Wrestling Hizen no Kuni (肥前国レスリング Resuringu Hizen no Kuni) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place in late April between the larger Sakura Genesis and Wrestling Dontaku events in Saga, Japan. The name of the event refers to the nickname of Saga Prefecture, "Land of Exchange" (交流の地 Hizen).
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Wrestling Hizen no Kuni featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Wrestling Hizen no Kuni will be headlined by El Desperado defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Templario. On April 4, after Desperado successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Clark Connors in a hardcore match, Templario appeared in a pre-tapped video challenging Desperado to a title match.
That same event, after Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) retained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Yoh and Rocky Romero challenged them to a title match.
On April 5 at Sakura Genesis, El Phantasmo lost the NJPW World Television Championship to Great-O-Khan. Unsatified with the way he lost the match, afterwards in a post-match interview, Phantasmo challenged O-Khan to a rematch for the title.
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| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Masatora Yasuda | Singles match | 7:04 |
| 2 | TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson) defeated Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg and Katsuya Murashima | Six-man tag team match | 9:44 |
| 3 | Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi and Taka Michinoku defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI) | Ten-man tag team match | 7:54 |
| 4 | War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors and Taiji Ishimori) (with Gedo) vs. House of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SANADA, Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (with Dick Togo) ended in a no contest | Ten-man tag team match | 4:25 |
| 5 | United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira and Jacob Austin Young) defeated Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Ryusuke Taguchi | Six-man tag team match | 9:50 |
| 6 | El Phantasmo defeated Great-O-Khan (c) | Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship | 11:29 |
| 7 | Yoh and Master Wato defeated Ichiiban Street Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) (c) | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 22:23 |
| 8 | El Desperado (c) defeated Templario | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 20:02 |
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