Summary

Tiger Mask was pulled from the March 28 NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis event in Ibaraki, Japan, due to a health concern. Ryusuke Taguchi stepped in to replace him on the card. The show took place at Lilly Arena MITO in Ibaraki.

NJPW confirmed the news ahead of the card, noting that Tiger Mask would be absent and that Taguchi would fill his spot. No further detail on the nature of the health concern was provided at the time.

Full Card: 3/28 Lilly Arena MITO

The Ibaraki card featured the following matches:

  • Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • KUSHIDA vs. Taisei Nakahara
  • Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Aaron Wolf, YOH, Toru Yano & Master Wato vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale, DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo)
  • Unbound Company (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo) vs. T.M.D.K. (Ryohei Oiwa, Zack Sabre Jr. & Hartley Jackson)
  • Unbound Company (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay)

Tiger Mask's Road to Sakura Genesis Status

With Sakura Genesis set for April 4, the absence raises a question about Tiger Mask's availability heading into the pay-per-view. NJPW has not indicated whether he will be ready for the event, and his status should become clearer in the days leading up to it. The Road to Sakura Genesis tour has already seen several additions to the April 2 card, making tournament and card health all the more relevant.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.