New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) are back again and we’re headed on the road to Wrestle Kingdom 14 now that the G1 Climax 29 is in our rear view, folks.
Seeing as it’s September, we’re coming up on New Japan’s now-standard trifecta of Destruction shows, starting with Destruction in Beppu yesterday (Sept. 15), then Destruction in Kagoshima today, and finishing up with Destruction in Kobe on Sunday (Sept. 22). Like all of New Japan’s other major events, these shows will be broadcast worldwide on New Japan's streaming service, NJPW World.
We'll have the standard match recommendation post later for those of us who can’t be up in the wee hours watching wrestling, but if you can, why not watch along with the best pro wrestling community on the internet?
Today’s action takes place in Kagoshima’s Kagoshima Arena, kicking off at a brisk 5AM Eastern / 2AM Pacific, and features a main event of Kota Ibushi defending his G1 Climax winner’s challenge briefcase against KENTA.
Yuya Uemura def. Clark Connors (Young Lions Cup)
Ren Narita def. Michael Richards (Young Lions Cup)
Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, Yota Tsuji, & Yuji Nagata def. Alex Coughlin, Karl Fredericks, Manabu Nakanishi, & Toa Henare
Chaos (SHO, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH, & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa)
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Jushin Liger def. Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, & Rocky Romero) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA, & Shingo Takagi)
Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & Tetsuya Naito) def. Bullet Club (“Switchblade” Jay White & Yujiro Takahashi)
Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) def. Chaos (Robbie Eagles & Will Ospreay) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Kota Ibushi over KENTA to retain the G1 Climax 29 Winner’s Right to Challenge Briefcase
Enjoy the show!