Steven Conway & Jeremy Finestone return to recap #NJDest, the New Japan Pro Wrestling DESTRUCTION in RYOGOKU from October 9th, 2023 in Tokyo. The event saw EVIL vanquished, literally and figuratively, the debut of Yuya Uemura and the return of Taiji Ishimori, in addition to some strong title matches. #njpw
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Matches reviewed include:
• Main event: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Match- SANADA vs EVIL
• 9th Match: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Three Way Match: Hiromu Takahashi vs YOH vs Mike Bailey
• 8th Match: NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga vs David Finlay
• 7th Match: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada vs Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin & Josh Alexander
• 6th Match: STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd & Alex Coughlin)
• 5th Match: Best of Seven Series: Shota Umino, Master Wato & Yuji Nagata vs Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita)
• 4th Match: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Championships: Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney)
• 3rd Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji & BUSHI) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman)
• 2nd Match: Tanga Loa vs Chase Owens
• Just Five Guys (Taichi, DOUKI & X) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
