NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024 Results – Sept. 29, 2024 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Great-O-Khan

Sepetmber 29, 2024
Kobe, Japan – Kobe World Hall
English commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results:

1. Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Dragon Dia defeated Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma, & Tiger Mask via Death Rider (pinfall 7:30)
   • Umino pinned Honma after hitting a Death Rider to give his team the victory.
2. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman, & Francesco Akira) via Figure Four Leg Lock (submission 7:25)
   • Takahashi submitted Akira after locking in an arm style Figure Four Leg Lock to give the victory to LIJ.
3. Hirooki Goto vs. Gabe Kidd went to a Double Count Out (1:44)
   • Following the referee calling for the bell after Goto and Kidd were not able to get in the ring to beat the 20 count, Kidd grabbed a microphone and demanded for a restart and for it to be held under No DQ rule, which the referee agreed to do.
4. No DQ match – Hirooki Goto defeated Gabe Kidd via GTR (pinfall 8:24)
5. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, & Ryohei Oiwa) defeated Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku) via The Grip (pinfall 6:30)
   • Prior to the start of the match, Ryohei Oiwa was revealed to be TMDK’s mystery partner and was also revealed to be the newest official member of the group.
   • Oiwa pinned Michinoku after hitting a discus lariat that was called The Grip to secure TMDK’s victory.
6. NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag team Championship – Boltin Oleg, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Toru Yano (c) defeated House of Torture (EVIL, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi) via High Fly Flow (pinfall 11:10)
   • During the match, Dick Togo & Ren Narita interfered multiple times leading to El Phantasmo running out to put a stop to Narita’s HoT style cheating antics.
   • Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after hitting the High Fly Flow to retain the NEVER 6-Man Tag titles for his team.
   • Following the match, Jado came out to be with El Phantasmo and Tanahashi shook hands with ELP forming a new alliance between the two groups.
7. IWJP Junior Heavyweight Championship – DOUKI (c) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru via Suplex De La Luna (pinfall 20:08)
   • During the match, SHO ran out to help Kanemaru with some House of Tortue style shenanigans that DOUKI was eventually able to overcome.
   • Following the match, SHO grabbed the IWJP Jr. title and threatened to destroy it if DOUKI did not grant him a title match on the spot, which DOUKI agreed to do. This led to SHO beating up DOUKI afterwards.
8. NEVER Openweight Championship – Shingo Takagi defeated HENARE (c) via Last of the Dragon (pinfall 19:23)
9. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – David Finlay (c) defeated YOSHI-HASHI via Overkill (pinfall 21:38)
   • Following the match, Hirooki Goto confronted David Finlay teasing a future title match between the two.
10. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated Great-O-Khan via Destino (pinfall 30:54)
    • Following the match, Shingo Takagi came out and issued a challenge to Naito for the IWGP World title while Ryohei Oiwa came out and issued a challenge to Takagi for his newly won NEVER Openweight title at NJPW’s upcoming King of Pro Wrestling 2024 event.