Full Match Line-Up For NJPW SAKURA GENESIS 2026 on April 4th

By: Lewis Carlan

New Japan Pro-Wrestling SAKURA GENESIS 2026 is set to get underway in a few short hours at Ryogoku Sumo Hall. The main event for SAKURA GENESIS 2026 will be a showdown for the IWGP Heavyweight Title as the current champion Yota Tsuji will place the title on the line against United Empire leader Callum Newman.

Newman won the New Japan Cup 2026 tournament to earn an opportunity at Tsuji and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. If Newman is able to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title, he will become the youngest man to ever do so.

Tsuji and Newman met one last time at a press conference on April 3rd to promote the event. Each had a few final words ahead of their IWGP Heavyweight Title bout.

From Yota Tsuji:

“I have to carry the weight of the new Japan right now. The one most ready to stand up to the headwinds—it’s this me.”

From Callum Newman:

“If I win, I’ll lead the new generation’s ‘new era’ myself.”

In other action, the IWGP Tag Team Titles will be defended as the champions the “Knockout Brothers” OSKAR & Yuto-Ice will defend the titles for the fifth time as they face the challenge of Zack Sabre Jr & Ryohei Oiwa. OSKAR & Yuto-Ice successfully defended the tag team titles against the TMDK tandem of Sabre Jr. & Oiwa on Jan. 5th at NJPW New Years Dash.

Photo Credit: NJPW

Here is the full line-up of matches for NJPW SAKURA GENESIS 2026 on April 4th:

• KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Taisei Nakahara
• Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask vs. Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
• Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Jacob Austin Young
• Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  
• NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin (c) vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
  
• NJPW World TV Title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) vs. Shota Umino
  
• IWGP Tag Team Title: Yuto-Ice & OSKAR (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa
  
• IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman