New Japan announce full cards for Destruction tour, first matches for Fighting Spirit Unleashed

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Super Dave

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With G1 Climax 28 in our rear view mirror and Hiroshi Tanahashi holding the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 13, it’s time to move on to New Japan Pro Wrestling’s first wave of fall shows to start seeing how the rest of the annual supercard will shake out. So without further ado, we’ll list ‘em out and break ‘em down!

Link: New Japan announce full cards for Destruction tour, first matches for Fighting Spirit Unleashed
 

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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima (Sept. 15, 5AM Eastern / 2AM Pacific)
  • Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, & Tiger Mask IV vs. Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, SHO, & YOH)
  • Bad Luck Fale vs. Toa Henare
  • Ayato Yoshida & Michael Elgin vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
  • Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T, & Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) & Kota Ibushi
  • Firing Squad (Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Ryusuke Taguchi) (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship)
  • Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto, & Toru Yano) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) & Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Kenny Omega (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
NJPW Destruction in Beppu (Sept. 17, 5AM Eastern / 2AM Pacific)
  • Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, & Yuya Uemura vs. TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji
  • David Finlay & Ren Narita vs. Shota Umino & Toa Henare
  • Ayato Yoshida vs. Takashi Iizuka
  • Chaos (Rocky Romero, SHO, Will Ospreay, & YOH) vs. Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask IV
  • Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, & SANADA) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Juice Robinson
  • Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Taichi (NEVER Openweight Championship)
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Destruction in Kobe (Sept. 23, 3AM Eastern / 12AM Pacific)
  • Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)
  • Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Ayato Yoshida, Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Manabu Nakanishi, TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), & Yuji Nagata
  • Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
  • Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Will Ospreay, & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Toa Henare
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • BUSHI vs. KUSHIDA (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinal Match)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (G1 Climax 28 IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger’s Briefcase)
 

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NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed (Sept. 30, 8PM Eastern, 5PM Pacific)
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Juice Robinson (c) (IWGP United States Championship)
  • Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) vs. Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
  • Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinal Match)
 

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First ones that jump out are the G1 rematches.
Will lightning strike twice and see Ishii dethrone Omega?
Tanahashi puts his Wrestle Kingdom spot on the line against Okada.

Plus we get a IWGP Junior Heavyweight tournament!
 

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Alot of interesting matches. Would love to see Juice drop the us title to Cody. But I don't see Cody holding the NWA and US titles.

Also looking forward to
  • Ayato Yoshida & Michael Elgin vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
I'm a big Elgin fan. He has a ton of potential. Reminds me of ECW Taz
 

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EVIL and Suzuki are gonna batter each other in that 6 Man.

Obviously interested in the Tongans vs Bucks and Marty. Marty said after losing the titles they had to get serious about it, no more jokes. Sure thats gonna be a show stealer. Sucks they have to get through the man to do it though.

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EVIL and Suzuki are gonna batter each other in that 6 Man.

Obviously interested in the Tongans vs Bucks and Marty. Marty said after losing the titles they had to get serious about it, no more jokes. Sure thats gonna be a show stealer. Sucks they have to get through the man to do it though.

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Man crush alert
 

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  • Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, & Tiger Mask IV vs. Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, SHO, & YOH)
  • Bad Luck Fale vs. Toa Henare
  • Ayato Yoshida & Michael Elgin vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
  • Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T, & Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) & Kota Ibushi
  • Firing Squad (Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Ryusuke Taguchi) (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship)
  • Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto, & Toru Yano) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) & Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Kenny Omega (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
 

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Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, & Yuya Uemura over TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji by submission with the Nagata Lock II from Nagata on Tsuji.

David Finlay & Ren Narita over Shota Umino & Toa Henare by pinfall with a Stunner from Finlay on Umino.

Ayato Yoshida over Takashi Iizuka by disqualification after Iizuka hit him in the throat with the Iron Finger.

Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask IV over Chaos (Rocky Romero, SHO, Will Ospreay, & YOH) by pinfall with a Tombstone piledriver from Tiger Dad on Romero.

Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer) over Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) by pinfall with Killer Bomb on Beretta.

Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Zack Sabre, Jr.) over Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, & SANADA) by pinfall with the European Clutch from Sabre on EVIL.

Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Juice Robinsonover Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI) by pinfall with the Left Hand of God and Pulp Friction on YOSHI-HASHI after some miscommunication again lead White to blast Tacos in the head.

Taichi over Hirooki Goto (c) by pinfall with an Air Raid Crash to win the NEVER Openweight Championship.

Tetsuya Naito over Minoru Suzuki by pinfall with Destino.
 

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  • Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura 10:00 time limit draw
  • Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)
  • Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Ayato Yoshida, Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Manabu Nakanishi, TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), & Yuji Nagata
  • Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Lance Archer)
  • Chaos (“Switchblade” Jay White, Will Ospreay, & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Toa Henare
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • BUSHI vs. KUSHIDA (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinal Match)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (G1 Climax 28 IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger’s Briefcase)
 

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@SuperDave what’s the best way to Watch NJPW?

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@SuperDave what’s the best way to Watch NJPW?

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I have the New Japan World app on my fire stick. If I don't have access to that I just watch on their website.
 

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Spirit Unleashed card

  • ACH, Jushin Liger, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, SHO, & YOH)
  • Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Hangman Page) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)
  • Chaos (Beretta, Chuckie T, & Hirooki Goto) vs. Chris Sabin, Flip Gordon, & Jeff Cobb
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith, Jr., Lance Archer, & Zack Sabre, Jr.)
  • Chaos (Gedo & “Switchblade” Jay White) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA
  • Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semifinal Match)
  • Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) vs. Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Juice Robinson (c) (IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship)
  • Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi)

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