NJPW Destruction 2023 is an upcoming Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which will take place from September 24, 2023 to October 9, 2023, at the Kobe World Memorial Hall - Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan - Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 14° edition of the Destruction event series, after NJPW Destruction 2019.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Destruction 2023, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Pay Per View
- Start Date September 24, 2023
- Event Date October 9, 2023
- Year 2023
- Event Series Destruction
- Country Japan
- Location Kobe, Hyogo, Japan - Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Kobe World Memorial Hall - Ryōgoku Kokugikan
- Network NJPW World
- Main Event Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji [Kobe]; SANADA vs. EVIL [Ryogoku]
NJPW Destruction 2023 Match card / Results
KOBE (09/25)- Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) defeat Tiger Mask & Kevin Knight
- Just 5 Guys (SANADA, Douki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeat House of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Jado, Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) defeat Bullet Club (David Finlay, Gedo, Chase Owens, Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd)
- LiYoh (Lio Rush & YOH) defeat Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI)
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito) defeat CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii)
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Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship Seconds Handcuffed Match
"House of Torture and Just 5 Guys members will be handcuffed to one another, and if either participant breaks free of their handcuffs the match will be deemed a No Contest"
SHO defeats Taichi (c) to win the title -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) defeat TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) to retain the titles - "United Empire vs. LIJ"
Shingo Takagi [LIJ] defeats Great-O-Khan [UE] - "United Empire vs. LIJ"
#1 Contender (IWGP World Heavyweight Championship) Tokyo Dome Challenge Rights Certificate
Tetsuya Naito [LIJ] defeats Jeff Cobb [UE] - "United Empire vs. LIJ"
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
Will Ospreay (c) [UE] defeats Yota Tsuji [LIJ] to retain the title
RYOGOKU (10/09)
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IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Match
SANADA (c) vs. EVIL -
NEVER Openweight Championship
David Finlay (c) vs. Tama Tonga -
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way Match
Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Mike Bailey vs. Lio Rush -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) (c) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) -
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) & Josh Alexander - Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Yota Tsuji) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, HENARE & Callum Newman)
- Tanga Loa vs. Chase Owens
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Best of 7 Series - Match #7
Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) vs. Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Master Wato