NJPW Sakura Genesis Preview (4/5/25)

The NJPW Sakura Genesis event is finally here, and it provides a stacked card. The event takes place on Saturday, April 5, live from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. It will be available to watch on NJPW World.

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025 will be presented by Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The event is set to begin at 5 pm JST/4 am ET. Nine matches have been confirmed for the event, with six of them being title matches.

Below is the full preview for the NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025 card, with a spotlight on three cannot-miss matches.

Full NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025 Card:

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. EVIL
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) (c) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman)
NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match: House of Torture (Ren Narita, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) (c) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori)
Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino
NJPW World Television Championship Match: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Great-O-Khan
Singles Match: Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA
Singles Match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai

Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay

Having overcome personal tragedy and career setbacks, Hirooki Goto finally sits atop NJPW as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. David Finlay, fueled by his desire to exact revenge and his recent New Japan Cup 2025 victory, looks to reclaim the gold.
With the highest prize in NJPW on the line, this is not just about the gold – it’s about proving who truly deserves to be at the top. Finlay has vowed to end Goto’s fairytale story prematurely, but Goto is determined to continue to be proof that perseverance pays off.
Will the ‘Rebel King’ rewrite the ending, or will the ‘Revolution’s heart and determination push him to another emotional triumph?

Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL

Yota Tsuji and EVIL’s story has been filled with chaos, grudges, and high stakes for two years. HOUSE OF TORTURE has been running rampant in NJPW, and Tsuji has made it his mission to stand against their underhanded ways.

Following a controversial New Japan Cup tournament victory over Tsuji, EVIL made it his intention to claim the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship for himself. Tsuji agreed but dared EVIL to let the Los Ingobernables de Japon EVIL show up instead.

So, will EVIL oblige and revisit his bruiser days, or will the relentless rule-breaking nature prevail?

House of Torture vs. War Dogs

The long-brewing Bullet Club civil war reaches its boiling point at Sakura Genesis as the War Dogs’ Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd go up against HOUSE OF TORTURE’s SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. For months, the HOUSE OF TORTURE has tried to erase the War Dogs from Bullet Club. This has led to a series of no-contest brawls and disqualifications during the New Japan Cup tour.

The War Dogs are ready to pry the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships away from HOT by force. This is more than just a fight for the titles though, this is for Bullet Club dominance. Expect the chaos to be turned all the way up in this match.

More From LWOS Pro Wrestling

Header photo – NJPW – Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on NJPW Sakura Genesis and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can rewatch all 2021 NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on NJPWWorld.com; The King of Sports Streaming.

Sports. Honestly. Since 2011

Full NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025 Card:

Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay

Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL

House of Torture vs. War Dogs

About Chinyere Okafor

Related Articles

3 WWE Superstars Who’s a Perfect Fit to Join The Vision

WWE SmackDown Preview (6/12/26) – King and Queen of the Ring 1st Round Concludes

How Did Royce Keys Settle his Beef With Talla Tonga on 6/5 WWE SmackDown?

WWE NXT Preview (6/9/26) – Who Will Become The Number One Contenders?

Stay in the Game

Share This Article