New Japan Pro Wrestling has confirmed the full lineup for Destruction in Kobe on September 27, featuring three championship matches.
NJPW announced the card on Saturday night.
Yota Tsuji will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto in the main event at Kobe World Memorial Hall. Goto pinned Tsuji during this year’s G1 Climax, earning the championship opportunity.
G1 winner Ryohei Oiwa is then due to challenge the winner at King of Pro Wrestling on October 12.
Gabe Kidd will defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against former War Dogs stablemate Drilla Moloney. Konosuke Takeshita also puts the NJPW World Television Championship on the line against Shun Skywalker.
The card includes Shingo Takagi’s first singles match with Claudio Castagnoli. Takagi challenged the Death Riders member after blaming a tag-team loss to Castagnoli earlier this year for contributing to his disappointing G1 campaign.
Jeff Cobb will also face Callum Newman following Cobb’s return to NJPW in August.
The full lineup is:
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Drilla Moloney
- Shingo Takagi vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shun Skywalker
- Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman
- Aaron Wolf, Yuya Uemura & Taichi vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa)
- Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai) vs. United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Zane Jay)
- YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo)
- Shota Umino, Boltin Oleg, Mistico, El Desperado & Toru Yano vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, SANADA, DOUKI, SHO & Dick Togo)
- Kickoff: Masatora Yasuda & Taisei Nakahara vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Yushin Hatazawa
