New Japan Pro Wrestling will be making its return to Ryogoku Sumo Hall on April 4th, 2021 for Sakura Genesis, an event that was once an annual fixture of the New Japan calendar. Due to both their trip to the US in 2019 and the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020, this will be the first time in three years that this event will take place. As the beloved cherry blossoms fall at roughly 5 centimeters per second outside of the Sumo Hall, inside of it will be one of the most controversial shows in New Japan’s history as the first-ever IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defense will take place in the main event as Will Ospreay challenges Kota Ibushi.
Kota Ibushi
William Ospreay
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Satoshi Kojima
Fale Simitaitoko
Jamie White
Hiromu Takahashi
Luke James Uggles Eatwell
Maki Taichiro
Tatsuya Hayama
Alipate Aloisio Leone
Tevita Fifita
Shoji Akiyoshi
Kazuchika Okada
Tomohiro Ishii
Nobuo Yoshihashi
Toru Yano
Hirooki Goto
Takaaki Watanabe
Kenta Kobayashi
Taiji Ishimori
Shigeki Sato
Yujiro Takahashi
Jeffrey Cobb
Tomoyuki Oka
Aaron Henry
Tetsuya Naito
Shin Takagi
Seiya Sanada
Sho Tanaka
Yohei Komatsu
Kyosuke Mikami
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Chris Charlton
Kevin Foote
Adam Kostovski