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). Since 2013, viewers outside of Japan have also been able to view the event as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Destruction is currently held in 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.

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 Destruction '08 October 13, 2008 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 9,000 Keiji Mutoh (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [2][3]
3 Destruction '09 November 8, 2009 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 7,500 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) versus Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4][5]
4 Destruction '10 October 11, 2010 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 8,800 Togi Makabe (c) versus Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [6][7]
5 Destruction '11 October 10, 2011 Tokyo Ryōgoku Kokugikan 6,500 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [8]
6 Destruction (2012) September 23, 2012 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [9][10]
7 Destruction (2013) September 29, 2013 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [11][12][13]
8 Destruction in Kobe September 21, 2014 Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall 8,000 Bad Luck Fale (c) versus Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship [14][15][16]
8 Destruction in Okayama September 23, 2014 Okayama Convex Okayama 3,600 Kazuchika Okada versus Karl Anderson for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate [17][18]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Results

2007

Main article: Destruction '07

2008

Main article: Destruction '08

2009

Main article: Destruction '09

2010

Main article: Destruction '10

2011

Main article: Destruction '11

2012

Main article: Destruction (2012)

2013

Main article: Destruction (2013)

2014

Main article: Destruction in Kobe

References

  1. ↑ "Destruction 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Destruction'08". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "クアーズ ライト Presents Destruction'09". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Destruction'10". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Destruction'11". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ "NJPW 40th anniversary Destruction". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Destruction". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  13. ↑ Namako, Jason (September 29, 2013). "9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan (Okada/Kojima)". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Destruction in Kobe". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  15. ↑ "新日本プロレス「Destruction in Kobe」". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Destruction in Okayama". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ Namako, Jason (September 23, 2014). "9/23 NJPW Results: Okayama, Japan (Okada/Anderson)". Wrestleview. Retrieved September 23, 2014.

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