2009 New Japan Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view event
Destruction '09 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 8, 2009, in Tokyo , at Ryōgoku Kokugikan . The event featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships .[1] [2] [3] [4] The event featured outside participation from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) representative Místico and Hustle representative Tajiri .[1] It was the third event under the Destruction name.
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Storylines [ ]
Destruction '09 featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved 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.[5]
Event [ ]
The event saw one title switch, when Místico lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship back to Tiger Mask , ending his three-month-long reign.[1] [4] The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) tag team Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray ) returned to NJPW at the event to make their first successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against the winners of the 2009 G1 Tag League , Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson ), though the match ended in a double countout.[1] [4] In the main event Shinsuke Nakamura retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi .[1] [4]
Results [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "クアーズ ライト Presents Destruction'09" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b "新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」" . Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo! . November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b "Destruction 2009" . Pro Wrestling History . Retrieved August 14, 2015 .
^ a b c d e 新日本プロレス「Destruction'09」 . Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014 .
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