was then further beaten down by Gabriel Kidd afterwards. Next up for the new champ: Takagi.
The next event is DEATH VEGAS INTERNATIONAL on 4/16 at The Horseshoe in Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast plans TBA.