NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 Results – April 4, 2026 – Yota Tsuji vs. Callum Newman

Results
Apr 4, 2026

April 4, 2026
Tokyo, Japan – Ryogoku Sumo Hall
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton
Results via Corey Michaels of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

  1. Pre-show: KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto & Taisei Nakahara via Boston Crab (submission 8:05)
  2. TMDK defeated Master Wato & Togi Makabe via Jagged Edge (pinfall 7:02)
  3. Six-Man Tag Team match – Unbound Co. defeated United Empire (Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, & Jakob Austin Young) via Last of the Dragon (pinfall 8:11)
  4. Eight-Man Tag Team match – Aaron Wolf, YOH, Toru Yano, & Tiger Mask defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, Don Fale, SHO, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) via Triangle Choke (submission 7:12)
  5. Six-Man Tag Team match – United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, & HENARE) defeated Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & El Desperado vs. United Empire via Stormbreaker (pinfall 14:54)
  6. NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championship – Bishamontin (c) defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Chase Owens, & Yujiro Takahashi) via Shoto (pinfall 12:08)
  7. NJPW World Television Championship – Shota Uminio vs. Konosuke Takeshita (c) went to a Time Limit Draw (15:00)
  8. IWGP Tag Team Championship – Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) defeated TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) via Cruella (pinfall 22:33)
  9. IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Callum Newman defeated Yota Tsuji (c) via MAKE WAY (pinfall 24:17)

Pre-showApril 4, 2026
KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Taisei Nakahara

Nakahara defiantly struggled through KUSHIDA’s headlocks, eventually locking in one of his own. Matsumoto wasn’t so easy for KUSHIDA to pin down, slamming the veteran to escape a particularly stubborn armbar. Nakahara soon tapped out to Yasuda’s unrelenting Boston Crab.

Winner: KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda via Submission.

Master Wato & Togi Makabe vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson)

Jackson wore down an eager Makabe, allowing Fujita to engage Wato unimpeded; Wato fought back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to halt Fujita’s momentum. Makabe toppled Jackson via a King Kong Lariat. Jackson soundly put the veteran away with a Jagged Edge, earning the pinfall amid Wato and Fujita’s brawling.

Winner: TMDK via Pinfall.

Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, & Robbie X) vs. United Empire (Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, & Jakob Austin Young)

United Empire’s early ploy to disorient Unbound Co. at the start of this match paid off initially, yet a synchronized dropkick stunted further dominance. Lee and Akira mounted a front against Takagi, who singlehandedly downed them with a double-lariat. Young, though spirited, albeit dirty his fight was, inescapably fell on the sword of Takagi’s Last of the Dragon. Unbound Co. walked away with the victory.

Winner: Unbound Co. via Pinfall.

Aaron Wolf, YOH, Toru Yano, & Tiger Mask vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, Don Fale, SHO, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

After an awkward leg holding spot from YOH, SHO, and the referee, Yano stripped a turnbuckle of its pad and paid dearly in typical House of Torture madness. Fale pressed his full weight on Yano’s spine, which DOUKI and SHO exploited by shoving their boots into his ribs. Tiger Mask kicked his way out of a combined assault stemming from DOUKI and Kanemaru. Wolf crushed Kanemaru with a Landslide and a headlock choke, the latter of which the House of Torture member tapped out.

Winner: Aaron Wolf, YOH, Toru Yano, & Tiger Mask via Submission.

Video: Best of the Super Jrs Group Blocks Announcement

Best of the Super Juniors Entrants Revealed

A-Block: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, DOUKI, Francesco Akira, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Titan (CMLL), SHO, Kosei Fujita, & Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS)

B-Block: El Desperado, KUSHIDA, YOH, Robbie Eagles, Daisuke Sasaki (DDT), Jakob Austin Young, Nick Wayne (AEW), Hyo (Dragon Gate), Valiente Jr. (CMLL), & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & El Desperado vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, & HENARE)

Still bearing the wounds suffered by AEW’s Death Riders (specifically PAC from the April 1 episode of AEW Dynamite), Ospreay weathered Desperado and Uemura’s coalesced offense. HENARE cleared the path for him to flatten Desperado with a Flying Crossbody out of the ring. Desperado collapsed following a meaty chop exchange with HENARE. United Empire linked up for a triple superkick to rock the masked wrestler further.

Uemura dished out dropkicks left and right to level the playing field, followed by a back suplex to Khan. Taichi met Ospreay in the middle of the ring, trading Kawada Kicks and backfists. A Dangerous Backdrop echoed through Ospreay, as did an Axe Bomber, yet Taichi’s efforts ultimately proved ineffective. Ospreay fired back with an Oscutter, therefore securing a comeback. He employed a Hidden Blade and Stormbreaker to cement his NJPW return at Taichi’s expense.

Winner: United Empire via Pinfall.

Post-match: Ospreay watched in dismay as Khan and HENARE bullied the defeated Taichi, Desperado, and Uemura.

NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championship
HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Chase Owens, & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Bishamontin (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & Boltin Oleg) (c)

YOSHI-HASHI started strong, but Owens and Takahashi took him outside and lashed him against the steel barricade. Goto withstood Owens, decapitating him with a lariat. Boltin nauseated Narita with a Boltin Shake. Dick Togo rang the bell to distract Boltin amid a Torture Rack. House of Torture took this moment to strike down Bishamon and convened with Togo for a Dick-to-Dick Contact. Narita flopped down on the mat after Boltin devastated him with The Verdict.

Takahashi saved himself from Bishamon’s dominance over him by way of a Fisherman Buster. Uncorking his patented Pimp Juice on YOSHI-HASHI, Takahashi fell foul of a full-steam Boltin rampage. Narita frantically tapped on Boltin’s Torture Rack while Bishamon finished Takahashi with a Shoto.

Winner: Bishamontin via Pinfall to retain the NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championship.

NJPW World Television Championship
Shota Uminio vs. Konosuke Takeshita (c)

Champion and challenger shrugged off an early forearm exchange, but Umino would writhe on the apron after falling back first onto it from Takeshita’s shoulders. Umino broke Takeshita’s dominion with a Tornado-DDT and Fisherman Suplex. Mounting himself over the top rope, Umino planted Takeshita, skull-first, into the apron and gathered his thoughts as he gazed upon the golden sheen of the title nearby.

The DDTs continued, this time on the outside courtesy of Umino’s Tornado-DDT to the unforgiving floor. Takeshita took revenge, damaging Umino’s shoulder by swinging it against the top rope. Umino powerbombed his way back to control. Takeshita swiftly took it away with a Blue Thunderbomb. With less than two minutes of the NJPW World Television title time limit left, Takeshita hit a lariat and an Exploder. Ten seconds dwindled, with neither able to capitalize after a colliding lariat from both men.

Winner: None. Konosuke Takeshita retains the NJPW World Television Championship.

Post-match: A figure in a peculiar mask caught Takeshita’s eye. Chase Owens from House of Torture ambushed Takeshita, but was chased off by Umino.

IWGP Tag Team Championship
TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c)

Ice caught Oiwa off guard with a kick to the shin. Sabre came for the save, and he joined Oiwa in incurring OSKAR’s wrath by kicking him off the apron and into the barricade. The German released his anger by hurling Sabre across the cerulean mat. Precariously locking in OSKAR’s ankle, Sabre relied on Oiwa to drop an elbow to cripple the giant. The challengers kept OSKAR isolated from Ice, allowing Sabre to employ a Half-Boston Crab, subduing his opponent’s arms in the process.

Ice had the advantage as a fresher competitor, and he utilized it to obliterate Oiwa with a Bomboclat. Oiwa toiled in the Ice-inflicted misery, yet in a split decision, he twisted the champion’s arm. Commentary and Referee Marty Asami watched in concern as Oiwa mercilessly kept targeting the weakened limb. Relinquishing the tape from his arm, Ice fed feeling and adrenaline into it on the turnbuckle. Oiwa returned the arm to its maligned state, twisting and striking it. Ice swung a comeback with a lariat. Before he could exploit this moment, Sabre attacked him, leading Oiwa to strike Ice with a Chaos Theory. A Zack Driver and Oiwa’s bridged German suplex brought TMDK within grasp of the titles, but only just so. Ice took out Oiwa with a Cruella to retain the belts.

Winner: Knockout Brothers via Pinfall to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

Post-match: Ice evicted Oiwa from the ring and took to the microphone. He celebrated the match’s result and asked Bishamon to come out so they could issue their challenge. United Empire’s HENARE and Great-O-Khan met them instead and stamped their place in the discussion. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI of Bishamon joined them, also claiming their stake.

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Callum Newman vs. Yota Tsuji (c)

A Tope Tsuijicita broke Newman’s beginning offense, sending the challenger into the blue guardrails outside. Newman soon wrenched control with a Tiger Suplex. At his fastest, Newman can become almost unstoppable, yet Tsuji pulled out a lariat just in time to prevent that, leaving the Brit horizontal, at his own expense. A Curb Stomp from the champ plummeted the challenger frighteningly head-first on the floor; Referee Red Shoes allowed the match to continue.

Red Shoes fell unconscious amid another scuffle between champ and challenger. Newman exploited this with a Shining Wizard. Zane Jay offered Newman a steel chair, but Will Ospreay pleaded with Newman not to use it. Tsuji unleashed a Gene Blaster amid the kerfuffle while Jay and Ospreay loudly argued outside. Newman survived a Destroyer and Gene Blaster, instilling panic in the champion. Tsuji’s desperation cost him in a flash; Newman unsheathed Excalibur to puncture him to the mat. Marlowe Crash by Tsuji earned him a comeback. Newman landed inches within pinfall using his Prince’s Curse—victory barely eluding him. To the shock of everyone, Newman became the IWGP Heavyweight Champion with his MAKE WAY finisher.

Winner: Callum Newman via Pinfall to become the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

Post-match: Newman and Ospreay tearfully embraced. Outside, a masked man in a jacket assaulted Yota Tsuji and revealed himself to be Gabe Kidd with an AEW shirt. Shingo Takagi came to Tsuji’s aid, but Kidd laid him flat. Kidd left with Tsuji’s IWGP Global Heavyweight belt. Takagi rolled into the ring and humorously slid in and out of the ring until he snatched the microphone. He issued a challenge for the belt and left, nursing his neck. At last, Newman had the chance to celebrate, which he did, by telling the crowd to “kiss the crown”. Posing with his newly acquired spoils of 2026, he and United Empire posed to end the night.

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