Destruction in Kobe (2024)

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Destruction in Kobe
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 29, 2024
City Kobe, Japan
Venue Kobe World Memorial Hall
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Destruction in Kobe (2024) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and will take place at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan on September 29, 2024. It will be the twenty-six event in the Destruction chronology.

Contents

Production

Background

2024 is the first time since 2013 in which NJPW hold one event under the Destruction name. From 2007 to 2013, NJPW held one event per year, expanding to two shows in 2014 and to three shows in 2016.

Storylines

Destruction in Kobe will feature professional wrestling matches that will involve 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. [1]

On Night 15 of G1 Climax 34, Great-O-Khan defeated IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito to advance to the quarterfinals, O-Khan would later fail to advance to semifinals. [2] [3] After a multi-man tag team match between Los Ingobernables de Japón and United Empire on Night 16, which United Empire would win, O-Khan posed with the IWGP World Heavyweight title. [4] A IWGP World Heavyweight title match between Naito and O-Khan was set for Destruction in Kobe. [5]

On the final night of the G1 Climax, Yoshi-Hashi would pin the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion David Finlay in a 6-man tag team match. [6] It was announced that Finlay will defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against Yoshi-Hashi in Kobe. [5]

Matches

No.Matches* [7] Stipulations
1 Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma and Tiger Mask vs. Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi and Dragon Dia Six-man tag team match
2 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Yota Tsuji, Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman and Francesco Akira) Six-man tag team match
3 Hirooki Goto vs. Gabe Kidd Singles match
4 TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Just 5 Guys (Sanada, Taichi and Taka Michinoku) Six-man tag team match
5 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg (c) vs. House of Torture (Evil, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi) (with Dick Togo) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
6 Douki (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (with Yujiro Takahashi and Dick Togo) Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
7 Henare (c) vs. Shingo Takagi Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship [8]
8 David Finlay (c) (with Gedo) vs. Yoshi-Hashi Singles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship [9]
9 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Great-O-Khan Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [9]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

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