NJPW Destruction

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, NJPW World. Destruction is currently held in late September as the first major event after the conclusion of the 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 the G1 Climax.

Destruction
The NJPW Destruction logo
NJPW Destruction logo
PromotionsNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
First eventDestruction '07

Recently, Destruction events have not featured IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches, instead being headlined by matches either for another major title, such as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, or for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate, which is the prize for winning the G1 Climax. IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches are, instead, typically featured at King of Pro-Wrestling, which is held soon after in early October. The 2018 Destruction event was the first time since 2013 (and the first time since NJPW started doing multiple Destruction Events) that featured an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match and the first time to not include an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match since 2012.[1] From 2007 until 2011 the event was held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo but since 2012 the event has been held at various different venues, mainly at World Memorial Hall in Kobe. The tour was absent from 2020 until 2022 and will return in 2023 with one of the events being held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, making this the first time since 2011 the event will take place at the venue.

Events
# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event Ref(s)
1 Destruction '07 November 11, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgoku Kokugikan 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [2][3][4]
2 Destruction '08 October 13, 2008 9,000 Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [5][6][7]
3 Destruction '09 November 8, 2009 7,500 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [8][9][10]
4 Destruction '10 October 11, 2010 8,800 Togi Makabe (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [11][12][13]
5 Destruction '11 October 10, 2011 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [14][15]
6 Destruction (2012) September 23, 2012 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [16][17][18]
7 Destruction (2013) September 29, 2013 8,000 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [19][20][21]
8 Destruction in Kobe (2014) September 21, 2014 8,000 Bad Luck Fale (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [22][23][24]
9 Destruction in Okayama (2014) September 23, 2014 Okayama, Japan Convex Okayama 3,600 Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate [25][26]
10 Destruction in Okayama (2015) September 23, 2015 Momotaro Arena 3,160 Togi Makabe (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the NEVER Openweight Championship [27][28][29]
11 Destruction in Kobe (2015) September 27, 2015 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,120 Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [30][31][32]
12 Destruction in Tokyo September 17, 2016 Tokyo, Japan Ota City General Gymnasium 2,803 Kushida (c) vs. Bushi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship [33][34][35]
13 Destruction in Hiroshima (2016) September 22, 2016 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 2,801 Kenny Omega vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate [36][37][38]
14 Destruction in Kobe (2016) September 25, 2016 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 5,432 Michael Elgin (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [39][40][41]
15 Destruction in Fukushima September 10, 2017 Fukushima, Japan Azuma Gymnasium 2,056 Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the NEVER Openweight Championship [42][43][44]
16 Destruction in Hiroshima (2017) September 16, 2017 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 3,601 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [45][46][47]
17 Destruction in Kobe (2017) September 24, 2017 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 5,482 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship [48][49]
18 Destruction In Hiroshima (2018) September 15, 2018 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 3,760 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [50]
19 Destruction in Beppu (2018) September 17, 2018 Beppu, Japan Beppu B-con Plaza 2,280 Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki [51]
20 Destruction in Kobe (2018) September 23, 2018 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,454 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate [52]
21 Destruction in Beppu (2019) September 15, 2019 Beppu, Japan Beppu B-con Plaza 2,430 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for British Heavyweight Championship [53]
22 Destruction in Kagoshima September 16, 2019 Kagoshima, Japan Kagoshima Arena 4,004 Kota Ibushi vs. Kenta for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate [54]
23 Destruction in Kobe (2019) September 22, 2019 Kobe, Japan Kobe World Memorial Hall 6,148 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [55]
24 Destruction in Kobe (2023) September 24, 2023 4,212 Will Ospreay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship [56]
25 Destruction in Ryogoku October 9, 2023 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgoku Kokugikan TBA Sanada (c) vs. Evil in a lumberjack match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [57]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

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