New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) returned to Ryogoku Sumo Hall on Saturday for Sakura Genesis, the first since 2021.
The card was a stacked one with five different championship matches including another IWGP Women's Championship match as Mercedes Moné defended against STARDOM's Hazuki and AZM, Zack Sabre Jr. defending the NJPW World TV Championship against Shota Umino, a major IWGP Tag Team Championship match between Bishamon and Aussie Open, Robbie Eagles challenging Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title, and in the main event, Kazuchika Okada putting the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on the line against the New Japan Cup winner, SANADA.
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Full results for the show are below.
NJPW Sakura Genesis Results (4/8/23)
- Minoru Suzuki, Great-O-Khan & Toru Yano def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, YOH & El Desperado
- United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira & Aaron Henare) def. House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Just 5 Guys (Taichi, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)
- BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, David Finlay & KENTA) def. Tama Tonga, Hikuleo & Master Wato
- David Finlay and KENTA attacked El Phantasmo after the match
- IWGP Women's Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) def. AZM and Hazuki
- NJPW World TV Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Shota Umino
- IWGP Tag Team Championship: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) def. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c)
- Aussie Open are the new IWGP Tag Team Champions
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) def. Robbie Eagles
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: SANADA def. Kazuchika Okada (c)
- SANADA is the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru will challenge Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship as Takahashi would like to challenge SANADA for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship if he wins
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