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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.

From 2014 until 2017, 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 Ryogoku, Kokugikan 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [1][2][3]
2 Destruction '08 October 13, 2008 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan 9,000 Keiji Mutoh (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4][5][6]
3 Destruction '09 November 8, 2009 Tokyo Ryogoku 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]
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 [32]
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 [32]
15 Destruction in Fukushima September 10, 2017 Fukushima Azuma Gymnasium 2,056 Minoru Suzuki (c) versus Michael Elgin for the NEVER Openweight Championship [33][34]
16 Destruction in Hiroshima (2017) September 16, 2017 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 3,601 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [33][34]
17 Destruction in Kobe (2017) September 24, 2017 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 5,482 Kenny Omega (c) versus Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [33][34]
18 Destruction in Hiroshima (2018) September 15, 2018 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 3,761 Kenny Omega (c) versus Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [35]
19 Destruction in Beppu September 17, 2018 Beppu Beppu B-Con Plaza 2,280 Tetsuya Naito versus Minoru Suzuki [36]
20 Destruction in Kobe (2018) September 23, 2018 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,454 Hiroshi Tanahashi versus Kazuchika Okada for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate [37]
21 Destruction in Beppu (2019) September 15, 2019 Beppu Beppu B-Con Plaza 2,430 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Zack Sabre Jr. for the British Heavyweight Championship [38]
22 Destruction in Kagoshima September 16, 2019 Kagoshima Kagoshima Arena 4,004  Kota Ibushi versus KENTA for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate [39]
23 Destruction in Kobe (2019) September 22, 2019 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,148 Tetsuya Naito (c) versus Jay White for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [40]
24 Destruction in Kobe (2023) September 24, 2023 4,212 Will Ospreay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship [41]
25 Destruction in Ryogoku October 9, 2023 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgoku Kokugikan 5,002 SANADA (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [42]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References[]

  1. ↑ Destruction ’07 (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  2. ↑ Destruction 2007 . Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  3. ↑ ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction '07」 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2007-11-11). Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  4. ↑ Destruction'08 (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  5. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2008-10-13). Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  6. ↑ ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2008-10-13). Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  7. ↑ クアーズ ライト Presents Destruction'09 (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  8. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2009-11-08). Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  9. ↑ ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2009-11-08). Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  10. ↑ Destruction'10 (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  11. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2010-10-11). Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  12. ↑ ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports (2010-10-11). Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  13. ↑ Destruction'11 (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  14. ↑ Dark Angelita 2011-10-10. NJPW: Resultados “Destruction 2011” Nuevos IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions (in Spanish). Superluchas. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  15. ↑ NJPW 40th anniversary Destruction (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  16. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2012-09-23). Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  17. ↑ Dark Angelita 2012-09-23. NJPW: Resultados “NJPW 40th Anniversary – Destruction” 23/09/2012 (in Spanish). Superluchas. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  18. ↑ Destruction (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  19. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2013-09-29). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  20. ↑ Namako, Jason 2013-09-29. 9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan (Okada/Kojima) . Wrestleview. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
  21. ↑ Destruction in Kobe (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2014-09-21.
  22. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Destruction in Kobe」 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2014-09-21). Retrieved on 2014-09-21.
  23. ↑ Caldwell, James 2014-09-21. 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 on 2014-09-21.
  24. ↑ Destruction in Okayama (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2014-09-23.
  25. ↑ Namako, Jason 2014-09-23. 9/23 NJPW Results: Okayama, Japan (Okada/Anderson) . Wrestleview. Retrieved on 2014-09-23.
  26. ↑ Destruction in Okayama (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
  27. ↑ Macklin, Matthew 2015-09-23. NJPW Destruction in Okayama report . Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
  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 (2015-09-23). Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
  29. ↑ Destruction in Kobe (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
  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 (2015-09-27). Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
  31. ↑ Rose, Bryan 2015-09-27. NJPW Destruction In Kobe results: Shinuske Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto I-C title bout, Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 ja:9月シリーズ『Road to Destruction』の日程が決定！9.17大田区総合体育館、9.22広島サンプラザホール、9.25神戸ワールド記念ホール大会を開催！！ (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016-06-30). Retrieved on 2016-06-30.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 ja:9月シリーズ『Road to Destruction』の日程が決定！福島で初のビッグマッチ！9.10県営あづま総合体育館、9.16広島サンプラザホール、9.24神戸ワールド記念ホール大会を開催！！ (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2017-06-12). Retrieved on 2017-06-12.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Rose, Bryan 2017-08-21. NJPW announces Destruction cards, King of Pro wrestling matches . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved on 2017-08-21.
  35. ↑ Destruction in Hiroshima (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved on 2017-08-20.
  36. ↑ Destruction in Beppu (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved on 2017-08-20.
  37. ↑ Destruction in Kobe (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved on 2017-08-20.
  38. ↑ Destruction in Beppu . New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
  39. ↑ Destruction in Kagoshima . New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
  40. ↑ Destruction in Kobe . New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
  41. ↑ Destruction in Kobe . New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
  42. ↑ Destruction in Ryogoku . New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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