WHAT HAPPENED AT: NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018

[@TheManofThings777]

The fact that ZSJ can create an entertaining match using purely submission holds speaks wonders for him. He's a beast.

[@TrolledBy]

I think's that's because he is brutal and innovative. Traditional British catch wrestling can sometimes drag a bit too much and the Western "headlocks galore" is extremely boring to watch, but in Japan ZSJ has really proved that technical wrestling can be very captivating.

[@dianueva]

Not normally the biggest Jack the Jobber fan when he does these videos alone, but top notch stuff. Kept a good pace, very knowledgeable on the product, and even gave me details I didn't know about the PPV/NJPW. Can't wait to see more coverage like this about Japan.

[@marin3933]

Ospreay vs Scurll was something else...that match was fucking brutal...especially when Ospreay started to bleed,even though it was a botch it only added to the brutality.Scurrls stomps to Ospreay's head were crazy brutal. Definitely my favorite match.. Sorry if my english sucks im from Croatia.

[@slothprime1327]

Ospreay vs Scurll was the highlight match for sure.

[@joshuahandley1459]

I'm sad. I wanted Zacky 3 belts back

[@danielfennessey]

Darryl, Jack. Takahashi's cat is called Darryl.

[@1991Kane1991]

Darryl Takahashi is his full name

[@danielfennessey]

Btw Jack, The woop woop comes from when the Villian was known as Party Marty Scurill

[@dmoran1093]

luke rogers British Boot Camp?

[@danielfennessey]

PhenomenalRHCP Exactamundo

[@angelrodriguez-ws4zs]

That ospreay superfly bump was nasty

[@ryan1H3Lion]

Jack your shirt cuffs bother me.. roll them down please.. 😂😂😂..

[@angelomarasigan4347]

Forgive him dude, that's why it's uploaded on April Fools. 😂😂😂

[@MrMrsBrownsboys]

How else will he show off them guns?

[@marlongonzalez3980]

Leave him alone, they don't make shirts for 7 year olds. 🙏🙏🙏

[@ryan1H3Lion]

John Willis hahah😂😂😂. Love your butthurt response. Stay angry my friend. It’s okay to have an opinion ❤️

[@bethrobertson4384]

It's something the cool kids did in school, and I guess he never stopped trying to do it? I hate shirt sleeves, so I wear camisoles. I guess he can't do that?

[@angelomarasigan4347]

the thing about Naito is that he doesn't think the IC title as important he just wants to beat up Suzuki's old man ass lol

[@AnimeIsArt21]

I'm a villain fan but damm I feared for Ospreays health. My fave match. I was screaming and cringing at the t.v.

[@TraeSMR]

Can some one at Progress please get Jack a shirt in a child's medium so it fits properly?

[@insertname8506]

Maaaaaan i loooouuuuve NJPW

[@foodiefood2k24]

Deepa Hans me too I love njpw

[@acjoe8482]

Deepa Hans yeah fuck wwe and roman

[@qrufus]

Please get your facts straight. Ibushi never tapped out. It was a referee stoppage. And Ospreay directly challenged Kushida because he didn't want his previous win to look like he had gotten lucky.

[@fatcoyote2]

I think Okada needs to squash a couple of people, really remind the world that no matter what, he is The Man, and that's just the way it's gotta be.

[@juanmaldonado1102]

thanks for spoiling the ospreay match with that thumbnail

[@j.3.d335]

Sakura genesis was good

[@ethancawley9897]

Damn, I kinda wanted Zack to win

[@vishishify]

Shark Feast I know right. But there wasn't enough of a story here. NJPW is all about story telling. Zack will win the belt eventually. Or atleast I hope he does.

[@AlvosElRey]

that will probably never happen. he was just built as a threat for Okada. it was pretty much a Hogan Formula

[@f7city86]

Me too......

[@ironflyellis3817]

Chandler Rivera I fear you're right on that.

[@AlvosElRey]

i mean its not bad to me. i can't see ZSJ as a heavyweight champion in New Japan. he doesnt fit the mold. the only people i can see currently as possible champions is Naito, Tanahashi, SANADA, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, Kenny Omega, Minoru Suzuki. Thats about it

[@vishalbansal2779]

1. WK 2. Dominion 3. G1 Final 4. Sakura Genesis 5. KoW

[@1991Kane1991]

This year April Ryogoku show is for sure below fourth place in importance. New Beginning in Osaka was alredy bigger card. And i would say that G1 special (for sure), G1 two block finals (venue importance), KOPW (for sure) and Power Struggle (maybe, should be in Jo Hall damn it) will be too

[@radusocol2613]

Yeah pretty much

[@TingleTheAssassin]

The ZSJ vs Okada match was similar to the Shibata vs Okada and Suzuki vs Okada matches of 2017...except there was even more of an emphasis on submission maneuvers. If ZSJ ever turns on Suzuki-gun, the ZSJ vs Suzuki match will be one for the ages.

[@IAmSeanFleming]

Reeooskay. Reeooskay Taguchi.

[@cooljinzo]

the background in this video is good!!!! the brighter/softercolours look better than the black/neon green/white shapes! easier to look at, very nice

[@jcsjapan]

I hate to take credit, but I'm going to. I was there live, and I was responsible for the "Ospreay WOOP WOOP!" chant. At first, the crowd was doing a light chant of "OS-PREAY. OS-PREAY.", but I starting wooping in the middle. You can hear the crowd laugh at first, and then SO many people joined in. From there, the constant cheer in the crowd was "OS-PREAY! WOOP WOOP! OS-PREAY! WOOP WOOP!" It was fantastic! The crowd lost their minds during that match, and I was so shocked by the amount of Ospreay and Scurll fans in the crowd, especially since there were not a lot of non-Japanese fans.

[@dennism.6946]

Tanahashi will be the next IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

[@MohlaVarun]

Jericho's gonna cost Naito the IC title

[@theluckyluchiano1989]

Great work Jack!

[@billyward1278]

RIP Will Ospreay, he willl be remembered in our hearts.

[@LGSL12345]

Sakura Genesis probably would be the 5th most important event of NJPW, the big 4 are Wrestle Kingdom, Dominion, the G1 finals and King of Pro Wrestling. If you want to do a WWE comparison, in terms of importance: Wrestle Kingdom = Wrestlemania Dominion = Summerslam G1 finals = Royal Rumble King of Pro Wrestling = Survivor Series Sakura Genesis = Money in the Bank

[@spiritofbotan1]

Guessing this is tanahashis last hoorah before he joins the bread club

[@rickhaavisto9023]

The Spirit of Botan Who’s the leader of the Bread Club? My favorite Bread Club chant is “The Wheat, The The Wheat.”

[@spiritofbotan1]

Rick Felt idk who the leader is lol probably Kojima

[@firestrike84]

The Spirit of Botan I love your name, huge Yu yu hakusho fan

[@bigjavo36]

Rick Felt do you not know that the bread club is kind of a thing. It’s basically satoshi Kojima and the older guys that hang around the lower midcard because they are too old to push but are still respected enough to put people over. Kozy(kojima) started tweeting about the bread club as a joke and it’s reached meme status.

[@westhamfaithful]

The Spirit of Botan I

[@maximilliandekamp5294]

ULTIMATELY

[@Tom2theB]

Word of advice Put spaces in between the results so they’re actually readable

[@friday26th]

Makabe just had a 20 anniversary show in NJPW held for him, which indicates his importance in the company. KSE's tag finisher is called "Killer Bomb" and The Bludgeon Brothers use it as a signature. Kushida's first name is Yujiro.

[@melatonin12]

Kushida isn't referred to by his first name. His ring name is KUSHIDA (all caps necessary)

[@friday26th]

I know, that's the major reason for that, because there is another guy known as "Yujiro" Also that's why they push for Hiromu's first name. I am trying to confuse Jack though.

[@AshleySmith-dw6wh]

I honestly found the main event a bit of a let down, it never really got going for me, Ospreay vs Scurll was fantastic though

[@irishj_21st]

From jobber to an excellent job. Jack the only question is Ross must of been sick....cheers mate....1

[@ForsakenAlpha]

These matches are going to be taking place at Wrestling Dontaku, which is their May show. Dominion happens in June.

[@marc2251]

I was legit worried about Osprey after that match

[@jbasti227]

You guys should do more Progress videos. Maybe a "What Happened at Chapter 66/67"?

[@Zortbrain]

Wrestling Dontaku is the next event for NJPW. Although this year it's a 2 night event instead of the usual one night. That's where Okada is gonna defend against Tanahashi and retain. Cause right now Okada has tied Tanahashi's mark for consective successful title defenses at 11.

[@melatonin12]

Jonathan Naylor Can we not have Okada vs Tanahashi at Dontaku. Dontaku sells like 5k per show. They'll find a way to push it to Dominion

[@radusocol2613]

Anthony Tran They've announced it for Dontaku, sadly. I really wanted them to push it for Dominion tbh. What other match could they push for Dominion that is just as big as an Okada vs Tanahashi rematch?

[@Zortbrain]

For Dominion, it could either be Okada against Omega, or Okada against Naito

[@ReligiousFanboy]

im excited

[@criticalfayle7509]

‘Takahashi -not the one who’s a pimp, the one with the cat’ there’s a joke to be made here but I’m not gunna be the one to say it

[@packerpf]

I like these Jack, but add some photos, clips or something for reference please at a certain point a lot of the names blend ha.

[@user-kb9ee7hk4b]

NJPW IS TOP.1 IS BEST IN THE WORLD

[@crackedspyglass]

The english commentary mentioned the Nakamura submission, and also referenced that Zack caught Okada in the same predicament that led to him tapping to Nakamura at one point.

[@giantotter319]

Yup, thats the Killer Bomb.

[@callmeb.o.b.824]

Woop Woop ☂️☂️☂️

[@sensativeguy9654]

I thought the post match attack cody and page did on the golden lovers was pretty lame. Kenny just grabbed the chair and that was it. It wouldve added a lot of heat to the kenny cody match at SOH if they wouldve tied kenny up to the ropes or some shit and just beat the complete shit about of ibushi with that steal chair. Bashed him over the head, hit their finishers on him, bust him open, all that shit. Kennys so theatric that he couldve made it look amazing to. The only big missed opportunity in this angle. So far though everythings been great.

[@dialsquarenj9049]

The KZbin channel Showbuckle did a really good couple of videos on the Okada/Tana fued

[@HM4Hill]

I feel like it would have done publicity wonders for njpw to have both the biggest modern names in British wrestling represent their company but it is what it is

[@elcampeon212]

SUPERCARD OF HONOR WILL BE AMAZING! CODY vs KENNY!!!! The Golden Lovers vs Cody & Hangman Adam Page was good. Not as good as the Golden Lovers previous match Kazuchika Okada vs Zack Sabre Jr to me felt kinda slow at some points Marty Scurll was incredible!!!!!!!! Will Ospreay was incredible!!!! So the fact that both wrestlers put on a 3 star performance by themselves than this match needs to be 5 stars! Please Dave. Please Dave Please. Well this was a pretty good show! Hold on! What will the main event for ALL IN be now? Cody vs Omega again? Because thats the main event for SUPERCARD OF HONOR? Maybe ALL IN will be winner becomes leader or loser leaves bullet club! Yes! Great Booking!

[@ericsmusic5927]

SBG 10 Omega and Nick vs Cody and Matt seems like the main event

[@radusocol2613]

You sound like someone laced your meds.

[@sharifurpervez8192]

I don’t get the schedule of NJPW. I really hoped that ZACK won. Coz I really love him.

[@melatonin12]

Sharifur Pervez what is weird about the schedule

[@sharifurpervez8192]

Anthony Tran I just don’t understand it.

[@melatonin12]

Sharifur Pervez do you need an explanation of it? What confuses you the most?

[@sharifurpervez8192]

Anthony Tran the when r every ppv? I do need an explanation.

[@melatonin12]

Sharifur Pervez January: Wrestle Kingdom February: New Beginning March: New Japan Cup April: Sakura Genesis May: Best of The Super Juniors and Wrestling Dontaku June: Dominion July and August: G1 Climax September: Destruction October: King of Pro-Wrestling November: Power Struggle December: World Tag League

[@ohbitch94]

rolling up your sleeves jack? do you even lift?

[@declanbrady99]

Okada vs Tanahashi in terms of a storyline feud is miles better than Omega vs Okada.

[@TrolledBy]

True, but Tanahashi is nowadays not physically capable to wrestle a 6 star classic like the younger and more athletic Omega. This will be more of an "battle of the aces" rather than "let's break the star rating system" type of match.

[@declanbrady99]

Jan Vehmanen I don't think the story at all should be about the 'star system' when you have these 2 together. This should be a defiant Tanahashi trying to keep his record intact and not let the man who beat him at WK10 do it again.

[@TrolledBy]

You're right. This is NJPW storytelling at it's finest. Okada vs Omega was more like NJPW just showing off with their talent.

[@rowanespeverda4120]

Literally jack said that

[@martinthankachen8054]

God please make john cena vs tanahashi atleast ones

[@supersasukemaniac]

Man, seeing Okada winning all the time, is only gonna make it sweeter when Naito beats him and makes New Japan rue the day they banished the Stardust*Genius.

[@albertice2]

Gotta be honest. I loved the golden lovers young bucks match. But this bullet club conflict story is so dumb and unecessary. It reminds me so much of the nwo wolfpac hollywood split. Its just pointless. Its put a big twig in the middle of things for no reason whatsoever. I just hope that supercard is the climax of this storyline. So we can just get back to the club being "a club." PS: by no means am I saying this is making the quality of the matches sag. As i said the golden lovers, young bucks match was fantastic.

[@LeonardoXDiCaprio]

They should save Tanahashi vs Okada for Dominion because it is to big for Wrestling Dontaku. Besides Wrestling Dontaku main events are covered day 1 Will Ospreay vs Kushida and day 2 Suzuki vs Naito

[@melatonin12]

Leo Star I don't want Suzuki vs Naito at Dontaku. That should be a Dominion match

[@radusocol2613]

Okada vs Tanahashi is gonna take place at Wrestling Dontaku and Suzuki vs Naito is gonna take place at Wrestling Hi no Kuni. Both matches could have easily sold out Dominion though.

[@JJ-kh9xy]

RIP Ospreay

[@nameredactedmessageretract7225]

F

[@mhd1442]

Jamie Jones That stomp spot from Marty was nuts man.

[@Stonecold5874]

Pretty sure he's talking bout the apron botch

[@nhdarling2]

....dive

[@therealnmg]

When did Suzuki won the Intercontinental Championship?

[@ericsmusic5927]

Google is your friend

[@melatonin12]

New Beginning in Sapporo back in January

[@dialsquarenj9049]

Evil returned at the Road to show and got the pin there

[@cking06]

Hey, it may help if you showed some pix of the wrestlers to help people who you are talking about.

[@stubbychaser3881]

Your marking out for osprey at all times is becoming annoying he's good but nowhere near as amazing as you seem to make him out to be. Every time i watch him he pulls me out of it. I can't suspend disbelief when i watch him

[@7dream7scape7]

Is it weird when I saw jack I didn’t know his name but straight away assumed he looked like his name was jack. His face just screams “my names jack”.

[@TrolledBy]

He's a former Whatculture member, so he's name must be Adam. Wait, his name is not Adam? Well that's why he isn't anymore in Whatculture.

[@roodboy606]

I bought into ZSJ winning. I thought it was the perfect person to put the belt on.

[@kilometresaye8410]

please make an anime intro for Jack in every video that he talks about Ospreay like Ross has for Rusev

[@LaRawrXD]

That thumbnail looks like video game graphics

[@Killjoy1204]

Jack mate! its Ryuuske not Raysuke for god sake!!

[@vaibhavkalra8687]

Marty Scurll's character is inspired from batman's 'villain' Oswald Cobblepot aka 'The Penguin' P.S. : Pun Intended

[@italotrivisan9767]

The next show is going to be Wrestling Dontaku, Jack.

[@nicholaslyons8069]

My perfect Dominion: Hiromu Vs KUSHIDA Vs Scurll Ospreay Vs Mysterio Goto and Ishii Vs The Young Bucks White Vs Cody Sanada and Evil Vs Golden Lovers Naito Vs Jericho Sabre Jr. Vs Suzuki Okada Vs Tanahashi

[@melatonin12]

Bucks vs Chaos is odd. There is no way they are doing a random triple threat with no purpose. We don't need Mysterio or Jericho

[@gc4383]

I watched the ZSJ vs Okada and it was poor, the ending was poor the rainmaker looked botched

[@AdzyThorpe]

I get the fact that NJPW is kinda building Cody as its ultimate heel and that’s why he’s being billed as such. But, are we really supposed to believe that Cody is so influential that he can break BC when we were meant to be convinced that BC was so loyal to Kenny and united under him after Aj left?

[@Hac-dieu]

Is he trolling us by pronouncing Ryusuke like that?

[@bethrobertson4384]

Japanese isn't his native language?

[@rayrauk9547]

Why would I want to watch Jack stand in front of the camera with flowers in the background for 20 minutes? Who approved that idea?

[@bethrobertson4384]

Draugr what's wrong with flowers?

[@melatonin12]

It's cherry blossom. Which is what Sakura genesis is all about, the beginning of the cherry blossom season, or spring.

[@rayrauk9547]

What else is obvious? My point remains.

[@boricuaburst986]

The WOOP WOOP bird thing is because his finisher is the Crossface Chicken Wing and besides the villain he also calls himself the “King of the Chicken Wing”

[@zeushameel8918]

JayTheLoneWolf11940 nah it’s from Marty’s old gimmick ‘Party Marty’

[@boricuaburst986]

Zeus Hameel oh really?

[@JaitsuStudios]

Its because his villain persona is based off the Penguin, from DC. The bird theme is fairly obvious.

[@ChrisHoffman84]

The woop woop is from his first villain theme “Warp 1.9” by The Bloody Beetroots (Princess Sisters edition)

[@zeromega4541]

Sanada will win the G1 climax this year. Mark my words.

[@melatonin12]

Zero Mega I have Okada as champion winning G1

[@AliciaSmith1983]

The background is too pretty for a wrestling show background, especially comparing to Jack's shirt and hat

[@Thegrimreaper4lyfe]

I really wanted Zack Sabre Jr. to get a surprise upset win to get that title off from Kazuchika Okada. tbh Okada is a bit overhyped and his greatest matches are due to his opponents most of the time.

[@musa4574]

My mum asked me if Jack was a girl.

[@thepokemart173]

not first and what an event

[@Cultaholic]

First and what an event.

[@williamcampbell8]

I actually really liked the 3 way tag match, guess I'm alone on that

[@JaitsuStudios]

Jesus Christ, say Sakura correctly.

[@Phyrrax]

To be honest, I thought the ending of the Okada/ZSJ match was a bit boring. Zack hurt Okadas Rainmakerarm and it didnt play into the story at all...unless you count that he had to spam the rainmaker.

[@bigjavo36]

The Spanish fly to me always looks like someone doing a backflip rock bottom

[@TrolledBy]

It literally is that.

[@7Sean7]

Why would you ruin such a great match by having the result in the thumbnail?!? Poor form

[@jongriffiths5126]

I met jack at fight club pro dream tag team invitational

[@ericsmusic5927]

Jon Griffiths how was he

[@jongriffiths5126]

Made in MEX he was awsome strangely I bumped into whilst we were both leaving the loo and at the bar we took a picture cool geezer he is mate.

[@Mii1BETTA]

Jack flexen on Simon

[@shootits48]

Zack Saber Jr... Will Osprey I always get confused which is which...

[@kingcoheed1208]

Erick R... Are you actually Jim Ross?

[@shootits48]

Kid Coheed your comment is giving me a stroke

[@shootits48]

Ryan Horton. so it's one guy that changes names depending on how he feels like wrestling that night! Thanks!

[@shootits48]

I think they're the same guy but ones from an alternate dimension. One where he's flippy instead of tappy

[@TrolledBy]

tbh they are quite similar. Both are slim and tall, both are British, both are specialized in only one style of wrestling, and both are the best in the world at their respected wrestling style.

[@harikrish8112]

The background rules!

[@outareach66]

Hari Krish I know right it's so satisfying

[@sampemberton7625]

Is because Sakura (pronounced Sa-Ka-Ra, not how Jack says is) is Japanese for cherry blossom. Also the most popular name for females in Japan I believe. And yeah, it’s much nicer to look at than Jack! 😂

[@brown_rice_and_ahi7039]

Its Sa-ku-ra. In japanese it is spelt さくらi think.

[@zmcmuffin]

Toru Yano reminds me of a comedy version of Eddie Guerrero

[@leerobbo92]

The Ospreay - Scurll match was really great, but if Cena came back from that kind of punishment, we'd all be complaining. I thought Scurll should've won with those stamps to the head and the piledriver after that, to be honest, wasn't keen on Ospreay just coming back like that.

[@thegirlfka879]

so Osprey vs Scrull was the first NJPW match I've ever properly watched, and of the back of tht I have realised two things 1. Will Osprey can move 2. NJPW style wrestling truly terrifies me... especially when osprey hits the back of his neck on the ring apron off of tht wicked spanish fly

[@elpyrosudland3061]

Have sam more in videos

[@wasimmajeed9209]

"He is the John Cena of New Japan Pro Wrestling" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TrolledBy]

But it's true. Tanahashi vs Cena would be the ultimate NJPW vs WWE showdown.

[@sigma6840]

Thank god ZSJ lost. He doesn’t sell for shit.

[@JP-wf1cb]

IIRC, Tanahashi lost the IWGP Heavyweight title to fresh-from-TNA Okada after he broke Nagata's defense record. Maybe Okada will lose the title the same way? Okada was a nobody when he first challenged Tanahashi. Dude had a reeeeeeeally bad return match against Yoshi-hashi and his Rainmaker back then looked pretty awful. All we knew of him then was he had a Green Hornet gimmick in TNA and was trained by Ultimo Dragon. Then, out of nowhere, Okada won the belt (the live reaction when he got the win was something to behold). So, I'm thinking, maybe Cody takes the belt? I mean, he's nowhere near the nobody Okada was when he first challenged for the belt but, Cody winning would still be shocking at this point.

[@ashrafurrahman750]

Huh!!!! Why was that kind of background?? 😕 :-/ Ummm.....

[@TrolledBy]

Sakura = cherry blossom

[@SetsunaBlueRose]

Jack still comes across as such a tryhard with Njpw knowledge, when he probably only started because of Okada-Omega.

[@igoriosalamonqe4706]

Aaah, yas

[@nathanmac316]

Right I understand NJPW is good but admit when there was a bad match on the card and stop say it was the weakest. Just say it was a bad match

[@jeffreybridges3210]

That'd be a lie though. Because realistically they don't put on bad matches. Just don't look as good compared to others on the card

[@kitpalmer1583]

for someone with the word "opinion" in your name you really seem to struggle with the concept

[@branlopgar]

One thing is a bad match and another one is a weak match. A bad match is, well, a bad match, and a weak match is one that might be good, but it wasn't as good as the best matches of the card...

[@nathanmac316]

You all make good points but if he is claiming all these other matches are really, really good, doesn't it make these other "weak" matches look bad

[@ConfuseingGameing]

the worst opinion because these normal good matches are weak compared to the other phenomenal ones that happened on the card

[@ElPhantasm0666]

woop woop