NJPW Destruction 2023 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took 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.
The event had an attendance of 9,214 fans. The main event of the show was Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji [Kobe]; SANADA vs. EVIL [Ryogoku].
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Destruction 2023, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Destruction 2023
- 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
- Attendance 9,214
- Main Event Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji [Kobe]; SANADA vs. EVIL [Ryogoku]
JapanNJPW Destruction 2023 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)
- [Kickoff]
"Frontier Zone"
CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano), Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Oskar Leube defeat Takeshi Masada, Kazuma Sumi, Kengo, Takahiro Katori & Jun Masaoka - Just Five Guys (Taichi, DOUKI & Yuya Uemura) defeat House of Torture (SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Tanga Loa defeats Chase Owens
- Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Yota Tsuji) defeat United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, HENARE & Callum Newman)
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) (c) defeat Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) to retain the titles -
Best of 7 Series - Match #7
Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Master Wato defeat Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) [3-3-1] -
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) defeat Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) (c) to win the titles -
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeat Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) & Josh Alexander to retain the titles -
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tama Tonga defeats David Finlay (c) to win the title -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3-Way Match
Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeats Mike Bailey and YOH to retain the title -
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Death Match
SANADA (c) defeats EVIL to retain the title