Frontier Zone match booked for NJPW Sakura Genesis

A new match announcement has been made for NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024.

NJPW's Frontier Zone match will make its return as Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg take on Ayato Yoshida, Takuro Niki & Chicharito Shoki at Sakura Genesis. The Frontier Zone concept pits members of the NJPW roster against wrestlers from smaller promotions. Yoshida, Niki & Shoki are representing 2AW (Active Advance Wrestling).

NJPW wrote:

Since its inception in Ryogoku last October, the Frontier Zone has given wrestling fans the chance to sample brand new wrestling from outside the major scene, and that’s the case at Sakura Genesis when 2AW, Active Advance Wrestling gets involved!

Ayato Yoshida, Takuro Niki and Chicharito Shoki will be representing the group in Sumo Hall. It’s a return to the cerulean blue for Yoshida, who wrestled sporadically in NJPW between 2017 and 2019, which included a World Tag League 2018 team with then Young Lion Shota Umino. NJPW fans may remember 25 year old Chicharito Shoki from All Star Junior Festival last March, while 23 year old Takuro Niki will be looking to show the future of his promotion and NJPW at large. This young trio will have a tough time against veterans Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii, as well as the huge Boltin Oleg- catch how they fare by tuning in early for Sakura Genesis!

Airing on the pre-show, Ishii, Yano & Oleg vs. Yoshida, Niki & Shoki will kick off the action at Sakura Genesis.

Sakura Genesis is taking place from Sumo Hall in Tokyo on Saturday, April 6. The show will air live on NJPW World.

Here's the full lineup:

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 --

• IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito defends against Yota Tsuji
• NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL defends against Shingo Takagi
• Jon Moxley & Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry & Ren Narita
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO defends against YOH
• IWGP Tag Team Champions KENTA & Chase Owens defend against Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
• Three-way match: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defend against KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) and Francesco Akira & TJP
• SANADA, Yuya Uemura & DOUKI vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman
• Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. David Finlay & Gedo
• El Desperado & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita
• Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg vs. Ayato Yoshida, Takuro Niki & Chicharito Shoki