NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 takes place on Sunday, April 9 from Tokyo, Japan. Here’s all the info you need to watch, including the start time and match card.
There’s never a dull moment in New Japan Pro Wrestling and that holds true early in April. On Sunday, April 9, NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 will go down from Tokyo, Japan at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Fresh off of the New Japan Cup, NJPW Sakura Genesis will give the winner of that tournament a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on Sunday.
The winner, Katsuyori Shibata, will face off Kazuchika Okada in what has the chance to be a five-star match. Shibata is known for working one of the most brutal and hard hitting styles in all of pro wrestling. Meanwhile, Okada has proven to be as tough as they come and these two could potentially create magic in the ring at NJPW Sakura Genesis.
Also on the card at the top are a few other big-time matches with titles on the line. One such match is the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match as Hiromu Takahashi defends the belt against former champion Kushida. What’s more, Hirooki Goto will put his NEVER Openweight Championship on the line against Suzuki-Gun’s newest member, Zack Sabre Jr.
There’s plenty of other action on the card for Sunday at the show. With that in mind, here’s a look at the full match card for NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017:
-IGWP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
-IGWP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Kushida
-NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
-IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima) (c) vs. War Machine (Hanson, Raymond Rowe)
–Los Ingobernable de Japon (Bushi, EVIL, Sanada, Tetsuya Naito) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi
–Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega) vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano)
–IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (c) vs. Jado & Gedo
–CHAOS (Beretta, Rocky Romero, Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taka Michinoku)
–Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Tama Tonga, Tanga Roa, Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask W, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata
–David Finlay, Jushin Thunder Liger & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hirai Kawato, Katsuya Kitamura & Tomoyuki Oka (Dark Match)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 will be streamed on NJPW World with both Japanese and English commentary. The service is available online for only 999 Yen per month, where you can watch all live events and historical shows as well.
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Details for Sunday’s show are below:
Date: Sunday, April 9
Start Time: 3:00 a.m. ET
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Ryogoku Kokugikan
Live Stream: NJPW World
It’s relatively a given that a New Japan show is going to be great with the talent that they have on hand. However, NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 is the type of show that could be one of the best of the year. You should certainly check it out.