An utter waste of a card ushered in NJPW’s Road Sakura Genesis tour tonight. With a card filled with so many predictable outcomes including Young Lions and secondary talent like Dick Togo and Gedo eating pins, the card was the flattest NJPW has put on in some time.
The main event continued the feud between the United Empire and Unbound Co. with Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young and Zane Jay taking on Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori and Yota Tsuji.
The main event was no different than the rest of the card though with United Empire new-comer Zane Jay (who still comes to the ring with the generic Young Boy music playing much to his chagrin) was flattened by Tsuji’s Gene Blaster giving Unbound the win.
The post-match extracuricular activities included Robbie X beating the hell out of Akira while Young and Ishimori also tangled on the floor. Tsuji also handed Newman his New Japan Cup trophy he left in the ring.
“Don’t touch it again. You get one time,” said Newman who will challenge Tsuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis on April 4th.
Missed this show? You missed nothing, to be honest.
Road to Sakura Genesis Results
Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
Yasuda makes Matsumoto tap out to the Boston Crab.
Winner: Masatora Yasuda
KUSHIDA vs. Taisei Nakahara
Kushida makes Young Lion Nakahara tap out to the Hoverboard Lock.
Winner: Kushida
El Desperado, Taichi and Yuya Uemura vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma and Tiger Mask
Uemura pins Honma with his flying body splash while Taguchi shows off his butt some more.
Winners: El Desperado, Taichi and Yuya Uemura
Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Toru Yano and YOH vs. House Of Torture (Don Fale, DOUKI, SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Kanemaru takes a swig of his whiskey. Before he can spit it out, Yano pushes him into the official. He punches Kanemaru in the “lower abdomen” from behind. Kanemaru spits out the whiskey and gets rolled up by Yano.
Winners: Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Toru Yano and YOH
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI), Oleg Boltin and Shota Umino vs. House Of Torture (Chase Owens, Dick Togo, Ren Narita and Yujiro Takahashi)
Of course Togo eats the loss when he submits to Umino’s crossface submission.
Winners: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI), Oleg Boltin and Shota Umino
TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo, OSKAR and Yuto-Ice)
And…Gedo eats the pin here as Oiwa puts him in his leg lock submission. The tag champs, Oskar and Yuto-Ice had a standoff with Oiwa and ZSJ, shoving the belts in their faces.
Winners: TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr.)
United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji)
Winners: Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji)
