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Destruction (2012)
Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito and Hirooki Goto
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 23, 2012[1]
CityKobe, Japan[1]
VenueKobe World Memorial Hall[1]
Attendance8,000[1]
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Destruction (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 23, 2012, in Kobe, Hyōgo, at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for championships.[1][2][3] It was the sixth event under the Destruction name.

Storylines

Destruction featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Event

The event featured the professional wrestling return match of both Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba, two longtime mixed martial artists, who defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Wataru Inoue.[1] The event also featured outside participation from freelancer Daisuke Sasaki, Kaientai Dojo representative Kengo Mashimo and Pro Wrestling Noah representative Naomichi Marufuji, who unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event.[1] During the event, Kota Ibushi successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Ryusuke Taguchi.[1]

Results

No.Results[1][2][3][5]StipulationsTimes[1]
1Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Captain New Japan and Tama TongaTag team match09:16
2Alex Shelley, Bushi and Kushida defeated Chaos (Alex Koslov, Gedo and Rocky Romero)Six-man tag team match09:37
3Low Ki defeated Daisuke SasakiSingles match08:45
4Suzuki-gun (Harry Smith, Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) and Yuji NagataSix-man tag team match12:02
5Togi Makabe defeated Kengo MashimoSingles match09:02
6Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba) defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Wataru InoueTag team match03:03
7Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Ryusuke TaguchiSingles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship17:06
8Hirooki Goto, Karl Anderson and Tetsuya Naito defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Yujiro Takahashi)Six-man tag team match15:08
9Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Naomichi MarufujiSingles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship23:35
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NJPW 40th anniversary Destruction". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ a b "Destruction 2012". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Dark Angelita (September 23, 2012). "NJPW: Resultados "NJPW 40th Anniversary – Destruction" 23/09/2012". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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