NJPW Destruction in Ryogoku Results – 10.9.23

NJPW Destruction in Ryogoku Results – 10.9.23

By: James Carlin

Today, New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its major October PPV, Destruction in Ryogoku, which saw seven titles being defended across the show, including SANADA looking to ‘regain’ his rightful IWGP World Heavyweight Championship that was stolen by EVIL.

Full Results:

Just 5 Guys (Taichi, DOUKI and Yuya Uemura (billed as X)) def. House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Tango Loa def. Chase Owens

Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji and BUSHI) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, HENARE and Callum Newman)

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: War Dogs (Dan Moloney and Clark Connors) (c) def. Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA)

Master Wato, Shota Umino and Yuji Nagata def. Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, Ren Narita and El Desperado)

NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship: El Phantasmo and Hikuleo def. War Dogs (Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin) to become champions.

NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii (c) def. Josh Alexander and the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin)

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tama Tonga def. David Finlay to win the championship.

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) def. SHO and “Speedball” Mike Bailey

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Match: SANADA (c) def. EVIL

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