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Until the other day, broadcast plans for New Japan’s El Desperado Produced event in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday seemed in flux as I hadn’t found any streaming details. Those have now been cleared up-the event will be a PPV on New Japan World in Japanese & English. It can be purchased now for $22.99 in the US or 3500 yen (around $22) in Japan and will include unlimited replays until 5/30.

For now the event has 5 matches scheduled which are as follows (match order will be announced on event day):
Dragon Kid & Starlight Kid vs. El Phantasmo & TBA. TBA was to have been Maki Itoh but she is now off the event. Visa issues.
Nick Gage & Matt Tremont vs. El Desperado & Jun Kasai and Rina Yanashita & Masashi Takeda in a 3-way death match
Effy vs. Jimmy Lloyd & ISHIN in a 3-way
Jordan Oliver & Alec Price vs. KUSHIDA & YAMATO and Mansoor & Mason Madden in a 3-way

At the traditional post-blowout event presser at their headquarters in Tokyo today, New Japan began announcing several matches for WRESTLING DONTAKU, the (again 2-day) annual Golden Week blowout event in Fukuoka. First up, the hinted-at first defense for NEW IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman is now official, it will be on Day 2 on 5/4. The second title match for 5/4 is NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE for the titles. The third 5/4 title match leads off the event and will be NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Chase Owens for the title.

For Day 1 on 5/3, the main event is IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd for the title. The second and last title match that day is MEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita vs. Boltin Oleg for the title.

It was also announced that IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Tiger Mask for the title will happen on 4/29 at Saga Arena in Saga.

Finally, the NJPW WORLD TV Championship match from SAKURA GENESIS can now be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

New Japan finished up the Road To SALURA GENESIS Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1476, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Tiger Mask & Shota Umino beat Masatora Yasuda & KUSHIDA. Umino pinned Yasuda after Raging Fire. Afterwards, TM 4 announced his retirement event, which was expected sometime this year, will be on 7/7.

Match 2: Konosuke Takeshita beat Tatsuya Matsumoto.

Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Togo Makabe. Taichi pinned Honma.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Don Fale, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned Yano after an elbow drop.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 6: Zane Jay, Jake Lee & Callum Newman beat Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Newman pinned Nagai after Excalibur.

Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Jacob Auatin Young & Francesco Akira to retain the titles. X pinned Young after X Express. V1 for the champs. Next up: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles in a rematch from when Ishimori & X won the titles.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI beat Yoh to retain the title. V3 for DOUKI. Next up: TM 4 for one last shot before he retires. Unless they hold off until after Best Of The Super Junior.

The next event is SALURA GENESIS, the annual spring blowout event, Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today with another event in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 510)

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Tiger Mask 4 being pulled off the event once again. The always vague poor health/physical condition. Ryusuke Taguchi was the replacement.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: KUSHIDA beat Tatsuya Matsumoto.

Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Uemura pinned Honma after Lions Shiner.

Match 4: Master Wato, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg & Aaton Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Don Fale. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 5: Shota Umino, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Umino pinned Togo after a lariat.

Match 6: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event; Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Jay after Gene Blaster.

The next event is Wednesday at Nagano Prefectural Martial Arts Center iN Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, the promotion has been announcing participants for this year’s Best Of The Super Junior tournament gradually, unveiling 3 participants per day. Here is who we know is in so far: Yoh, Master Wato, Sho, Valiente Jr. (CMLL), Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Daisuke Sasaki (DDT), Kosei Fujita (defending tournament winner), DOUKI, El Desperado. For Sasaki this is the first time in 14 years he will be participating. These announcements will continue until Thursday, then the last 2 entrants and the blocks (this is a round-robin format event) will be announced at SAKURA GENESIS on Saturday.

New Japan continued the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 910.

There were last-minute changes due to Tiger Mask 4 being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health/physical condition. Also out tomorrow.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat KUSHIDA, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Taichi pinned Honma after Tensho Cross Phoenix.

Match 4: Toru Yano, SHota Umino, Yoh & Aaron Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Don Fale. Umino beat Kanemaru with STF.

Match 5: Master Wato, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 6: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Jackson pinned Nagai after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Gedo, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Takagi pinned Jay after Burning Dragon.

The next event is tomorrow at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan kicked off the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today, a quick sprint to next weekend’s annual April blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 795.

There were some last-minute changes to the card due to Tiger Mask 4 being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto.

Match 2: KUSHIDA beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Uemura pinned Honma after Lions Shiner.

Match 4: Master Wato, Toru Yano, Yoh & Aaron Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Don Fale. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 5: Shota Umino, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Umino beat Togo with STF.

Match 6: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Oiwa pinned Gedo with TM Clutch.

Main Event: Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake LEe & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Jay after Gene Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. THere will be no live or on demand broadcast. Nothing for the next 3 events, the next broadcast event will be the tour-ender.

In other news, Will Ospreay was added to SAKURA GENESIS to finalize the card, his first appearance in New Japan as a wrestler since he left a couple years ago for All Elite Wrestling. He has been sidelined most of the last year due to a serious neck injury.

UPDATE: TM 4 is now off tomorrow and Monday as well. The always vague poor physical condition/health.