New Japan’s second official Destruction 2018 show took place today (September 17th). Emanating from Beppu B-Con Plaza the stellar card featured a title bout and a host of top NJPW stars.
The real headline grabber was the main event between Tetsuya Naito and Minoru Suzuki. Naito would goad Suzuki during the ‘Road To’ events citing Suzuki’s annoyance that the Intercontinental Championship was not the main event when he was champion…yet the belt is still not in the main event at Beppu.
Here’s the full results from the event:
Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Yuya Uemura b. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji (9:08) – Nagata hit the
Nagata Lock ? to secure the victory over Tsuji
David Finlay & Ren Narita b. Shota Umino & Toa Henare (6:38) – Finlay hit the
Prima Nocta on Umino to secure the pinfall victory
Ayato Yoshida b. Takashi Iizuka (4:30) – Yoshida took the win via DQ
Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask b. CHAOS (Rocky Romero, SHO, Will Ospreay & YOH) (10:00) – Tiger Mask hit a
Tombstone Piledriver on Romero to take the pinfall win
Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) b. Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) (10:34) – Archer pinned Beretta following the
Killer Bomb for the win
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.) b. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) (8:31) – ZSJ took the win over EVIL
Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson b. CHAOS (Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) (13:01) – Robinson hit the Pulp Friction on YOSHI-HASHI for the win
NEVER Openweight Title Match – Taichi b. Hirooki Goto (20:54) – Taichi took the win after hitting the Air Raid Crash, he becomes the new NEVER Openweight Champion
Tetsuya Naito b. Minoru Suzuki (32:08) – Naito hit the Destino to win the match