New Japan Pro Wrestling presented Road To Sakura Genesis on Monday. The show was notable for being the last night before the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is revealed. The final night with the double gold belt was not a winning one for Kota Ibushi.
Trapped in a Crossface Chickenwing by Jeff Cobb, the self-proclaimed God was helpless as Will Ospreay dropped Tomoaki Honma with Stormbreaker. After the momentum-boosting win, Ospreay promised to not only win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, but to “kill god.” His sentiments were echoed by United Empire’s Great-o-Khan backstage.
O-Khan: Bow down peasants! You believe in 'god'? What you should believe in is the power of Ospreay and the United Empire. There is no 'god', and if there is, he dies at Ospreay's hand Sunday!
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 29, 2021
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NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis
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- Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi) def. Master Wato, Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji & Gabriel Kidd by pinfall. (9:47)
SANADA pinned Yuya Uemura via Rolling Clutch Pin. - Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki) def. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & SHO by submission. (11:08)
El Desperado submitted Tiger Mask via Numero Dos. - Bullet Club (EVIL, KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano) by pinfall. (12:54)
Taiji Ishimori pinned Hirooki Goto via Bloody Cross. - Bullet Club (Jay White, Gedo & Jado) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan by pinfall. (12:41)
Jay White pinned Satoshi Kojima via Bladerunner. - United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) def. Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (14:58)
Will Ospreay pinned Tomoaki Honma via Stormbreaker.
New Japan Pro Wrestling will return with Road To Sakura Genesis on 3/30 at 5:30am ET
