NJPW Destruction

The official Destruction logo

Destruction is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2007 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World. Destruction is currently held in late September as the first major event since the conclusion of G1 Climax with several matches at the event often stemming from previous matches in the G1 Climax. Destruction also continues the road to the January 4 Dome Show, which starts at G1 Climax.

Since 2014, Destruction has not featured IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches, but has been headlined by matches for other titles or the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate, the prize for winning the G1 Climax. IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches are, instead, featured at King of Pro-Wrestling, held soon after in early October.

Events

# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s)
1 Destruction '07 November 11, 2007 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [1][2][3]
2 Destruction '08 October 13, 2008 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 9,000 Keiji Mutoh (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4][5][6]
3 Destruction '09 November 8, 2009 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 7,500 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) versus Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [7][8][9]
4 Destruction '10 October 11, 2010 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 8,800 Togi Makabe (c) versus Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [10][11][12]
5 Destruction '11 October 10, 2011 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [13][14]
6 Destruction (2012) September 23, 2012 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [15][16][17]
7 Destruction (2013) September 29, 2013 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [18][19][20]
8 Destruction in Kobe (2014) September 21, 2014 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Bad Luck Fale (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [21][22][23]
9 Destruction in Okayama (2014) September 23, 2014 Okayama Convex Okayama 3,600 Kazuchika Okada versus Karl Anderson for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate [24][25]
10 Destruction in Okayama (2015) September 23, 2015 Okayama Momotaro Arena 3,160 Togi Makabe (c) versus Kota Ibushi for the NEVER Openweight Championship [26][27][28]
11 Destruction in Kobe (2015) September 27, 2015 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,120 Hirooki Goto (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [29][30][31]
12 Destruction in Tokyo September 17, 2016 Tokyo Ota City General Gymnasium 2,803 Kushida (c) versus Bushi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship [32][33][34]
13 Destruction in Hiroshima September 22, 2016 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 2,801 Kenny Omega versus Yoshi-Hashi for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate [35][36][37]
14 Destruction in Kobe (2016) September 25, 2016 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 5,432 Michael Elgin (c) versus Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [38][39][40]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ "Destruction '07". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Destruction 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction '07」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 11, 2007. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Destruction'08". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. October 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ "クアーズ ライト Presents Destruction'09". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Destruction'10". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. October 11, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 11, 2010. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Destruction'11". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. ↑ Dark Angelita (October 10, 2011). "NJPW: Resultados "Destruction 2011" Nuevos IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ "NJPW 40th anniversary Destruction". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  16. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 23, 2012. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  17. ↑ Dark Angelita (September 23, 2012). "NJPW: Resultados "NJPW 40th Anniversary – Destruction" 23/09/2012". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Destruction". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  19. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  20. ↑ Namako, Jason (September 29, 2013). "9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan (Okada/Kojima)". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Destruction in Kobe". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  22. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction in Kobe」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  23. ↑ Caldwell, James (September 21, 2014). "Caldwell's New Japan PPV results 9/21: Complete live coverage of "Destruction in Kobe" - Nakamura regains IC Title, Tanahashi vs. Shibata, A.J. Styles, new Jr. Hvt. champion, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Destruction in Okayama". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  25. ↑ Namako, Jason (September 23, 2014). "9/23 NJPW Results: Okayama, Japan (Okada/Anderson)". Wrestleview. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Destruction in Okayama". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  27. ↑ Macklin, Matthew (September 23, 2015). "NJPW Destruction in Okayama report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Show results - 9/23 NJPW "Destruction in Okayama" Event: New Jr. Hvt. champions, A.J. Styles & Bullet Club in big matches, ROH stars, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Destruction in Kobe". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Show results - 9/27 NJPW "Destruction in Kobe" Event: Major title change in the main event, ReDragon vs. Time Splitters, A.J. Styles's Bullet Club in action, more big matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  31. ↑ Rose, Bryan (September 27, 2015). "NJPW Destruction In Kobe results: Shinuske Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto I-C title bout, Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Destruction in Tokyo". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  33. ↑ Rose, Bryan (September 17, 2016). "NJPW Destruction in Tokyo results: Shibata vs. Bobby Fish; Kushida vs. Bushi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  34. ↑ "9/17 New Japan "Destruction in Tokyo" Results – Big title change, ROH stars heavily involved, Bullet Club vs. Chaos". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 17, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Destruction in Hiroshima". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  36. ↑ Rose, Bryan (September 22, 2016). "NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima results: Kenny Omega defends his title shot". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  37. ↑ "9/22 NJPW "Destruction" Results – Kenny Omega defends Tokyo Dome title shot rights, ROH World Title match, Briscoes vs. Bucks Tag Title match, more ROH stars". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  38. ↑ "Destruction in Kobe". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  39. ↑ Rose, Bryan (September 25, 2016). "NJPW Destruction in Kobe results: Elgin defends his title against Naito". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  40. ↑ "9/25 New Japan "Destruction" Results – Elgin defends IC Title vs. Naito, new Six-man Tag Champs, Bullet Club gets new member". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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