Full card revealed for NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025
With New Japan Cup 2025 now over, NJPW has revealed the full card for Sakura Genesis.
The Saturday, April 5 event will be headlined by Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Finlay earned the title shot through his New Japan Cup win, where he bested Shota Umino in the finals after getting past EVIL, Yuya Uemura, and Zack Sabre Jr. in the earlier rounds.
Goto will be making the third defense of his title reign, which has already seen him defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yuji Nagata.
Finlay, the leader of Bullet Club War Dogs, has never been IWGP World Champion before.
Sumo Hall is hosting Sakura Genesis on April 5 with the show airing live on New Japan World. Six title matches in total are set for the event. The full card can be seen below:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto defends against David Finlay
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defends against EVIL
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi defend against Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman
- NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Ryohei Oiwa
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita defend against Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino
- NJPW World TV Champion El Phantasmo defends against Great-O-Khan
- Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA
- Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai
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