Destruction (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 29, 2013, in Kobe , Hyōgo , at the Kobe World Memorial Hall . The event featured ten matches (including one dark match ), four of which were contested for championships .[1] [2] [3] It was the seventh event under the Destruction name.
Storylines [ ]
Destruction featured ten 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.[4]
Event [ ]
As part of the newly revived relationship between NJPW and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the event featured the third time Rob Conway defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a NJPW ring.[1] The event also saw the culmination of a storyline rivalry between Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt , with Tanahashi emerging victorious in a Lumberjack Deathmatch , which set him up as the next challenger for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .[1] Tetsuya Naito , coming off winning the 2013 G1 Climax , defeated Masato Tanaka to retain his certificate for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome and capture the NEVER Openweight Championship .[1] In the semi-main event, a rematch from Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , Shinsuke Nakamura successfully defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Shelton X Benjamin , avenging a loss from final day of the 2013 G1 Climax.[1] In the main event, Kazuchika Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima , also avenging a prior loss from the final day of the 2013 G1 Climax.[1]
Results [ ]
No.
Results[1] [2] [3] [5]
Stipulations
Times[1]
1D
Chaos (Takashi Iizuka , Yoshi-Hashi and Yujiro Takahashi ) defeated Bushi , Takaaki Watanabe and Tiger Mask
Six-man tag team match
06:13
2
Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku )
Tag team match to determine the number one contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
12:10
3
Rob Conway (c) (with Bruce Tharpe) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger
Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
08:16
4
Captain New Japan , Máscara Dorada , Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Karl Anderson , Rey Bucanero and Tama Tonga )
Eight-man tag team match
10:05
5
Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki by countout
Singles match
08:56
6
Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba ) defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
Tag team match
10:49
7
Hiroshi Tanahashi (with Captain New Japan, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) defeated Prince Devitt (with Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson, Rey Bucanero and Tama Tonga)
Lumberjack Deathmatch
13:32
8
Tetsuya Naito defeated Masato Tanaka (c)
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
18:10
9
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Shelton X Benjamin
Singles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
12:07
10
Kazuchika Okada (c) (with Gedo) defeated Satoshi Kojima
Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
24:44
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
D – indicates the match was a dark match
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Destruction" . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b "新日本プロレス「Destruction」" . Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo! . September 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ a b Namako, Jason (September 29, 2013). "9/29 NJPW iPPV Results: Hyogo, Japan (Okada/Kojima)" . Wrestleview . Retrieved October 18, 2013 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014 .
^ Meltzer, Dave (October 7, 2013). "Oct. 7, 2013 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Hulk Hogan contract situation, New Japan classic feud continues, Cousin Luke bio, four-star match history, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Campbell, California . pp. 10–16. ISSN 1083-9593 .
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